The St. John’s Board of Trade is pleased to provide you with links to these popular business tools. These online resources are useful in planning, gathering information and providing general information, right at your fingertips. The St. John’s Board of Trade helps you find the information you need to lead your business forward.

Human Resources

• JobsinNL.ca
  JobsinNL.ca offers free Newfoundland and Labrador job postings to employers.
   
• NL HR Manager Toolkit
  Developed through a partnership made up of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador (Department of Human Resources, Labour and Employment), the NL Business Coalition and SIFE Memorial to support small and medium-sized employers (SMEs) in the province in finding and keeping well qualified, motivated workers they need to compete in the global market place.

BDC Tools
 
To succeed today, you need to have sound business sense and a set of practical tools. BDC provides you with pertinent resources, whether your business is just starting up or is already well established.

• Business plan template
  Prepare a professional business plan that gives you an excellent road map for your company. Increase your chances of success with financing.
  
  
• Entrepreneurial self-assessment
  Find out if you have the aptitude, motivation and drive to run your own business.
   
• Ask a professional
  Tap into our free service to ask a professional from BDC for advice on this month's topic.
   
• Business continuity
  Be proactive and ensure that your critical services or products are delivered during a disruption.
   
• Transition guide
  Consult our guide (PDF) outlining what you need to know to successfully take your business through a transfer or sale.
   
• E-Business diagnostic tools
  Take advantage of free diagnostic tools to determine your e-Business relevancy and readiness.
   
• Ratio calculators
  Compare the performance of your business in key areas such as earning power and debt load.
   
• COMPASS
  A program for carving out bigger profits.

Health & Safety and Planning Tools

• Pandemic Planning Guide
  Planning for a pandemic is essential. Being informed and knowing what to do will help minimize the impact on your business. Visit the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety website for information about pandemic planning and business continuity.
  
  Other pandemic planning resources - http://www.ccohs.ca/pandemic/
  
  
• Occupational Health & Safety resources
  Find workplace health and safety information in Canada, with links to reliable resources from CCOHS and external providers. Conveniently access informative articles, databases, fact sheets, research reports, and more, free of charge.
   
•  Business Resumption & Disaster Recovery Planning Guide
  Public Safety Canada provides a summary and general guidelines for business continuity planning (BCP).
   
•  Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission (WHSCC)
  The WHSCC is an employer-funded no fault insurance system that promotes safe and healthy workplaces, provides return-to-work programs and fair compensation to injured workers and their dependants.

 
Business Financing

• Government of Canada grants & finances
  Entrepreneurs often report that getting financing is the most challenging aspect of starting or growing a business.
   
• NLAN
  The Newfoundland & Labrador Angel Network brings entrepreneurs with a new start-up or expanding business and angel investors together, bridging the capital gap.

• Better Business Bureau BBB
  is an unbiased organization that sets and upholds high standards for fair and honest business behavior.
   
• Community Business Development Corporations programs
  A network of autonomous, not-for-profit organizations that work with all levels of government and the private sector to meet the needs of small business.
   
• Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
  This guide features many of the programs and services offered by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) and its partners in regional development.
   

• The Daily is Statistics Canada's official release bulletin, the Agency's first line of communication with the media and the public. The Daily issues news releases on current social and economic conditions and announces new products. It provides a comprehensive one-stop overview of new information available from Statistics Canada.