Business Retention & Expansion

If your community or organization is interested in Business Retention and Expansion (BRE), as surely most communities are, you can hire ESU to execute a BRE program.  Ida Scott is a certified Business Retention and Expansion Consultant (BREC) and a certified Business Retention and Expansion Professional (BREP). She delivers the BRE Fundamentals program for Business Retention and Expansion International (BREI) for the Volunteer Model.  Ida has lead two BRE programs in the Bridgewater, NS area and for the 2006/07 program received an Award of Excellence for an Outstanding Community BR & E Program.

Ida served for nine years as a Board member of BREI, including terms as President Elect, President and Past President.

Results from a BRE program provide believable, verifiable and reliable information for communities and organizations to seek funding and other support to ensure retention and expansion of businesses.