Sentences with phrase «big clients such»

Most big clients such as airports, hospitals, shopping centres, office complexes and so on, now want cleaning staff to be trained in health and safety and chemical competence at the very least, with many now requiring BICSc training and even advanced qualifications.

And DB5 gains the potential brand appeal from an outsourced, automated system that helps it appear more like a corporate titan than a small business — key for a firm with big clients such as GE, AT&T and Girl Scouts of the USA.

Not exact matches

Among the wave of financial technology companies attempting to challenge the hegemony of Canada's Big Five banks are «robo - advisers,» such as Wealthsimple and WealthBar, whose platforms help clients create and maintain portfolios of mostly passive investments, such as exchange - traded funds, for fees in the neighbourhood of 1 % of assets per year.

Assistants often excel at taking tasks such as writing your blog posts, handling scheduling, and reminding you about following up with clients but they sometimes fall down when it comes to your business» big picture.

Joint - venture partner Cummins, a leading engine manufacturer, and big - name clients such as GM, Volvo and Caterpillar give credibility to Westport's technology, notes Mike Newton, senior vice-president and portfolio manager at Macquarie Private Wealth.

But those models have their own complexities, such as managing supply for one big client.

And auditing functions — such as comparing a sales associate's client income with their schmoozing expenses — can help get a bigger perspective on how you spend.

Even though the European Union has released policy statements that discuss potential future seizures of client bank accounts as a solution to prevent a TBTF (too big to fail) bank from failing, countless European citizens will continue to ignore such warnings as well.

She does say that Pearachute plans to focus heavily on data analytics, endearing itself to its clients by providing them big - picture information that they might not have otherwise, such as what days and times families might be inclined to sign up for a music class.

Since 1993, Big Fogg has consistently provided excellent service to many high profile clients such as the NFL, NCAA Football and many other sports teams in various venues.

Overseas investors, such as US and Canadian pension funds, have been buying in and big - name investors, such as Gina Rinehart (a major NAB client), continue to buy rural properties for farm expansion.

You have worked with many big clients, such as Paul Smith, the BBC and Thornton's.

Although he moved upstairs from being managing director to take on a more strategic role in 2005, Jon McLeod continues to advise clients such as the Bar Council on their political and media campaigns on behalf of Britain's biggest public affairs consultancy.

In countries and cultures in which arranged marriages are common, sites such as India's Shaadi and BharatMatrimony, which boast many millions of clients, are a big hit with young people who want to influence how their marriage partners are chosen.

According to Reuters «The transaction is the clearest sign yet that semiconductor companies are regaining the confidence required to pursue big mergers and acquisitions at a time when their major clients, such as mobile phone manufacturers, seek to consolidate suppliers.»

Over 150 guests have been interviewed, including some of the biggest names in publishing and marketing, such as Michael Gerber (the E-Myth Factor), Michael Gelb (Think like DaVinci), Harry Beckwith (What Clients Want), and Michael Port (Book Yourself Solid) and David Meerman Scott (The New Rules of Marketing and PR).

That is what gives an investment advisor who is willing to choose individual stocks, like we do at Hylland Capital Management, such a big advantage in portfolio construction for clients.

Among the wave of financial technology companies attempting to challenge the hegemony of Canada's Big Five banks are «robo - advisers,» such as Wealthsimple and WealthBar, whose platforms help clients create and maintain portfolios of mostly passive investments, such as exchange - traded funds, for fees in the neighbourhood of 1 % of assets per year.

Big global banks such as JP Morgan Chase and Citibank have already warned they will slash tens of thousands of jobs because they no longer will be able to adequately serve their European clients from London.

In fact, in the midst of a federal lawsuit, Navient says its main job isn't to help debtors at all — it's getting them to pay up for creditors such as its biggest client, the U.S. Department of Education.

Big businesses such as IBM and Leighton Holdings are returning clients of Hotel Urban and this perfect location, with plenty of secure parking, ticks all the boxes.

There's been a big shift in recent years toward making awards available on the cheaper end, such as low - value gift cards and music downloads, says Paul Walczyk, senior vice president of client services with Carlson Marketing, which works with 500 banks on their rewards programs.

On this blog we mostly talk about topics from the video games consulting part of ICO Partners, but we also have an excellent Public Relations team working on a wide range of clients and titles (from big players like SMITE, Fractured Space, Endless Legend to indie titles such as Evoland, The Lion's Song and Fragments of Him).

UN climate chief Christiana Figueres called on big firms that manage trillions of dollars of investments to dump fossil fuel stocks in favor of greener alternatives, arguing that such a shift would help the firms» clients as well as the climate.

He previously was a Community Manager for Fortune 500 companies at ISL and worked with big name clients such as Volkswagen, Kroger, and Balvenie Scotch.

A big thank - you to our clients who gave us such interesting projects and challenges, and made 2014 a great year for Stem.

I began my career working as an Art Director for Leo Burnett, one of the biggest ad agencies in the world, creating award - winning campaigns for clients such as Smirnoff and Johnny Walker.

I've seen situations where the client uses such tactics and statements to milk the law firm really big time and you know what, such clients go from one law firm to another to another, and sometimes with malice aforethought!?

Set up in the UAE last year, The Bench is able to offer cheaper rates to clients because it is free from high overheads such as offices, meaning clients pay roughly half the price for senior lawyers than they would at a big law firm.

Our firm represents clients in a wide range of activities, such as big and medium financial corporations, industries, service providers, big farmers, and famous luxury brands.

Mid-sized firms, such as Bird & Bird and Macfarlanes, often do similar work to the larger City firms, but for a more diverse client group which can range from startups to media and technology firms and big international corporations.

«A really big thing for us is TDS can do just about everything,» he adds, citing the need to provide clients services in areas such as cross-border matters, major litigation, tax, environmental law, collective agreements, intellectual property, and immigration.

We are adept at representing individuals who are prominently in the public eye, recognizing that the biggest challenges from working with a celebrity client often are the media coverage and the other people who have clients» ears, such as agents, friends, and family members.

But some law firms have been known to make strategic decisions based on little more than intuition, gut instinct, or such ill - considered factors as opening a new office based on the desire of a single client, expanding overseas because a rival has done so, or allowing a bigger - is - better mentality to drive a decision to merge.

Indeed, ironically, given your fixation over «cartelization», the current regulatory regime gives the big four accounting firms an advantage in that respect, since only they have the economies of scale sufficient to implement the complicated structures neccesary to comply with the existing regulatory regime while still providing their clients integrated services (the same might be said of the multinational law firms such as Dentons and Norton Rose, providing integrated multi-national legal services).

You have aided counsel in numerous large construction projects; what are the biggest concerns you convey to clients in the planning and implementation of such construction projects, in particular regards to avoiding potential disputes?

They don't budget for the inevitable surprises, such as a big client going elsewhere or a leaky roof.

Multidisciplinary teams are available to address the opportunities California offers for many of our clients in intellectual property as well as areas including in - bound Asian work, venture - funded corporate matters, and big - ticket litigation such as patent, securities, insurance coverage, and class action labor and employment matters.

CONSIDER: How does your lawyer compensation plan address the big tension areas, such as origination and delegation versus working hours; joint business development versus individual rainmaking, and consequential non-billable time versus time devoted to producing client work?

You might think it's strange for a company that helps law firms to invoice and bill their clients better to be talking about such big picture industry ideas.

San Francisco, CA (Law Firm Newswire) October 15, 2015 — In the September issue of Bigger Law Firm magazine, Kerrie Spencer explains how a new product called Lítera SmartSend can help prevent firms from committing major email errors, such as sending clients» confidential information to opposing counsel.

He provides assistance to reputed clients, such as the financial division of one of the biggest automobile producers, one of the world leaders in construction and industrial services, a global leader in seeds and plant protection products production, etc..

A personal injury lawyer in the Greater Vancouver area who is willing to put in the time required to get to know a client, who is accessible and focused on keeping the client up - to - date at all times, and who starts with the attitude that a trial is inevitable because trials generally yield the biggest settlements... well, finding such a person is not as easy as it might seem.

Then I left The Lawyer for Legal Week, and launched a new business magazine, and some big events such as the private client forum.

In cases such as the hazing death at M.I.T., the wrongful death of Milena DelValle in the «Big Dig» tunnel collapse, and the devastating adverse drug reaction suffered by a child after taking an over-the-counter medication, MBBB has helped its clients, while at the same time helping society through settlements that have created a safer environment for college students, increased access to defibrillators in public settings, and many other public improvements.

«Addleshaw Goddard LLP puts the client at the centre of its work, and delivers user - friendly advice in areas such as IP portfolio management and disputes, for big - ticket clients.»

So for me it's a sign of the times that CLOC and other groups, such as ACC Legal Ops, are making massive inroads into departments beyond the super-big and super-sophisticated high - tech companies, and that those every - day departments are lining up to take a lead in developing a new line of better and stronger legal / business solutions for their clients using their in - house smarts (even if they lack as much in - house heft or leverage as the bigs).

This makes us a natural choice for many Canadian clients in key areas such as cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international capital markets transactions, cross-border project financings and bank finance transactions, complex international financial restructuring and insolvency matters, «big - ticket» litigation, international arbitration and international trade.

Addleshaw Goddard «puts the client at the centre of its work» and «delivers user - friendly advice» in areas such as IP portfolio management and disputes for big - ticket clients» Legal 500 (2014)

Vardags regularly obtain such awards for their clients and have achieved some of the biggest legal services provision orders the courts have ever made.