If you are a business or farm owner looking for help in the transition period, the City of Humboldt is lending a hand.

They have partnered up with SuccessionMatching.com - an organization that assists owners looking to step into the post-business life.

"We will be working with business owners and farm owners in the region on their succession plan over the next three years," said Alison Anderson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Succession Matching.

Starting Wednesday and running until April 27, there will be 15 different topics for owners to access.

Anderson noted a few examples of information that will be available.

"The first one is an overview on what needs to go into a business plan for your succession. We have one on HR requirements before, during and after the transition," she said. "There is some legal advice, or we have a chartered business evaluator coming on."

"We really look forward to working with the city on this series."

Anderson says that even if you don't have time to access the webinars immediately, if you sign up, they will still be available for a short period of time afterwards.

"The webinars will be recorded and available for anyone that signs up for the series for one month after," she explained. "I encourage people to sign up for the series because it is free of charge. Anywhere else in Canada you would be $700 to access this series."

According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 70% of business owners are interested in retiring, but only 9% have succession plans in place.

Anderson says that the webinars aren't just for people who are thinking of retiring in the next two or three years.

"A lot of people have questions and it kind of becomes overwhelming. They don't know where to start. In Canada, the average transition is between two and seven years," she said. "Even if people are ten years out of their transition plan, we encourage them to sign up so they know what they path to transition is."

The first webinar is available at 10:00am on Wednesday, and will continue over the next month. You can find more details to sign up and access the schedule by clicking here.