The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, February 14, 2006 - A7 BUSINESS Local entrepreneurs offered help to do business plans BAtRIt tRSKINt / CANADIAN CHAMPION GRAND OPENING: Above, celebrating the recent grand opening of The Home Depot are (f rom left) Conservation Halton Foundation chair Don Ford, store manager Bonne Boyes, Mayor Gord Krantz and The Home Depot Canada regional vice-president of opera- lions Roger Plamondon. At Ieft, The Home Depot presents a cheque for $2,500 to Conservation Halton. (alling ail entrepreneur-- and small business owners. T he [laiton Region Business Developruent Centre will scon offer another round of ils Up and Runnîng BizLaunch program, which gives own- ers of small and medium-sized busi- nesses the training t0 help them devel- op comprehensive business plans. Beginning March 7, the program wiII run for 10 evenings [rom 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Halton Regional Centre, 1151 Bronte Rd., Oakville. "The Up and Running BizLaunch program was firsi offered in Halton in Match 2005, and it has proven tu bc une of our mosi popular programs, said Halton Director of Business Development John Ayling. its a course geared toward entre- preneurs ai ail levels of emharking on a business, front those who are jusi ai the idea stage to ihose who have heen oper- aiing a business for up t0 [ive years." The program will cover tupies such as creating a profitable business model, developing a market sîrategy, finding start-up money, preparing financial statements and avoidîng the mosi com- mon stant-up mistakes. As part of the $495 ennolîment fee, which can be paid if three instalîments, participants will neceive intensive in- class training, a 200-page Small BizManual, the Bi.cTools CD containing more than 50 business templates and unlimited business consultations. Cali (905) 825-6000 or visit wwwhalton.ca. spring ... summer ... fali ... winter WARE HOUSE Save, Save, Save Save, Save, Save sWhile supplies lasi L while supplies lasi Address 357 Queen St., ACTON Local 519-853-0200 Toil Free 1-866-620-3248' Parts Hotline 519-853-5613 E-mail info@achilIesmaze. ca Servlng Halton Hllis wIth prUdle sinas 1973 SMOKING w1ua's owu poit? Smoking can cause permanent damage to your body. Once a person niarts, il becomes extremely tough ta quit. This message brought to you by: zb- (muea A LIfiLLEN ~3 -