Businesspeople in Sechelt can now apply for business licences online, the province announced last Friday.The OneStop Business Registry - a service run by the provincial government, the Canada Revenue Agency and WorkSafe BC - has been implemented in 69 other municipalities throughout B.C, according to a B.C. government press release. It provides for business registrations, business address changes, business numbers and the Corporate Registry's name approval service."Our partnership with OneStop means that entrepreneurs will no longer have to visit three separate offices or websites and fill out three separate forms - one federal, one provincial and one municipal - to conduct routine business transactions," District of Sechelt bylaw officer Bruce Haynes said in the May 19 release. "We have succeeded in achieving our common goal - to save our clients time and money."Users can access the service anytime at www.bcbusinessregistry.ca."OneStop is part of our commitment to citizen-centred service delivery," B.C. Finance Minister Carole Taylor said in the release. "We're making our services more accessible and responsive so that entrepreneurs can spend less time dealing with government and more time growing their businesses and creating jobs."
