BDC Consulting

The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) offers customized consulting solutions for the complex challenges you face everyday as a Canadian entrepreneur.

BDC's national network of professional business advisors can help you assess, plan, and implement results-driven, cost-effective management solutions, whatever your company's development stage.

Whether it's through individual consulting, group training, or a combination of both, BDC Consulting helps innovative Canadian business succeed.

Eligibility Criteria

Be a business owner.

Summary

BDC's Consulting Group can help you assess, plan, and implement results-driven, cost-effective management solutions, whatever your company's stage of development:

• Starting a Business
  For companies just starting out, BDC's professional business advisors can help with financial planning, creating a business plan, or with other pertinent topics.
• Acquisition
  Whether you're purchasing new premises, new or used equipment, or a new business, BDC's experienced business advisors can help you maximize your investment.
• Growth
  Whatever your company's stage of development, your experienced BDC business advisor can help support your growth, evaluate your growth potential, ensure balanced company-wide growth, or solidify the foundations for long-term success. Areas where an advisor can help are:
  • Building construction
  • Working capital
  • Production planning
  • Marketing / Sales / Distribution
  • Refinancing
  • Strategic planning
  • Transition planning
  • Human resources management  
• International Markets
  Assess, plan, and implement a custom-made solution with your BDC specialist. From export readiness to international marketing, BDC can help increase your success in foreign markets.
• E-Business
  Find out more about e-business, integrate your current systems, and fuel online growth effectively with BDC's comprehensive program.
• Quality (ISO)
  Improve productivity, profitability, and efficiency with an internationally-recognized ISO 9000 Quality Management solution. BDC offers a full range of ISO and other quality solutions, such as Kaizen, HACCP, and industry-specific programs (environmental, automotive, and aerospace).

Manitoba Contact(s):
See National Contact.

National Contact(s):
Head Office
Business Development Bank of Canada
Suite 400
5 Place Ville-Marie
Montréal, Quebec  H3B 5E7
Fax: 1-877-329-9232
Toll-free (information): 1-877-BDC-BANX (1-877-232-2269)
E-mail: info@bdc.ca
Web site: http://www.bdc.ca/en/Pages/home.aspx