Emergencies, like pandemics, natural disasters and cyber-attacks, pose unique challenges for small and medium-sized businesses. Most will not recover at the same pace as larger businesses and many will not survive the crisis.
Small & Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) will need substantial tools and resources to help them maintain operations and adapt to a different economy. They will also require help to prepare to weather the next crisis, including advice on legal/human resource issues, cash flow management, maintaining operations, cybersecurity and adopting business models with less physical presence (e.g., remote working and e-commerce).
The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce is hosting a virtual roundtable to gain insight from our business community. The intention is to review policy recommendations as set out by the Canadian Business Resilience Network and provide ideas for additional policy recommendations to our parent organization, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.