Movers & Shakers: Businesses face off for a good cause

Raise money for local non-profits by becoming a member of the Burnaby Board of Trade.

For the month of June, the board of trade is holding a membership competition to help grow its network of businesses in the community. There are four teams taking part:

Team Orange, captain: Nancy Small – executive director, Tourism Burnaby.

Team Green, captain: Ryan St. Germaine – CEO, BCjobs.ca.

Team Blue, captain: Lara Graham – publisher, Burnaby NOW.

Team Red, captain: Chad Schmidt – advisor, Schmidt & Funk Financial Services.

For every new member that a team signs up, $100 will be donated to the team’s partner non-profit.

Those non-profits are: Canada Scores Vancouver (Team Orange); Burnaby Neighbourhood House (Team Green); Burnaby Community Services (Team Blue); and the Down Syndrome Research Foundation (Team Red).

The teams have until June 29 to register new members, and at the end of the month, the team that recruited the most new members will win a “special bonus donation” for their partner non-profit.

As of June 6, Team Blue was in the lead.

If you’re already a board of trade member, email [email protected] to join a team and get canvassing. If you’re not a member, join now. Just pick the charity you want to support, download an application form (find it here: tinyurl.com/BBOTmember) and send it (completed) to [email protected].

For more information go to tinyurl.com/BBOTdrive.

New co-working space now open

Co-working spaces are all the rage these days, and there’s a new facility that just opened in Burnaby.

Regus Canada, a global company that provides flexible workspaces and co-working offices in more than 100 countries around the world, celebrated its grand opening at the new Solo District tower at 2025 Willingdon Ave. on June 1.

The 18,790-square-foot office is available to local professionals and entrepreneurs interested in sharing office space with other business people. It includes private and shared offices and a large co-working area.

This is the third co-working space Regus has opened in Burnaby.

For more information on pricing, go to www.regus.ca/workspace/bc/burnaby.

Are you a business owner?

RBC Dominion Securities Inc. is hosting a series of lunch seminars specifically for business owners.

The next seminar is on Friday, June 9 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Royal Bank at 4370 Kingsway. Guest speaker Sean Murray, an estate planning specialist with RBC Wealth, is expected to talk about corporate wealth transfer strategies.

The third and final installment in the series is planned for Friday, June 30, also from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Kingsway Royal Bank branch. The topic of the day will be: How much is your company worth? Buying and selling of a business.

Mary Gamble, principal of iValue Solutions Consulting, will be the guest speaker that day.

There is no fee for the event, but seating is limited. RSVP with Stephanie Tang at 604-257-2503 or [email protected].

Have a business-related item for Movers & Shakers? Email details to Cayley at [email protected].