Tofino Chamber of Commerce - Investor Open House

Taken from the Tofino Chamber of Commerce newsletter:

" On the 21st of March a group of Iranian investors will visit Tofino to look for investment opportunities. The visit is a part of the SunBelt Investors British Columbia Investment Orientation Tour, designed to show investors what BC has to offer. Because the Iranians are focused on Vancouver Island, investments would stimulate the local economy and create employment opportunities therefore positively influencing the local economy.
 

An open house will be held by the Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce at Cable Cove Inn's waterfront Yurt on Sunday, March 21st at 7:30pm. Members seeking investors or growth financing are welcome to attend and present their ideas. Michael Naprawa, the owner of Sunbelt Nanaimo, will also discuss investment opportunities in Tofino."

For more information, please contact info@tofinochamber.org or nanaimo@sunbeltnetwork.com.

Iranians Look to Invest in Island - Sunbelt Business Brokers BC

Article in the Nanaimo News Bulletin on Tuesday March 6:

ARTICLE LINK

The Iranians are Back for More!

Another delegation of Iranian Investors hits the Island to explore for business opportunities.

Nanaimo, BC (March, 2010) – Sunbelt Business Brokers BC, Nanaimo, BC a global provider of business brokerage services, announced today that they will be accompanying another group of 10 Iranian investors to several Vancouver Island businesses for sale. The group of 10 Iranian investors and their spouses will be visiting the Island as part of the British Columbia Investment Orientation Tour, especially designed to show investors what the province of British Columbia has to offer.

Foreign Investment in Canada – good or bad?

Foreign Investment in Canada – good or bad?

By Renee Bueckert, February 2010

Some of us fear the unknown. More accurately, most of us fear what we don’t understand or perhaps what we think we do. Of course, this holds true in many aspects of our lives and often, it is the power of knowledge that frees us from our apprehensions. Thus is true when we embark on the topic of foreign investment into Canada, a topic that can conjure up a multiplicity of thoughts and reactions. For some, these words bring hope and optimism for renewed economic vigor, increased productivity and strong levels of employment; for others these words ring of patriotic protectionism, both admirable and yet polarized perspectives of a healthy economy. Just as it was when we discovered the earth was round, not flat – the facts remained regardless of how anyone really felt about it: we couldn’t fall off the planet if we walked too far in any direction.

"Investing in a creative economy"

An interesting article in the Financial Post talks about how investors can benefit from investing in a creative economy.

"Rural communities have a unique proposition to offer urban areas and are finding increased success marketing themselves as ideal retirement and tourism locales, in addition to sources of traditional natural resources."

The entire article can be found on Financial Post website.

Source: Financial Post, 2010

Sunbelt Radio - February 5

This week’s show

This Friday, February 5, hosts Pino Bacinello and Matt Ottaway will discuss Staffing Companies with Paula Turner, Vice President of Franchise Development for PrideStaff. To listen to the live show on VoiceAmerica, the world leader in internet talk radio, simply go to www.voiceamerica.com. Click the “Channels” tab, which is in the upper left center of the home page. You will get a drop down list of the channels on Voice America. Click on the “Voice America Business” Channel and you will be taken the home page for the show currently broadcasting.

If you have a question for our hosts or guests, you may submit them in advance to insights@sunbeltnetwork.com. Please identify the topic you are writing in reference to in the subject line of the email. It is also possible to call in live to the program during the broadcast hour by dialing toll-free to 1.866.472.5790.

Article Published in the Navigator

An article was published in Vancouver Island University's own Newspaper; The Navigator

To read the article click the following link: Article VIU Navigator

Sunbelt Nanaimo appeared on Chek News!

Click the following link to see the news broadcast, it will be the item on 15″00 minutes, so please fast forward and you will see the news item.

CHEK NEWS ITEM