Sentences with phrase «as business ministers»

Matthew Hancock and Michael Fallon, two unabashed Thatcherites, have been installed as Business ministers whose primary purpose is to restrain the egalitarian and regulatory urges of Vince Cable.

As a Business Minister, I see three big opportunities for the UK labour market.

Anna Soubry was sacked from a Cabinet post as Business Minister, then quit rather than take a lesser role.

Despite backing May for Conservative leadership Anna Soubrey was sacked as Business Minister

The West Suffolk MP Matt Hancock is to attend Cabinet as Business Minister was a result of David Cameron's reshuffle.

Not exact matches

But Bernier's 18 - month tenure as industry minister stands in retrospect as a golden age for this government's business policy.

For these sins he was demoted and has spent the past couple of years as the minister of state for small business.

As arguably the country's top business lobbyist, he was asked by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to organize a summit for G20 business leaders on the eve of the political powwow.

The scandal comes at a bad time for Japanese business as a whole, as prime minister Shinzo Abe is trying to drum up global investor confidence by touting improved corporate governance standards.

During one event attended by the prime minister that week, an investment seminar hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization and the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry at the Pierre Hotel, Dr. Ziad Haider, special representative for commercial and business affairs at the US Department of State said, «Secretary Kerry... likes to say that foreign policy is economic policy, and in saying that he's referring to that interplay between foreign policy, foreign affairs, economic issues, and it's certainly true with bilateral diplomatic relations, as well.»

As Canadian Business went to press, it was widely expected that federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's March 29 budget would include an announcement that the cutoff for Old Age Security (OAS) will be raised, which could compel millions of Canadians to delay their golden years.

Finance Minister Carole James says only five per cent of businesses will be paying the full tax rate and those covering the existing health premiums for their employees will see savings as the fees are cut in half and then eliminated.

As CIBC vice-chair Jim Prentice, a former federal environment minister, noted at a business forum in Lake Louise, Alta., in November, «a lot of assumptions have been based on the seemingly insatiable appetite of the United States for energy.

In a statement, transport minister Paul Maynard said it could help make vehicles more energy - efficient and save costs: «Advances such as lorry platooning could benefit businesses through cheaper fuel bills and other road users thanks to lower emissions and less congestion.

More impressively, Minister Emerson told CEOs that, as long as they were getting back 80 per cent of their money, it was none of their business what would happen to the rest.

Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev told reporters that, «We categorize mining as a business activity» and went on to explain that because the proposed law contains no specific guidance on mining taxation, conventional tax laws will apply to the proceeds of digital asset mining operations.

So long as business and technological development continues to go well in Zug, Switzerland's Economics Minister wants to see the country lead the world in cryptocurrency - related innovation.

Many analysts are referring to this as the «Modi effect,» in honor of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, elected two years ago on promises to reinvigorate business growth by cutting red tape and increasing infrastructure spending.

In Calgary, former Conservative minister of industry James Moore joins Dentons Canada LLP as a senior business advisor

The Jenkins report proposes creating an Industrial Research and Innovation Council (IRIC) as an «' arms length» agency... [to] become the common service platform for all appropriate federal business innovation support programs», reporting to Parliament through the proposed Minister for Innovation.

«There's a pretty strong consensus among the premiers and the prime minister that probably the best way to do that is to get in front of as many people as we can to describe how much the relationship with Canadian business actually benefits American business.»

As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau begins a visit to China for talks with government and business leaders, he may want to consider the opinions of young Canadians who will play such an integral part in Canada's future, and its pivot to Asia.

Government action to influence the price of goods might strike Canadians as out of place in the Conservative playbook but Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Tories are acutely concerned about dispelling the notion they're the party of «big business» as they target middle - class voters.

Global supply may be tighter than we think as well, In Fact on Morning with Maria on the Fox Business Network, the Saudi Finance Minister, Mohamed al - JADAAN said «several countries will be running out of supply» probably due to underinvestment.

September 20, 2017 — As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government doubles down on plans to change the way Canadian small business owners are taxed, entrepreneurs themselves are skeptical of one of the proposed changes: New rules for taxing passive investments held by businesses.

Twenty - one years on, Modi will address the world's financial and business elite as Prime Minister of one of the world's fastest growing economies — and as head of a government that has taken far - reaching steps such as demonetisation and the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

«The difference between the previous government and our government is that our prime minister recognizes the need that more can be done,» said Government House leader Bardish Chagger, who as small business minister signed off on a $ 69,625 relocation claim by one staffer in her office.

Prospa is one of the new generation of online lenders endorsed by Minister Billson as providing much needed access to funding for small businesses.

As a business community in Metro Vancouver, we will certainly benefit from having Transportation Minister Todd Stone focus on other economically crucial transportation matters without being constantly hounded by Translink - related questions when he's in the Lower Mainland.

«The Liberal Party of Canada strongly supports free trade, as this is how we open markets to Canadian goods and services, grow Canadian businesses, create good - paying jobs and provide choice and lower prices to Canadian consumers,» says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Today the Globe & Mail described Jim Prentice as «a former banker and high - ranking federal cabinet minister... highly respected by the country's business establishment».

Jessica Littlewood (NDP — Fort Saskatchewan - Vegreville): Appointed as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade with responsibilities for small business, Littlewood is another rising star in the NDP caucus.

But the plan to use Jersey faced a potential snag: In mid-2014, again under pressure from other governments, Irish ministers explored ending a tax shelter known as the «double Irish,» used by scores of companies, including the Appleby clients Allergan and Facebook, as well as Google, LinkedIn and other businesses.

He subsequently served as senior assistant deputy minister in the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade with responsibility for managing Canada's relations with the United States and the implementation of NAFTA, including providing advice to business on how to take maximum advantage of the opportunities that NAFTA afforded.

He joined the board after serving six years as an elected MLA and cabinet minister for the government of British Columbia, where his various responsibilities included three cabinet posts encompassing economic development, labour and small business.

Having worked as a private pension executive and served as Chair of the C.D. Howe Institute, Minister Morneau brings an understanding of both markets and policy, and we hope this means he will keep the needs and importance of the business community top of mind.

I could give a clarion call to the minister to be the minister, as the church is to be the church; and cap the climax by allocating all financial matters to a business administrator, all telephones and letters to a host of efficient secretaries, all committee meetings to something known as a «responsible laity,» and all denominational program materials to limbo.

Here we are in the realm of speculation, of course, but we can say this at least: no preacher who knows his business and who is aware of «the wideness of God's mercy» can dare to talk as if only those who have visibly and expressly professed Christian faith are the concern of a deity whose «nature and name» is Love, Thus the preaching of the ordained minister must necessarily err, if it errs at all, on the side of generosity and charity.

The response of many to the term «pastoral director» is a measure of the inroads which secular culture has made upon the very language of the Church, for some said that to call the minister «director» was to capitulate to the conception of the Church as a business and the minister as its administrator.

You show me someone that can truly minister to the real world needs of men and women as well as your local small business owners and I'll tip my hat to them.

As a business owner and general contractor I resent the implication that my «teaching ministry» is any less powerful or meaningful than someone out of seminary employed as a full - time ministeAs a business owner and general contractor I resent the implication that my «teaching ministry» is any less powerful or meaningful than someone out of seminary employed as a full - time ministeas a full - time minister.

During Romney's business time in Boston, the closest temple was in Washington, so he may not have been a monthly attendee, but suffice it to say that he must have participated dozens of times prior to the April 1990 changes, which eliminated the «penalty» signs and the Protestant minister as a hireling of Satan.

This is a trend that goes hand in hand with the church's general infatuation with corporate business models — as evidenced in recent years by the invention of a new breed of minister: the executive pastor armed with an M.Div.

Led by Trade Minister Steven Ciobo, Trade Special Envoy Andrew Robb and Tourism and International Education Minister Richard Colbeck, this year's edition will see more than 1000 delegates, mostly small - to - medium business owners, attend events spread over nine cities on the mainland as well as Hong Kong.

But the arrangement comes as Australia's major supermarkets are accused of undercutting suppliers, with federal Small Business Minister Bruce Billson on Wednesday adding to the suggestions.

During the most recent Sino - Dutch economic and trade talks, Hein Schumacher, CEO of FrieslandCampina, who took office this January, as a member of the Dutch business delegation, accompanied Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to visit China and had a friendly meeting with Chinese media.

As diplomats and ministers at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly focus on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, leaders from business, states and cities will participate in Climate Week NYC to demonstrate the resounding commitment to building a clean, resilient, inclusive global economy.

Our excellent regional minister who acted as a catalyst and provided a link between business leaders, local and regional bodies and central government has also gone.

Critics have accused the Tories of selling access to May and other ministers, but a Conservative spokesman said: «This is an important opportunity to engage directly with businesses and to highlight how, as part of our plan to create an economy that works for everyone, we will continue to back business and enterprise.»

No 10 is taking around ten of its business delegation with the prime minister as he makes a historic visit to Burma - the first by a western leader for decades.