Sentences with phrase «by business in the community»

We were also honoured for our outstanding contribution to employee volunteering by Business in the Community in the East Midlands (UK)

National Grid is one of the largest investor - owned energy companies in the world and was named Responsible Business of the Year 2014 by Business in the Community.

Jaguar Land Rover has been honoured with the 2015 Queen's Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development, and was named «Responsible Business of the Year 2013/14» by Business in the Community (BiTC).

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The program hosts an annual four - month, 100 - hour intensive that facilitates participants» transition from informal to formal cannabis operations by providing training and mentorship in partnership with the mainstream Oakland cannabis legal and business community.

eGood is making this possible by connecting consumers with businesses in their community that want to give back, too.

Good community relations can also be beneficial in times of crisis, such as a fire or a plant closing, by rallying the community around the affected business.

Bullhorn Reach is a recruiting platform that helps small businesses find top talent by using the built - in power of your social media communities.

It's a marketplace handcuffed by certificate - of - need laws that limit the number of MRI centers and hospital beds in communities, granting providers regional monopolies, and preventing insurers from clinching discounts by offering to send patients to the providers willing to lower their rates in exchange for more business.

It is not enough to simply start a business or a community organization in a country where you are a guest; you must also work with the government and the agencies that will be affected by your efforts.

Show your community support by following, re-tweeting or promoting other local businesses in your area.

Buyers and end users in this community are often female and retain non-traditional IT backgrounds; decisions are increasingly made by professionals from the lines of business (like sales and marketing) rather than pure IT pros.

By people having a big avenue and a group of people all leading in the same direction and people that support a handmade community has really grown my business.

Community colleges are advancing entrepreneurship in their communities by providing access points to support local startups and small businesses.

In today's climate, small - business loans are more often funded by community banks and credit unions.

The fintech community has been watching closely to see if Joseph Otting, appointed Comptroller of the Currency in November, would push ahead with a charter to allow fintech firms to do business nationwide that was first announced in 2016 by his predecessor, Thomas Curry.

In past cases when magnates have been prosecuted, some in the Russia business community have said the tycoons were victims of a plot by the Kremlin or by politically connected business rivals - though the authorities deny thaIn past cases when magnates have been prosecuted, some in the Russia business community have said the tycoons were victims of a plot by the Kremlin or by politically connected business rivals - though the authorities deny thain the Russia business community have said the tycoons were victims of a plot by the Kremlin or by politically connected business rivals - though the authorities deny that.

As part of her commitment to leadership and her community, Rodriguez has served on numerous boards and has been recognized with several awards and honors, including being named Corporate Elite by Hispanic Business Magazine, featured twice in Working Mother magazine, and selected as a 2017 University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley distinguished alumni.

Backers are encouraged to invest in ventures that won't just turn quick profits but will benefit their communities over the long term by creating jobs, supporting other local businesses and the fostering local food chain.

The systematic gutting of publicly funded education — be it in elementary schools or in colleges — was done by officials we've elected, many of whom have received strong support from members of the business community who regularly complain about the lack of a prepared workforce.

He mentioned he had just read one of my articles (one of the first ones I had written for this column) and was fascinated by the correlations I made between the culture of the U.S. special - operations community and building high - performance teams in the business world.

Ever since Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen first proposed his theory of disruptive innovation in 1995, the term has been widely co-opted and misappropriated by the business coBusiness School professor Clayton Christensen first proposed his theory of disruptive innovation in 1995, the term has been widely co-opted and misappropriated by the business cobusiness community.

Thanks to pioneering journalism and stigma - busting public discussion of mental health issues by members of the entrepreneurship community, the toll starting a business can take on your mental health and the seemingly high prevalence of struggles with depression among founders are starting to come out in the open.

Another start - up, Whinot, founded by Kyle Hawke in 2010, offers small - business owners advice and project help from a community of reputable experts.

As the size and breadth of the company has expanded, G Adventures has slowly evolved into a multinational with 36 socially responsible programs in various communities that aim to provide education and business opportunities to locals by creating tourism jobs for them.

That money left over is profit, which, rather than being hoarded by greedy capitalists as some in the media and the business community would have you believe, is most effectively used by reinvestment in product and people.

We should no longer be surprised by reports of J.P. Morgan's (JPM) latest settlement, in which it may admit some guilt and burn through shareholder and stakeholder cash to the tune of $ 800 million or more but ultimately leave any one with influence in the business or legal communities untouched.

That's because many of the so - called nonbank banks — some of the big credit - card companies and brokerage houses, for instance — have based their own business plans on growth within the entrepreneurial marketplace, in large part because that segment of the economy has been ignored by much of the banking community for years.

The move could pay dividends for his company by enhancing his reputation in the eyes of the Chinese business community — and provides a good lesson about goal - setting for other entrepreneurs.

Perhaps traditional grocery stores will be forced to confront the challenge posed by big box stores and delivery companies like FreshDirect by playing up the community aspect of the shopping experience — just as some of the most successful bookstores have become more like coffee shops and community centers in order to stay in business.

Last week I was pleased to participate as a speaker in the 2011 Canadian Business and Community Partnership Forum presented by Imagine Canada and Volunteer Canada.

WA BUSINESSES are being called on by the WA Government to play a part in the creation of better communities.

The 10,000 Small Businesses program currently operates in 19 markets in the U.S. through a network of more than 100 academic and community partners, and the program continues to expand on a city - by - city basis.

In awarding incentives to individual named executives who manage business lines, they also considered that the Wholesale Banking Group managed by Mr. Hoyt achieved its maximum business line financial goal, the Community Banking Group managed by Ms. Tolstedt met its target financial goal, and the Home and Consumer Finance Group managed by Mr. Oman did not achieve its threshold business line earnings goal.

CMIT Solutions franchise partners across North America distinguish their businesses in their local communities by providing a broad range of IT solutions to SMBs at competitive prices.

They believe UTXO has much more in scalability terms for business functions by having limiting information and «Proof of Consensus» model, and they wanted to build something that could act as the ether for those who were hard at work mining in the bitcoin UTXO community.

«I want to make a difference for small businesses in my community by leveraging my enterprise IT knowledge.»

As part of our efforts to understand the issues of communities in the region, the New York Fed worked with small businesses in areas affected by Superstorm Sandy to comprehend the storm's impact and firms» progress with recovery efforts.

You may be required to participate in business training conducted by the community lender that administers the funding

The smallest small businesses, particularly those in developing communities, often aren't served well by traditional for - profit lenders — making non-profit lenders an important part of the small business lending landscape.

Co-presented by the Haskayne School of Business and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, the award has recognized outstanding leaders in the Calgary business community sinBusiness and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, the award has recognized outstanding leaders in the Calgary business community sinbusiness community since 1993.

The Little Sun social business also helps improve off - grid livelihoods by reducing household expenditures on expensive lighting fuels and by supporting off - grid entrepreneurs who can sell the lamps in their communities, generating local profits.

These include: C$ 4.5 billion to support research, training, and infrastructure at universities and colleges; a Strategic Innovation Fund that will provide C$ 1.26 billion for business innovation in the aerospace and automotive sector; a Connect to Innovate Program that will invest C$ 500 million to bring high - speed Internet to remote and rural communities by 2021; and, C$ 70 million over six years to support agriculture innovation with a focus on climate change, and soil and water conservation.

This has once again led to B.C. being the only province with an AAA - credit rating by both Moody's and Standard & Poor's, which sends a clear message to the international community that B.C. is a safe haven in which to invest and do business.

MaRS was founded in 2001 by a visionary group of business, academic and community leaders.

Wright - Lacy urged corporate America to increase its use of minority - owned businesses because, by promoting supplier diversity, these corporations are helping to support the economic base of the communities in which they live, work and do business.

In contrast, Public Banks empower small businesses, students, homeowners, city and state governments, and community banks to prosper and thrive by banking for the common good over the long term, and making low - cost credit available where it is needed in the real economIn contrast, Public Banks empower small businesses, students, homeowners, city and state governments, and community banks to prosper and thrive by banking for the common good over the long term, and making low - cost credit available where it is needed in the real economin the real economy.

We take advantage of the our multistate office system by providing alternate locations from which our employees can temporarily perform essential business functions in the event of a firm or community - wide disruption.

Choose your own path to happiness by owning your own frozen yogurt franchise and making your community a happier place If you've ever found yourself unable to face one more gray day in a cubicle farm working toward somebody else's dream, you may have daydreamed about owning your own business.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

We are rooted in the community and have developed our business by creating close, personal relationships with our clients.