Sentences with phrase «business sector took»

The small business sector took a major hit during the recession.

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THE strength of the resources sector continues to offer opportunities for local surveying companies, many of which have diversified their business to take advantage of contracts coming out of the stat

Landscape architects are seeking to take advantage of a long - standing business model operating in the building sector to broaden their service offering and boost their bottom line.

Automation may be taking over much of the business world, but in the upper reaches of the financial services sector, the human touch still holds considerable value.

More broadly, they reflect a growing willingness among private - sector businesses to take the lead in tackling what have traditionally been public - sector issues, like economic development and training.

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.

Take a look at Shark Tank, which evaluates businesses across multiple sectors, ranging from food products to software applications.»

His address to a roomful of American and Chinese business executives was designed to soothe industry, especially the high - tech sector, though it remains to be seen how seriously the Obama administration takes Xi's comments.

As the 35 - year - old considers creating a new venture that would help train medical doctors on the use of software tools, she is taking a page out of Silicon Valley's playbook: She plans to incorporate a mix of sector specialists that include business experts and scientists.

Fourteen months ago, when Canadian Business first took a look at Kobo, the company was partnering with booksellers and device - makers in North America and abroad; its platform would power their e-book stores and it would become, as one observer put it, the «Intel inside» for the e-reading sector.

«Many in the business and financial sector have taken a «wait and see» approach to the legal cannabis industry,» says Troy Dayton, CEO of The ArcView Group.

Taking on debts in this fashion should always be considered carefully but, when used appropriately, using your invoices as assets in a financing arrangement can afford very valuable and even vital flexibility to small businesses in any sector.

And the financial sector's loans always took the form of productive credit, enabling businesses to pay back the loans out of future earnings while consumers paid out of rising future incomes.

Her latest analysis of the various sectors — which takes into account each group's business cycle, fundamentals, relative valuations and relative strength — puts technology and consumer discretionary stocks on top.

Becht, who will be running the combined business, said Coty would take on all of P&G's Wella and Clairol management teams as Coty had no experience in that sector.

According to Reuters, real estate directly affects 40 separate business sectors there, including gaming, which VIP gamblers use as collateral for loans taken out to bet with.

One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.

I was able to learn first - hand about the business environment, market entry challenges, and what it takes to be successful in the marketplace, and it helped me to identify opportunities in the BPO sector.

Having a successful small business can take many, many hours, particularly in sectors such as retail.

No matter the industry sector, market location or specific areas of business that need to be addressed, MNP is there... wherever business takes you.

We also examine what it takes to turn a loss - making Chinese business into a global success; explore opportunities in the country's tech sector; plus much more.

Yesterday in a letter to Minister Morneau, John Manley, President and CEO of the Business Council, urged the government to take decisive action now to bolster private - sector confidence in the Canadian economy, discourage capital flight and increase incentives for new business invBusiness Council, urged the government to take decisive action now to bolster private - sector confidence in the Canadian economy, discourage capital flight and increase incentives for new business invbusiness investment.

When coupled with Prime Minister Modi's drive to create a business - friendly environment, drive real estate growth, and create jobs, the sector is on a hiring spree to take advantage of the next growth wave.»

Shortly afterwards its wine importing business grew and its market share in China's imported wine sector grew to take up about 1.3 % of the country's total, according to its website.

Take a look around the newly designed site to find out about our global business, which provides products to the retail sector, quick service restaurants and food service outlets across six continents.

Outlook: Analysts say the business is well - positioned to take advantage of long - term tailwinds for the wealth sector, such as an ageing population looking for retirement income solutions and mandated superannuation.

(Napa, CALIF)-- The Wine Industry Symposium Group, the premier producer of conferences focused upon the economic and financial sectors of the wine business, has announced the line - up for their 2017 events set to take place in Napa, Lodi and Paso Robles, California.

But in the past few weeks the sector took a fresh round of hits when franchise group Aussie Farmers collapsed, RFG announced an $ 88 million loss and flagged up to 200 franchise - run stores would close, while pizza giant Domino's reported disappointing results on the back of franchisees complaining about a brutal business model, and Caltex announced it was ditching its franchise model days before a damning report was released by the workplace regulator that found 76 per cent of its franchised stores had payroll compliance breaches that included underpaying workers.

Be a part of this monumental event and take your share of Australia's most successful business sector.

I'm seeing a bit more of that attitude in the beverage business these days, as the business takes on the degree of uncertainty and disruption that has long characterized the technology sector.

To this end, Mr Akufo - Addo noted that the raft of tax cuts and incentives introduced to stimulate the growth of the private sector has resulted in $ 1billion of revenue taken away from the exchequer, so private sector operatives use that money to grow their businesses and create jobs for the youth.

She added realignments are taking place at the ministry to streamline the agencies working under the ministry stressing that unlike private business, governmental business involves bureaucracy and dealing with colleague ministers and sector heads which takes time.

«He understands what it takes to make a payroll, build a business and create jobs and he'll put that knowledge to work in Washington and right here in Suffolk County to create private sector jobs for our residents.»

THE GOVERNMENT should take a more active role in the private sector, Ed Miliband will say today, as he warns against returning to «business as usual» in the wake of the slump.

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He took the opportunity to present his strategy and policies for private sector development to the business leaders.

Take the internet: a major factor in our society, economy and public sector and one that frequently comes up in government business.

His Left - wing rhetoric will alarm many Conservatives and business leaders, who point out that the Coalition is asking the private sector to take the lead in hauling the economy out of recession as the public sector is cut back.

As such steps must be taken to simplify business registration process, non-mandatory SSNIT contribution up to a minimum number of employees by informal sector operators.

Small businesses are more likely than big firms to take on people that have been unemployed in the past 12 months, which could prove vital as public sector cuts really start to bite.

Research by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows that small firms are not looking to take on new staff over the coming months - just as the government has said it is looking to the private sector to drive the recovery.

President Mahama said many industries and businesses such as the oil and gas sector were looking for graduates with middle level technical skills, and encouraged the students to take up such courses to enable them to get jobs after school.

Ironically, while Hinton joined a firm with a long list of major business clients, she maintains a hostile - to - the - private - sector posture in a self - description on her personal Twitter page: «Taking on big oil, big banks & other big bullies one tweet at a time in Washington DC & New York.»

Business News of Wednesday, 16 May 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com play videoVice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has urged financial institutions in the country to take full advantage of the many opportunities and policies that government has initiated for the benefit of the banking and finance sector.

Speaking at a Breakfast Business Meeting hosted by the Mauritius Minister for Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade in collaboration with the Board of Investment of Mauritius, Dr. Bawumia emphasized the NPP government's determination to make the private sector a major player in Ghana's economy, and called on Mauritian and other businesses to take advantage of the pro-business policies announced in the budget.

Located 500 miles from 41 percent of the US population and 59 percent of Canada's with access to 25 percent of the world's fresh water, Western New York is poised to take advantage of its many assets and strengths — such as a tourism sector with international acclaim; relatively low costs of living and doing business; an educated and skilled workforce; and strong aggregate household income.

Most of us would like to think we are doing the best to stay healthy as individuals, but some of the most effective preventative measures are initiated at a national level by government — based on the best available evidence and research — and need to be taken up by all sectors of society including teachers, employers, designers, and businesses.

«The government is incredibly influential in advancing technology — they're the ones who take the risks — with National Institutes of Health funding, Small Business Innovation Research grants and so on — that allow crazy, new ideas to be tested to eventually get funded by the private sector,» Kang said.

For each company, they took into account the headquarter location, industry sector, cofounders, board members, key employees, investments, and the business description, which was usually limited to one or more paragraphs on the key facts about the companies» products, markets and technologies.

The Act struck a compromise between allowing the Obama Administration to proceed with its plan to turn crew transportation to low Earth orbit (LEO) over to the private sector and Congress's desire to keep NASA in the human spaceflight business by building «beyond LEO» systems — SLS and Orion — to take astronauts further into space.