Sentences with phrase «average number of small business»

For the second month in a row, we had a higher than average number of small business owners saying they feel good about the economy in March — 69 %.

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The personal - finance website evaluated business conditions in more than 1,200 small U.S. metropolitan areas on 18 metrics, including average growth in number of small businesses and cost of living.

What I see in SurePayroll's January Small Business Scorecard is that the number of people on payroll dropped slightly (0.1 percent), optimism is low (57 percent), and the average paycheck is up (0.6 percent).

While firms owned by women of color are smaller than non-minority women - owned businesses both in terms of average number of employees and revenue, their growth in number is generally far outpacing that of all women - owned firms.

Among the study findings: * 98 % of libraries provide free public access to Wi - Fi, up from 89 % in 2012; * 98 % provide technology training, ranging from internet safety and privacy to coding to using social media; * 98 % provide assistance completing online government forms; * 97 % provide online homework help; * 95 % offer workforce development training programs; * 90 % offer e-books, up from 76 % in 2012; * 56 % offer health and wellness programs regarding developing healthy lifestyles; * 50 % offer entrepreneurship and small business development programs; and * Average number of computers provided by libraries is now 20, up from 16 in 2012

Since 2007, the number of small businesses owned by women has increased at a rate five times faster than the national average.

Requires the EPA Administrator to issue regulations setting aside a specified number of allowances that small business refiners may purchase at the average auction price.

So when we saw July job report numbers creeping upwards (163,000 jobs were added in July compared to an average of 133,000 in the previous two months) we wondered: are small business owners seeing signs of economic recovery?

The Small Business Association (SBA), for most industries, defines a «small business» either in terms of the average number of employees over the past 12 months, or average annual receipts over the past three ySmall Business Association (SBA), for most industries, defines a «small business» either in terms of the average number of employees over the past 12 months, or average annual receipts over the past threBusiness Association (SBA), for most industries, defines a «small business» either in terms of the average number of employees over the past 12 months, or average annual receipts over the past three ysmall business» either in terms of the average number of employees over the past 12 months, or average annual receipts over the past threbusiness» either in terms of the average number of employees over the past 12 months, or average annual receipts over the past three years.

Our inference is that a smaller share of complaints versus a larger share of business means the company's doing comparatively better than an average company - a better measure than just focusing on the number of complaints.