Sentences with phrase «business support measures»

The banks» imposition of business support measures on small to medium - sized business have gone awry, a banking lawyer has warned.

Instead, the bill died in December 2010 with over 10,000 citizen endorsers, 120 Michigan animal shelters and rescue organizations, and 120 Michigan businesses supporting the measure.

Not exact matches

India scored relatively high in the category of «opportunity recognition,» which measures the number of women who can identify a good climate to start a local business, but low in «institutional foundations,» or the established support and infrastructure they need to pursue their goals.

If businesses decide to stick with older versions of Windows, Adaptiva predicts that Microsoft could encourage adoption by through measures like reducing support for the older Windows versions.

CBO's measure of before - tax comprehensive income includes all cash income (including non-taxable income not reported on tax returns, such as child support), taxes paid by businesses, [15] employees» contributions to 401 (k) retirement plans, and the estimated value of in - kind income received from various sources (such as food stamps, Medicare and Medicaid, and employer - paid health insurance premiums).

Focused on what is normally termed the «pre-commercial» phase, before a new product is broadly available on the market, the «Commercialization Research and Preparedness Assistance (CRPA) Program would provide support to companies for innovation in commercialization and market preparedness measures to achieve higher levels of business success.

Or to counter state capitalism like China's, they may engage in explicit subsidies or tax breaks or subsides or preferences or soft loans to promote domestic business's ability to compete overseas against state supported or state owned companies — trade promotion ideas which teeter between reasonable competitive measures and bad crony - capitalism.

Ironically, most small - business owners and poor people support Modi's drastic measures, despite the incredible suffering and the lack of a positive outcome.

CMIT Solutions keeps close track of the latest developments in cloud computing, visual collaboration, security measures and other key facets of the rapidly changing technology market, ensuring that CMIT's local owners and the local businesses they serve stay ahead of the game in IT support.

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While numerous countries have shown their support for Bitcoin, and begun measures such as eliminating taxation, or giving incentives to blockchain - based businesses, there are still regions which take the currency with a grain of salt.

Euro - wide measures of business confidence are holding above long - run average levels and could help support a continuing recovery.

Its mission is to support both the public and private sectors efforts to understand the factors which foster new business creation and to measure the impact new businesses have on the economy.

If we compare operating spending by municipalities to GDP, which is a broad measure of ability to pay, it remains within historical averages of close to 3 % of GDP.  In 2012, operating spending by all municipalities in Canada amounted to just 3.1 % of GDP, the same that it was twenty years ago, and down from the 3.3 % reached in 2009 during the depths of the recession.  This ratio was higher during the recession because GDP had dropped and governments sensibly embarked on stimulus spending to prevent a depression. This was before their misguided adventures in austerity (which presumably the CFIB supports, but have caused devastation to small businesses in countries elsewhere).

The CCAB's Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) program, established in 2001, measures a company's level of employment, engagement, investment, and support for Aboriginal business development.

To soften the impact of the crisis, the first phase of Canadaâ $ ™ s Economic Action Plan included measures to provide up to $ 200 billion to support lending to Canadian households and businesses through the Extraordinary Financing Framework.

AFSA condemns such draconian measures and unwillingness by government to support small businesses towards compliance.

Small businesses must now seize the Chancellor's wide ranging package of measures to support the economy.

HMRC will also introduce new measures to provide help and support for businesses, including a dedicated phone service and online forum for new businesses and self - employed individuals.

European procurement directives outlaw governments protecting domestic suppliers, but the small print of the Crossrail deal suggests the Department for Transport managed to secure key measures supporting small - and - medium - sized businesses (SMEs).

The measure has universal support across the Adirondack Park, including environmental advocacy organizations, state and local officials and business groups — all of whom helped forge the agreement over years of painstaking negotiations.

The Action Plan is a culmination of the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative and is designed to address the challenges that have faced the Jamaica area in recent years by providing workforce training and small business support, initiating new mixed - use development anchored by affordable housing, and improving the livability of the neighborhood through investments in safety measures, green spaces, and more.

Not included in the Assembly bill is the legalization of ride - sharing upstate, a measure broadly supported by lawmakers and the North Country's business and tourism communities.

It's because we want to see the deficit reduced that we are urging the Chancellor to adopt measures to support businesses and get people into work.

As the fate of the property - tax cap remains in limbo, the Rochester - based Unshackle Upstate and a host of business organizations are mailing on the issue, urging lawmakers to support of the measure.

These measures will help our licensees create jobs, support the local economy, and run their businesses successfully.»

Still, the business community is disquieted by his endorsement in May by the labor - aligned Working Families Party, which resulted in Cuomo's support for a full Democratic takeover of the state Senate and a host of liberal measures, including a more aggressive approach to the state's minimum wage.

Businesses, interest groups and individuals have spent about $ 40 million dollars so far this year to support or oppose the measures on the November ballots, according to a Washington Post analysis of campaign finance records from the five states and Ballotpedia.

The researchers found in a study that when punitive measures from regulatory agencies were followed by help from business support organizations, companies were more likely to stick to voluntary improvement projects than when these projects were followed by punitive regulatory actions, said Suvrat S. Dhanorkar, assistant professor of supply change management, Penn State.

From a Subject Matter Expert's or sponsor's perspective, identify business goals, behaviors that support those goals, assessments which measure success and present it.

The Castle Bromwich site has supported careers fairs and hosted the school's Senior Leadership Team on a tour of its facility to show them how the business constructs its plans and measures performance.

«It (the measure's defeat) basically means carrying on with the basic resource levels that we've got,» said Jim Crawford, the Olympia School District's assistant superintendent for business and support services.

In addition, potential district contractors are able to promote school bond measures through California's Coalition for Adequate School Housing (C.A.S.H.), whose membership «contains over 1,500 school districts, county offices and private sector businesses, including architects, attorneys, consultants, construction managers, financial institutions, modular building manufacturers, contractors, developers, and others that are in the school facilities industry... C.A.S.H. has sponsored or supported over $ 52 billion in statewide school bonds to build and / or modernize thousands of schools.»

Teachers unions provided nearly all the money to fight the measure, while Boston's business community and out - of - state donors gave most of the money in support.

Another measure of pet friendliness is how a community handles animal welfare challenges — from rescue, sheltering and adoption to education, legislation and government and business support.

on Prop B — a coalition of individuals and animal welfare organizations supporting the statewide ballot measure to stop puppy mill cruelty — is pleased to announce that former U.S. Senator Jack Danforth has endorsed Proposition B. Sen. Danforth is the latest prominent Missourian to join the broad list of Prop B supporters, which includes veterinarians and vet clinics, businesses, elected officials, animal protection groups and religious leaders from across Missouri.

07/24/13 - Cleveland Scene - Caged: How Ohio Politicians Keep the State's Puppy Mill Business Booming with Little Regulation 06/27/13 - Animal Law Coalition - Proposed OH Puppy Mill Regulations «Terrible» 05/13/13 - Bargain Hunter - Dog kennel inspectors will be focused on Holmes county, surrounding areas 11/29/12 - The Best Friends Blog - After decades of frustration, a new strategy against puppy mills Excerpt from this article: In the case of puppy mills the greatest efforts have gone into exposing the horrors of factory farming pets, with the intent of generating public support for legislative measures that will improve conditions in high - volume breeding operations.

Measuring 25 inches in width, the Business Class seat, which has two side wings for better back support, reclines directly into a comfortable full - flat bed (78 inches).

«The $ 2 million fund to support the development of the hub sits alongside a range of measures we have put in place to drive jobs growth and foster our leadership in emerging industries — including the $ 200 million Future Jobs Fund, Job Accelerator Grant and payroll tax cuts for small business.»

Here's what is required (leaving aside Theresa May's electorally hamstrung inability to deliver much of it): The entire cabinet and every business leader the government's black book can muster, on stage for the launch of the new strategy; an explicit declaration that this, full decarbonization of the economy, is the post-Brexit economic strategy; clear and attractive retail policies, such as a diesel scrappage scheme, tax breaks for green investment, new apprenticeships, a green home building program; an open invitation to all opposition party leaders to share a platform to support the plan with a declaration that while they may not agree on every component they fully endorse the over-arching goal; a willingness to shame those party leaders who play party politics and refuse to turn up; a fortnight - long program where each day sees a new cabinet member explain how the plan will transform parts of the economy; a Royal Commission on the flaws of GDP as an economic measure and the viability of alternative quality of life metrics; and, yes, a brave assertion that carbon intensive industries will have to transform or be scaled back, backed by a decarbonization adaptation fund to help affected communities respond to this global trend.

Gold Standard for the Global Goals will enable businesses that support life - changing climate and development projects to measure and report verified impacts toward climate security and the Sustainable Development Goals.

I am now a computer programmer in the business world by day, which in large measure involves trying to understand how other rational minds work, in the way they have offered supporting programming interfaces to solve practical problems for you.

BusinessInsider.com's piece is fairly shortsighted, failing to acknowledge what nearly every economist acknowledges — that a business sector's real employment measure includes direct jobs but also supporting and associated jobs.

Gold Standard for the Global Goals will enable businesses that support life - changing climate and development projects to measure and Continue Reading»

On its surface, the measure would implement an amendment supported by more than 70 percent of Florida voters last August to give tax breaks to businesses seeking to install solar panels.

How many of the people warning of shockwaves do so for personal business interests, or perhaps because these build support for pubic policy measures they seek for other reasons?

If you are a business that would like advice and support on measuring and reducing carbon emissions please contact us to speak to someone.

He said business people should support Brazil's government in measures to protect the forest, adding that the current global model of economic development is unsustainable.

Prince, Yeates & Geldzahler has since grown to a team of over 30 lawyers, supported by talented paralegals and staff, who offer expertise and assistance in a broad range of legal issues to both businesses and individuals — many of them clients who measure their association not in years, but in decades.

Two recent reports — the RBS Independent Lending Review led by Andrew Large and Lawrence Tomlinson's Banks» Lending Practices: Treatment of Businesses in Distress — have sought to shed light on the «business support» measures imposed by lending banks upon small - and medium - sized enterprises in distress.