Business advisory · British Columbia
We advise firms, founders and investors on public contracts, acquisitions, new ventures and funding: finding the right opportunity, winning it and seeing it through.
76%
of small business owners in Canada plan to exit their business within the next decade.
CFIB, business succession research, January 2023
$2 trillion+
in small business assets could change hands as those owners exit.
CFIB, business succession research, January 2023
5%
minimum share of federal contract value that departments must award to Indigenous businesses.
Indigenous Services Canada, mandatory minimum 5% target, October 2026
$10 billion
federal Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program, for Indigenous equity in major projects.
Canada Indigenous Loan Guarantee Corporation, October 2026
Our practices
01We find the public work that fits your firm, and help you win it.
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02Vetted businesses for buyers, and careful preparation for sellers.
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03Feasibility, plans and models that a lender or a board can act on.
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04The programs you qualify for, applied for properly.
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Where we work
We know BC's public buyers, programs and markets closely, from municipal and provincial work to federal projects in the province. When an opportunity in another province or a federal program fits a client, we follow it there.
How we work
We look widely and early: tenders, businesses for sale, programs and gaps in the market.
We test each opportunity against your capacity, your goals and the rules, and tell you plainly whether it is worth pursuing.
We build the submission, the deal or the plan to the standard it will be judged against.
We stay through award, closing or launch, and bring in the right professionals where they are needed.
Indigenous Nations and partners
We prepare feasibility studies, plans and models for Nations and their development corporations, and help firms build genuine partnerships and credible participation plans for public work. We also support Nations acquiring established businesses and taking equity in projects.
A clear no-bid or no-go decision saves more than a weak pursuit ever wins.
Evaluators, lenders and investors score against criteria. We start there, not with a brochure.
We never name clients without their permission, and we take on one firm per tender.
Insights
Public Sector & Bids
Five changes since mid-September affect how BC firms price, schedule, and manage public bids. Most need an hour of checking, not a new strategy.
Photo by Indraadityan Logamurugan on Unsplash
Growth & Ventures
A lender checks your market size claim by claim. This autumn's Statistics Canada releases mean many base numbers in BC plans now need a second look.
Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash
Funding & Grants
The expanded Regional Tariff Response Initiative offers two kinds of federal money. Choosing between them is a capital decision, not a race to the free money.
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Start a conversation
A short first conversation is usually enough to see whether we can help, and how. If we are not the right fit, we will say so.
