Sentences with phrase «british companies»

This survey was wholly unrepresentative of British companies, since only 5 % export goods and services to the EU.

On Wednesday, British companies were required to submit salary information as a part of a government survey aimed at exposing gender pay gaps in the country's workforce.

Yesterday was the deadline for all British companies with more than 250 employees to report their «gender pay gaps» to the UK government's Equalities Office.

On average, men at Apple's U.K. operations earn 5 percent more than women, the company revealed on Tuesday, a day ahead of a deadline for British companies over 250 people to disclose their gender gaps.

BitConnect has two months to prove «cause to the contrary» until the decision has been formally enforced, according to an official filing on the British Companies House website.

Both of these are targeting its main branch in the UK, as well as a few additional BitConnect registrations that appear in the British Companies House registrar.

«That would mean more paperwork, border checks and bureaucratic requirements for British companies trading with the EU.

In fact, British companies have been hit with enormous penalties lately.

TTIP's removal of trade barriers will dramatically open up the US market for British companies, in turn increasing demand for their products.

Over in banking «the most frequent work is arranging US guarantors for British companies that want to borrow money.»

«We want to see more British companies active in the energy supply chain across Canada,» he said, repeatedly pointing to opportunities in Alberta's tar sands and Western Canada's shale gas reserves.

Seven key prizes went to new, nimble British companies: Mode 7 Games took home the New IP prize for Frozen Synapse, Facebook games pioneer Bossa was named best New Studio, while Thechineseroom (pictured) took two awards, winning Micro Studio and Use of Narrative for Dear Esther.

The Overseas Business Risk service offers information and advice for British companies operating overseas on how to manage political, economic, and business security - related risks.

A bonus issue is common among British companies, wherein free additional shares are added to the positions of existing shareholders.

Using butted tubing technology — a process developed by Reynolds as far back as 1897 — the trio of British companies has been able to reduce the weight of a typical Caterham Seven chassis by more than ten per cent.

Yes, Volvo isn't a sports car manufacturer, but those British companies tend to build automobiles with brilliant handling that also ride equally well.

Of course, there is no denying that the boom in British companies opening and operating international schools abroad is pouring money into the Exchequer and helping with our balance of payments.

There's also significant potential for future business — worth in excess of # 100 million to British companies — while opportunities exist across all sub-sectors including schools, vocational education and training, higher education and CPD / professional training.

We are seeing the investment in vocational education provision ramping - up to meet future needs and the UKTI has identified the Saudi education and training market as a high value opportunity for British companies.

Because British companies like East India Company would not have to pay the tax on tea, they could sell their tea for a cheaper price than could companies based in the Americas.

Chloe Archard is one of the founders of Paleo Britain, a website dedicated to promoting and highlighting British companies that are producing real, high - quality, truly healthy, sustainable foods.

Many British companies have been slow to recognise the potential of nanobiotechnology, according to Curtis.

Only the British Treasury does not honour this commitment, so British companies have no incentive to participate, says AIRTO.

Although several British companies are selling computer systems and software to design and run virtual reality programs, almost all the peripherals that are necessary to control them, such as helmet displays, joysticks and gloves, are made in the US.

More than 40 per cent of American companies provided information on how much they spend on the environment, compared with 23 per cent of British companies.

He pointed out that 200 British companies involved in metal - finishing each employed fewer than 40 people, but the industry as a whole causes severe water pollution.

Attractiveness is determined by the level of demand for products and the ability of British companies to make them.

British companies are falling behind their North American rivals in providing environmental data on their activities.

A recent survey of 324 British companies by the consultancy KPMG Peat Marwick showed that 79 per cent of them avoided the DTI's schemes; 86 per cent would prefer tax credits which would leave them free to spend the extra money on projects of their choice.

A code of practice on computer security published jointly this week by the government and industry could help British companies to save an estimated # 1 billion.

DAB was developed as a Eureka project, and Britain's Department of Trade and Industry hopes that British companies will benefit by selling their implementations abroad, especially to developing countries.

Large financial institutions such as pension funds and insurance companies own about 80 per cent of the shares in British companies, and generally look for large dividends.

There are approximately 250 British companies, representing a quarter of Europe's biotechnology small or medium - sized enterprises and 75 % of the listed European companies.

But with those costs now starting to rise, and confidence at home increasing, British companies are beginning to return — offering the potential of thousands of new UK - based jobs.

Central to any settlement is a pledge by the big banks to lend about # 200bn to British companies this year and for a net lending target for SMEs — small - to medium - sized companies — which have been feeling the credit squeeze and high interest rates most acutely.

Wasn't that good of Mr. Brown to transfer all that money and sell out the rights when we had perfectly capable British companies who are now collapsing!

The Duke complained about the fact that British companies routinely discriminate against potential employees who are serving in the TA:

Ten British companies received almost half of the funds.

He claims British companies have a «particular problem» with exorbitant pay and says shareholders need to step in.

So we are left in the paradoxical position that there is an elite of British Companies, well - respected around the world, with good work - forces and who do believe in bringing on their own staff.

Equality is the subject of a new YouGov poll this weekend, which revealed the real reasons people believe there are so few women in top jobs in British companies.

A Labour government will prevent foreign takeovers of British companies if they are not in the national interest, it is believed.

We're going to allow firms to use losses more flexibly in a way that will help over 70,000 mostly British companies.

But the Conservatives said if just six British companies - Diageo, Smith & Nephew, Shire, WPP, Chaucer and Aberdeen Asset Management - took their business abroad, # 160 million could be lost in tax revenues.

It should give British companies the maximum freedom to trade with and operate within European markets — and let European businesses do the same in Britain.

98 % of the facilities for the Games have been built by British companies.

In an interview with TP in 2009, Cable said that if he was chancellor and had six months to make a difference, he would start by being «proactive in making sure that the semi-nationalised and nationalised banks are lending to solid British companies».

Zambian villagers await a landmark judgement that could help hold British companies to account for their actions abroad.

In 2002 a law was brought in to forbid British companies from offering bribes to third parties to secure business.

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