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This release reports on the number of small businesses in B.C., their total employment, and the financial and economic environment in which they operate. Also included are new incorporations of British Columbia companies, and new registrations of extraprovincial companies, with a comparison to previous years. Each quarter, the report contains analytic articles covering topics such as changes in the number of businesses operating in the province, the value of bank loans to small businesses, a profile of small business in B.C., et cetera.

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Current Issue: Second Quarter 2007

Feature Article: Multiple Job Holders in B.C. Out of Canada's total workforce of approximately 16.5 million people, a substantial 857 thousand have another job in addition to their main one—they moonlight...

Graphs, Tables: 2007 Q2

Selected Feature Articles From Previous Issues
2007
Q1	BC's Entrepreneurs
2006
Q4	Head Offices in B.C.
Q3	Female Enterprise in British Columbia
Q2	Regional Outlook: BC's Northeast
Q1	Now Hiring: BC's Labour Well Running Dry
2005
Q4	The Business Gateway
Q3	BC Restaurants: An Industry Overview
Q2	Effects of Rising Canadian Dollar Mixed for Small Business
Q1	Small Businesses that Export
2004
Q4	Small Business Outlook
Q3	Lumber Dispute Big Issue for Small Business
Q2	Small Business and Older Workers
Q1	Small Business Suffers Gas Pains
2003
Q4	Small Business is Embracing the Internet
Q3	Cost of Insurance is the Top Concern for Small Business in BC
Q2	Chartered Bank Business Loans Continue to Decline
Q1	Moonlighting in British Columbia
2002
Q4	Stay-at-Home Workers
Q3	Profile of Women Entrepreneurs
Q2	A Comparison of Small Business Size, 1993 and 2001
Q1	Will Retiring Boomers Lead to Labour Bust?
2001
Q4	Expectations of Manufacturers Showing Signs of Improvement
Q3	Business and Consumer Bankruptcies are on the Rise in BC
Q2	The Benefits and Costs of a Higher Minimum Wage
Q1	Small Business On-Line: Internet Use Among SMEs
2000
Q4	Co-operatives Grew Steadily Throughout the 1990s
Q3	Profile of Self-Employed in British Columbia
Q2	Latest Small Business Employment Numbers Show Three Year Changes
Q1	Some Distinctive Features of the Small Business Workplace
1999
Q4	Transfers of Corporate Charters to Other Provinces Suggest Business Migration From British Columbia
Q3	755 Thousand British Columbians Rely on Small Businesses for Jobs
Q2	A Quarter of All Employees in British Columbia Work for Small Employers
Q1	Self-Employment in British Columbia Takes on a New Profile
1998
Q4	Co-operative Movement Grows Through the 1990s
Q3	The Long and the Short of Working Hours or Self-Employed
Q2	People Trying Self-Employment as a Second Job
Q1	British Columbians Still Making Their Own Jobs
1997
Q4	Business Bankruptcies Ease With Low Interest Rates, But Consumer Bankruptcies Continue to Climb
Q3	Co-operative Movement Grows Steadily in British Columbia
Q2	Doing Our Thing in Lotusland - The New Self-Employed in British Columbia
Q1	Immigrants Boost Self-Employment in British Columbia
1996
Q4	More British Columbia Companies Shift Corporate Charters to Alberta and Ontario
Q3	Changes in Business Confidence Expressed in Numbers of New Incorporations
Q2	Bankruptcies Rise With Self-Employment and Mounting Consumer Debt Loads
Q1	Counting the Business Community in British Columbia