Sentences with phrase «last year parenting»

Last year Parenting UK coordinated the development of national occupational standards for work with parents — which form a ready made, nationally agreed set of competencies on which organisations can base service developments, and are based on the following principles:

Last year our parent company Matchtech Group PLC acquired Networkers International PLC and since then we've been researching our key markets and re-defining our service offering to ensure we can offer you more opportunities than ever.

Not exact matches

Dwyer, the parent company of eight service - oriented franchises, last year awarded $ 2.3 million in discounts to vets.

The casual dining chain's parent company Dine Brands Global (din) said on Tuesday it would close as many as 80 Applebee's restaurants this year on top of the nearly 100 it shuttered last year, while opening between 10 and 15 as it looks to improve the restaurant's fortunes.

Last year, 28 percent of adults told the National Foundation for Credit Counseling that they primarily learned personal finance from their parents.

Yum Brands — the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell — generated more than 70 percent of its profits, or $ 1.1 billion, outside the U.S. last year, up from just 20 percent 15 years earlier.

«As more people move out of their parents» basement — and there's still quite a few living there — we expect to see continued healthy demand for homes,» said Svenja Gudell, chief economist for Zillow, which found millennials made up 42 percent of homebuyers last year.

Empire Co., parent of Sobeys, rationalized its $ 5.8 - billion acquisition of Canada Safeway last year in part for making it the No. 1 grocer in Alberta.

Restaurant Brands (the massive parent to Burger King, Tim Hortons, and Popeyes) brought in about $ 4.1 billion in revenue last year with a market cap in the ballpark of $ 28 billion (including exchangeable units).

Urmson left Google last year before the self - driving project changed its name to Waymo and spun out to become a business under Google's parent, Alphabet.

Under its new parent — and CEO Marissa Mayer (see No. 1)-- Tumblr is reportedly aiming for $ 100 million in sales this year from advertising, up from an estimated $ 13 million generated last year.

But the Vegas hotel fell into the hands of Onex, which separated the Strip property from its parent last year after strategically acquiring more than US$ 200 million of its debt — at discount prices.

The handcrafted medal on the right was awarded to him last year when he served as co-president of the parents council at his son's school.

Last year, for example, the U.S. parent purchased a major chunk of shares, bringing its ownership stake above 90 %.

Last Olympics, the New York Times reported that U.S. swimmer Missy Franklin's parents dropped $ 100,000 per year on her sport.

The Late Show host also spoke to Cook about his decision last year to publicly announce that he is gay, as well as the Apple CEO's efforts to increase the company's charitable works: «It became so clear to me that kids were getting bullied in school, kids were getting discriminated against, kids were even being [disowned] by their own parents,» Cook said.

With its parent company in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Vistra Energy escaped the proceedings through a spin - off last year.

But Alcoa's core smelting and aluminum refining business was spun off last year from the parent company, now called Arconic (arnc)(It's at No. 228 on the Fortune 500.)

The finances of the British parent continue to free fall while the Canadian unit was sold last year for a measly $ 3.2 million to a restructuring firm.

Free wi - fi and bountiful electrical outlets at the Green Beanery in Toronto lasted just one year, notes Patricia Adams, executive director of the charitable cafe's parent, Probe International.

American parent AMR Corp. lost $ 1.47 billion last year — and $ 3.59 billion in the past two years — as traffic fell during the recession and competition limited American's ability to raise fares.

The parents in this age group also take their young children with them, and children under the age of 15 accounted for a further 29.5 % of interprovincial out migrants last year.

According to recent data analyzed by the real - estate tracking company Trulia, the last time this many young Americans were living with a parent, relative, or sibling, it was 1940 — just one year out from the Great Depression.

Zhima Credit's technology officer, Li Yingyun, told author Rachel Botsman last year that people who played video games for ten hours a day would be considered an «idle person,» while those who buy diapers online were «more likely to have a sense of responsibility,» as they were likely to be parents.

Last week, Olive Garden's parent company Darden Restaurants got heat from New York hedge fund Starboard Value, which charged that an overly liberal breadstick policy was costing the company as much as $ 5 million a year.

Last year, they were purchased by Automattic, WordPress's parent company, for a reported $ 30 million in cash and stock.

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Still, the original program got so costly that a top executive at parent Alphabet Inc. highlighted it last year to explain a jump in expenses.

Last year, I surprised my parents in Germany.

That means Amazon brought on board more people in one year than the entire workforce of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., which said it had more than 80,000 employees at the end of last year.

HBO's parent company, Time Warner, had talks with Vice last year about buying a stake in the company.

Ever since I paid off my $ 38,000 worth of student loans last year, I have received many e-mails from parents who are interested in seeking help for their children.

TIL, which typically uses its own resources or that of its deep - pocket parent BCCL to fund growth initiatives, had kicked off the uncharacteristic move of raising substantial external capital for MagicBricks Realty Services Ltd early last year when the digital real estate business in India saw the emergence of a host of new players backed by global investors such as SoftBank, News Corp and Tiger Global.

Colt completed its trip through bankruptcy last year, while sales and profits at Smith & Wesson's parent company have plummeted and its stock price is sagging.

Last year 39 percent of new business premium in life and health insurance lines for Allianz SE, Allianz Life Insurance of North America's parent company, was generated by capital - efficient products, Allianz SE executives told analysts in early February.

Meanwhile, traditional VAs, or unit - linked annuities with or without guarantees, last year accounted for 18 percent of the company's new business premium, down from 22 percent in 2015, the parent company said.

At last year's F8, Facebook announced that it was expanding Messenger beyond a chat app to become a platform unto itself, similar to the one its parent company's social network has become.

The company grew in 14 year from 8 buses to 250, a huge box of letter from parents and students and many lasting relationships.

UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines, said last week it will shrink its fleet by up to 4 percent this year to combat the skyrocketing cost of jet fuel.

According to a confidential survey commissioned by Hockey Canada last year and obtained by The Globe and Mail, the 1,300 parents surveyed had an average household income roughly 15 per cent higher than the national median.

Mr. Weeks lost his phone number and about a million dollars» worth of virtual currency late last year, despite having asked his mobile phone provider for additional security after his wife and parents lost control of their phone numbers.

Alibaba, the parent company of Alipay, made a strategic investment in Sina Weibo last year, with not only cash but also a promise of bringing in no less than $ 380 million worth of advertising revenue for Sina Weibo through displaying Taobao / Tmall items in the next three years.

Russia led last year's ranking in terms of value of DR capital raised, thanks to TCS Group Holdings (parent of Tinkoff Credit Systems), which raised $ 1.1 billion in the largest issue of 2013.

Joaquin became a U.S. citizen last year, a moment of pride for his parents, who brought him to the United States from Venezuela as a toddler.

It lasted a year and my parents never found out.

As I've entered my last years of life I've reflected on my own parent's deaths and my love for my family has been my foremost consideration in my own mortality.

My parents and in - laws are children of the second - generation; born in America and raised in the last years of the depression, they inherited the immigrant's unconditional passion for the new country, and happily melted into the pot» Americanizing their own names and Christening their children John instead of Gianni; Mary instead of Maria.

I was drafted into the Church as a child by my parents, but mind you, I didn't confirm my faith until my last year in graduate school.

Hugh, that was said to me often after both of my parents died within the last 3 years.

President Richard Nixon's parents worshiped at the church, which celebrated its 100th anniversary last year.