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Organizations for Small Business

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Industry Associations

SOHO Business Group
http://www.soho.ca/
"SOHO Business Group is a membership-based, marketing organization in the business of developing unique programs, benefits, savings, incentives, group-buying systems, and association management opportunities for business success and growth."

British Columbia Restaurant & Foodservices Association
http://www.bcrfa.com/
The British Columbia Restaurant and Foodservices Association represents the concerns of the restaurant and foodservices industry at all levels of government. It also enhances the image and integrity of the industry through education, communication, industry development and overall professionalism.

Retail BC
http://www.retailbc.org/
With 3,500 members, Retail BC, represents over 6000 store fronts across BC. As a non-profit organization, Retail BC negotiates group discounts, provides information and education, and lobbies the government on issues that affect retailers.

Retail Council of Canada
http://www.retailcouncil.org/
Founded in 1963, Retail Council of Canada is the Voice of Retail. RCC is a not-for-profit association whose more than 9,000 members represent all retail formats, including national and regional department stores, mass merchants, specialty chains, independent stores and online merchants.

The British Columbia Wine Institute
http://www.winebc.com/
The British Columbia Wine Institute (BCWI) was created by an act of the provihttp://www.winebc.com/ncial legislature in 1990. It functions as a component of a strategic plan developed by the industry and government to create an internationally competitive wine industry.

BC Landscaping & Nursery Association
http://www.bclna.com/bclna_awards.htm
The BCLNA has over 600 member companies, representing nursery, landscape, retail, education, supply, service and government organizations working in the landscape horticultural industry.

Canadian Restaurant & Foodservices Association
http://www.crfa.ca/
The association creates a favourable business environment and delivers tangible value to its members in all sectors of Canada's foodservice industry.

National Restaurant Association
http://www.restaurant.org/
The U.S.-based National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry. Its 43,000 member companies represent more than 220,000 restaurant establishments. Its membership base consists of many different facets of the industry.



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