And yet, even as the government gets ready to table a federal budget that applies gender - based analysis to its policies, women in business advocacy groups are skeptical that the Canadian government will do anything as bold as Iceland. (canadianbusiness.com)
«From the conversations we've had it seems that the businesses who would take advantage of this are fairly narrow in scope,» said Zack Hutchins, spokesman for the Business Council of New York State, a leading business advocacy group. (chicagotribune.com)
Surveys taken recently by banks and small business advocacy groups show that at most, a third of small businesses plan to expand their staffs in the next 12 months. (cnbc.com)