Services

Business Start-Up Support

As a business owner, RCO knows that starting up a business is no easy task. From choosing and registering your company name, to setting up your financial systems to building your marketing collateral, we have done it all. In setting up RCO Tourism we made a few mistakes along the way, costing us valuable time and money. Having learned from those mistakes we have developed a number of processes that will make your transition into owning your own business easier and more enjoyable. RCO offers a suite of services for start up businesses including assistance with applying for business licenses and funding applications, setting up financial systems based on your business needs and working with you to develop a marketing tool kit so that you have the necessary marketing collateral to hit the ground running.

RCO Tourism provides support for the following business start-up services:

Licenses and Registrations

Applying for a business number
Registering the business
Assistance filling out all business license applications (general business license, city/tour business license, tourism operator license)

Funding Applications

Identifying funding sources for business start up (or development of new products/services)
Setting up meetings with funding agencies
Assistance with filling out funding applications

Setting up Financial Systems

Assisting clients to set up business accounts at their bank
Applying for a GST number
Setting up chart of accounts
Setting up all financial reporting and recording systems
Setting up clients with a QuickBooks cloud-based account and linking QB to their bank accounts
Setting up client on Square so they can accept credit and debit payments from their clients
Develop an invoicing template and invoice tracking system, and develop a system
Develop a system to help mandate their cash flow to ensure they have budget set aside to pay their taxes and GST filings at year end

Marketing Tool Kit

Develop logo, brand identity and brand style guide
Assistance setting up social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram and Tripadvisor
Development of a basic website
Develop a ad template for digital and print

Services

Business Start-Up Support

RCO Tourism provides support for the following business start-up services:

Licenses and Registrations

Applying for a business number

Registering the business

Assistance filling out all business license applications (general business license, city/tour business license, tourism operator license)

Funding Applications

Identifying funding sources for business start up (or development of new products/services)

Setting up meetings with funding agencies

Assistance with filling out funding applications

Setting up Financial Systems

Assisting clients to set up business accounts at their bank

Applying for a GST number

Setting up chart of accounts

Setting up all financial reporting and recording systems

Setting up clients with a QuickBooks cloud-based account and linking QB to their bank accounts

Setting up client on Square so they can accept credit and debit payments from their clients

Develop an invoicing template and invoice tracking system, and develop a system

Develop a system to help mandate their cash flow to ensure they have budget set aside to pay their taxes and GST filings at year end

Marketing Tool Kit

Develop logo, brand identity and brand style guide

Assistance setting up social media accounts (Facebook, Instagram and Tripadvisor

Development of a basic website

Develop a ad template for digital and print