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Huron Business Self Help office.
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reopening as enterprise centre
By Sara Campbell
Expositor Staff
The Huron Business Self
Help office is graduating to
an enterprise centre that will
expand their resources and
services in Huron County.
The Huron Small Business
Enterprise Centre (HSBEC)
will be holding its official
grand opening as an
enterprise centre in Seaforth,
from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
"We are inviting everyone
to come out to our grand
opening and see how we
have changed," said Alison
Lobb, manager of the
HSBEC.
Local dignitaries,
including MP Paul Steckle,
Huron -East Mayor Lin
Steffler as well as Paul
Homer, regional business
consultant for the Ministry
of Enterprise, Opportunity
and Innovation, will be on
hand to celebrate with
HSBEC staff and to be a
part of the ribbon cutting at
11:15 a.m.
"As an enterprise, we are
able to offer additional
programs and additional
funding from the ministry
but our mandate will remain
the same - to help small
business owners," said
Lobb.
"We are at the same
location with same staff and
same partners. We just have
more to offer."
The HSBEC is a
partnership between the
Huron Business
Development Corporation
HBDC), the county and the
Ministry of Enterprise,
Opportunity and Innovation.
Lobb said the small business
support initiative recognizes
the high rate of self-
employment and small
business development in the
county.
With micro -businesses
(five employees or less)
accounting for 88 per cent of
the enterprises in the county
and a failure rate of four
businesses in five, the
HSBEC offers programs and
services to aid the
development and increase
the odds of success.
"From evaluating an idea
to developing a successful
business plan, the HSBEC
provides a one-stop source
of business information for
new entrepreneurs," said
Lobb.
She said the HSBEC is
available to a broad range
of entrepreneur, from
retirees wanting to turn
their hobby into a business,
to students participating in
the Summer Company
Program which provides
financial assistance to those
interested in starting their
own summer business.
Lobb said one of the new
program that will be offered
at the HSBEC is legal and
accounting mentoring for
small business owners who
have concerns. She said
referrals through her may
qualify to speak, free of
charge to a lawyer or
accountant.
The centre will also
feature more workshops than
before said Lobb, such as
Managing Your Employees
on Nov. 5 and Your Bottom
Line - Year End Tax
Strategies on Nov. 26.
Lobb said the open house
will feature door prizes,
draws and a chance to look
through the centre and see
how it has been refurbished
to accommodate new
resources.
"I hope to see lots of
visitors even if it's their first
time here because I don't
think many people realize
how much resource material
we have that is available to
them," she said.
Lobb said the walk-in
resource area provides
details on funding sources,
business planning, market
research, bookkeeping,
licenses, regulations,
statistics, demographics and
many other aspects of small
business management.
Also during the day of the
open house, in honour of
HBDC's 10th anniversary
and National Community
Futures Development
Corporations Day, a free
business seminar will be
held at the Seaforth Legion
at 2 p.m.
The seminar, Prospering
in a Big Box Retail World,
will be lead by Roy Prevost,
retail expert, who will
discuss how a small business
can compete will Large
corporations.
For more information or to
register for the seminar, call
527-0305.
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