Small Business Recovery (SBR) Consulting Rebate

• The applicant must be a small or medium-sized business, privately owned, with fewer than 500 employees and annual revenues under $100 million.
• The business must be located or headquartered within the Northern Development Initiative Trust region in central and northern British Columbia.
• The business must be incorporated or a sole proprietorship that has been established for at least two years with more than $30,000 in annual revenues.
• The business must be currently operating and generating revenue, and have been impacted by an economic downturn or similar adverse conditions.
• The project must involve contracted third-party consulting services focused on sustaining operations and restoring business health and profitability to pre-event levels (e.g., planning, market development, operations, HR, financial management, marketing).

Who is eligible?

Who is not eligible

There are types of companies that are not eligible for this grant. Businesses that do not meet the program's criteria such as revenue thresholds, employee limits, or industry restrictions are not eligible.

• Businesses with revenues exceeding $100 million
• Businesses with more than 500 employees
• Non-operating businesses
• Non-privately owned businesses

Eligible expenses

• Fees for third-party consulting services aimed at sustaining business operations.
• Consulting costs to help recover business health and profitability to pre-event levels.

Eligible geographic areas

• Businesses located or headquartered within the Northern Development Initiative Trust (NDIT) region in central and northern British Columbia.

The Small Business Recovery Consulting Rebate program has evaluation and selection criteria. Qualified businesses must be located in the Northern Development Initiative Trust region, be impacted by economic downturns, meet specific revenue thresholds, and fall within eligible industries.

• Applicants must be located in the Northern Development Initiative Trust region.
• Businesses must be impacted by economic downturns.
• Revenue thresholds and industry eligibility criteria must be met.
• Projects must focus on sustaining business operations and recovering business health.

• The intake for this program is currently closed and applications are not being accepted at this time.
• The program is administered by Northern Development Initiative Trust, which manages this and other regional funding programs.
• An application guide and a reporting form are provided as program materials and must be downloaded and saved locally before being filled in.
• Applicants are encouraged to contact Northern Development staff to discuss projects, including potential categories not explicitly listed in the program description.