Sentences with phrase «business confidence report»

GlobalData's «Packaging Industry Business Confidence Report H1 2018», examines executives» opinion about the business environment during H1 2018.

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The Getting to Yes report prepared for the CLLN and ABC under the joint Advancing Workplace Learning Project, found that employers who offered WLES training and integrated WLES into their businesses reported improved employee confidence, better communication and teamwork, new or improved skills, greater interest in further learning, improved morale and employees who can take on other jobs.

The Vistage CEO Confidence Index, which tracks sentiment among small business CEOs, reported this week that 1,700 entrepreneurs expect «a stagnant economy during the year ahead... and will likely curtail hiring plans.»

The mining sector has reached a new five - year low, with confidence levels likely to take years to recover, according to industry leaders surveyed in the latest Mining Business Outlook report.

In what is perhaps the company's most valuable public vote of confidence, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett called AmEx an «excellent business» with managers that are «talented and shareholder - oriented» in his 2016 annual report to shareholders.

On the heels of an earnings report that was right in line with expectations, Disney's CEO Bob Iger says he has «great confidence in Disney's availability to sustain growth» from its biggest business, the media networks.

PwC's Agile Project Delivery Confidence report found that success rates improved by 28 percent for businesses taking an Agile approach to team projects.

The Brexit and Trump effect have not dented UK business optimism as manufacturing confidence has reached a 20 - month high, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers business optimism as manufacturing confidence has reached a 20 - month high, according to the latest Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers Business Trends Report by accountants and business advisers business advisers BDO LLP.

Contractors have high confidence in the market's ability to provide new business for the next 12 months, up one point from the level reported in Q4.

China appealed to Washington on Thursday to avoid damaging business confidence following a report that U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chinese tech giant Huawei violated sanctions on Iran amid spiraling technology tensions.

As a result, shareholders could lose confidence in our financial and other public reporting, which would harm our business and the trading price of our ADSs or ordinary shares.

The Sensis Business Index reported favourable conditions among small and medium businesses, with confidence about the coming 12 months remaining near an historic high.

The December quarter ACCI Survey of Investor Confidence, which also covers the non-farm sector, reported a high level of current and expected business conditions.

The business environment also appears to have improved over recent quarters, with most business surveys reporting an improvement in business confidence and expected profitability.

In addition, most business surveys reported conditions that were at high levels throughout 2004, while consumer confidence has been close to record levels.

The NAB survey of the non-farm sector, for example, reported that business conditions and confidence in the September quarter were at their highest levels since 1994.

Businesses are reporting substantial improvements in business conditions and in confidence about the future.

The December quarter AIG survey of manufacturing, the ACCI survey and the Sensis survey of small businesses also reported above - average levels of confidence for the period ahead (Graph 38).

According to a range of surveys, business confidence has now risen to levels consistent with well - above - average growth of the economy, with profits, sales and employment all reported to have increased strongly in the past few months.

The National Federation of Independent Business reported a slight improvement in confidence among small...

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

With the retail sector reporting difficulties, an increase in consumer confidence would help local shops and small businesses.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has welcomed a recommendation in a report by the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee that the «self - employed» should be given at least «worker» employment status unless the engager of their labour can prove otherwise.1 This is a recommendation that LITRG made in written evidence to a separate inquiry.2 LITRG believes that the denial of employment rights to people working in the «gig economy» and the exploitation of other flexible workers regarding their taxes share a common cause: the workers» own lack of knowledge, their reluctance to challenge their treatment because they lack confidence or just need the work and the businesses involved apparently having little fear of action being taken against them by public bodies.

And today we learn that the Government is so unhappy with the banks» failure to make enough loans to business that it has set higher targets - notwithstanding reports of low demand for lending due to lack of business confidence.

«The transition to a low carbon energy sector is affordable and represents tremendous business opportunities, but investor confidence remains low due to policy frameworks that do not provide certainty and address key barriers to technology deployment,» says the IEA report, called «Tracking Clean Energy Progress,» that was presented to the ministers.

Although the company itself has assured us there is a future in console games for them, reports like this don't inspire much confidence, as the decisions they have been making, as lamented by gamers as they are, seem to have struck gold from a business perspective.

Entrepreneurs in the Classroom: M.Y.O.B. Spells Success The Small Business Administration reports that students who participate in entrepreneurship programs demonstrate increased initiative and self - confidence.

Applicants will receive a bespoke programme, including briefings relating to the UK's education system and the international education market, business training and advice on public relations, marketing and sales, access to BESA's research database, market intelligence reports on education industry suppliers» market confidence and sales and briefing sessions with headteachers and curriculum subject experts to gain insights on schools» resourcing needs.

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Use your business debit card with confidence, knowing that all of your online, over the phone, and in - store purchases are covered by Zero Liability protection, which means you will be reimbursed for unauthorized card transactions when promptly reported.

«After another false start, small - business confidence has sputtered and stalled again,» said NFIB chief economist Bill Dunkelberg in a press release accompanying the report.

Small - business owners also reported souring confidence in the economy, after feeling increasingly confident earlier in the year.

There are also established channels for reporting misconducts in the business / corporate environment as well as the public sector which has generally helped to boost the confidence of stakeholders in the corporate world.

The aim is to enable workers, professional advisers and business associates to report serious or complex fraud or corruption in confidence.

Dubbed the UBCI (Upbit Crypto Index), the index will be measured from four market indices based on long - term transactional data at the exchange by calculating standard values in confidence intervals, Business Korea reports.

In the light of Brexit and with continued reports of sluggish UK productivity levels, you could be forgiven for assuming that business confidence levels are low throughout the UK.

Employees seeking career progression The report found that the high confidence of employers following the referendum is not shared by the majority of employees, signifying that the result is set to have consequences for staff retention for many UK businesses.

Rising interest rates have somewhat diminished practitioners» confidence in the home sales market, according to NAR's July business confidence survey, despite strong existing - home sales reports.

RISMEDIA, July 29, 2010 --(MCT)-- Consumer confidence fell in July 2010 on concerns about jobs and business conditions, following a sharp decline in June, the Conference Board recently reported.

«The November sales numbers are consistent with our reports of growing builder confidence, particularly big gains in traffic to new home sites,» said NAHB chairman Granger MacDonald, «Builders are encouraged by the increased demand for housing and expect business to continue to improve in 2018.»

All of the business growth reported locally and nationally bodes well for consumer confidence.»

The strong jobs report and the rebound in consumer confidence in February suggested that businesses and consumers set aside their worries about fiscal drag ahead of the looming sequestration deadline, according to Fannie Mae's Economic & Strategic Research Group.

Elevated business confidence should support additional expansions and expenditures on items including travel, according to the report.

According to the Fall 2017 Small Business Owner Report, «This fall, confidence in the economy jumped, with small business owners feeling more confident that the local, national and global economy will improve compared to one yBusiness Owner Report, «This fall, confidence in the economy jumped, with small business owners feeling more confident that the local, national and global economy will improve compared to one ybusiness owners feeling more confident that the local, national and global economy will improve compared to one year ago.