/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Interview opportunity - Small Business Week*
address to Vancouver Board of Trade - October 21 - POWER UP YOUR BUSINESS:
Invest, innovate and grow/

VANCOUVER, Oct. 18 /CNW Telbec/ - Edmée Métivier, Executive Vice President, Financing and Consulting, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) will address a Vancouver Board of Trade luncheon on Thursday, October 21, about entrepreneurial intentions to invest in innovation and growth strategies.

Ms. Métivier will discuss the results of a BDC-Angus Reid Public Opinion survey of entrepreneurs across Canada and provide practical advice on how BC business owners can outperform their competitors. She will share her insights based on 30 years as a banker to small and medium sized businesses.

*Small Business Week, October 17-23, celebrates Canadian entrepreneurship. It is a registered trademark of BDC which serves 29,000 entrepreneur clients. 

Vancouver Board of Trade Luncheon

Date:	Thursday, October 21
Time:	Registration, 11:45 a.m.
	Lunch & Program, 12:15 - 2 p.m.
Place:	Fairmont Hotel Vancouver - Pacific Ballroom
	(Corner of Georgia and Burrard)

For further information:

Source:
Geoffrey King
Director, Public Relations, BDC
T: 514 496-4351
[email protected]

For Vancouver media interviews:
Ann Gibbon
T: 604 263-0634
C:  778 999-0064
[email protected]