Premier’s Award for Job Creation
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New this year, the Premier’s Award for Job Creation is presented to a company who through financial investment has created expansion and new opportunities for sustained employment. These opportunities need to be sustained for at least twelve months and the majority of investment of funds should not have been obtained from government grants or have been created through acquisition of an existing business.
Eligibility:
- Must be a BC registered company
- Produce goods and/or services that have significant Canadian benefits
- Have earned foreign revenue in excess of $100,000 in the past fiscal year
- Have been in business for more than three years and exporting for a minimum of 2 years
- Established a presence in one or more geographic markets
The successful nominees will have the following attributes:
- Have a sound capital base with sufficient working capital to support their export activity
- Demonstrated significant year-to-year percentage growth in value of export sales or increased sales volume over the past year
- Demonstrated ability to overcome obstacles or other unique challenges in entering new international market(s)
- Demonstrated quality of their export plan through use of innovation and strategies to promote brand awareness in their export market(s)
- Shown notable growth in their overall business as a direct result of their export activities