They make up 99 per
cent of all businesses across the UK's biggest towns and cities so their contribution to the economy is vital.
Not exact matches
More than half (54 per
cent)
of small and medium
businesses across the country are engaging with e-commerce.
The government will boost Lending Loop's loans by 10 per
cent, which will help fund more than $ 30 - million
of loans to
businesses across Ontario.
A score
of 100 would indicate maximum improvements
across the SME Health Check Index's eight indicators (
business costs, capacity, employment, GDP, lending to SMEs, net
business creation, revenue and SME
business confidence), down 48 per
cent since 2014 and the fifth consecutive quarterly fall The SME Health Check Index fell from 48.4 in the third quarter
of 2017 to 42.0 in Q4 2017, suggesting a worsening
business and macroeconomic environment since the EU Referendum in June 2016 and the ongoing Brexit negotiations.
Forty five per
cent of entrepreneurs in their 20s
across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia say they went into
business to increase their personal wealth.
Mr Clarke also revealed at the strategic briefing that Treasury was still considering a potential de-merger
of its lower - priced commercial wine
business among a range
of future options, which also includes more acquisitions
of higher - end wine companies as it heads towards its goal
of having profit margins above 30 per
cent across the entire
business.
Eighty - seven per
cent of lawyers upgrade to premium economy,
business or first class when travelling long haul on a work trip compared to an average
across the sectors
of 81 %.
Advising Ajinomoto, Japan's largest food company, on its + $ 530m acquisition by way
of auction
of a 33.33 per
cent interest in Promasidor, a major seasonings and processed foods manufacturer that conducts
business in 36 countries
across Africa.
The research findings from The Veritas 2017 GDPR Report, which surveyed more than 900 senior
business decision makers in 2017
across Europe, the U.S. and Asia Pacific, also found that more than 20 per
cent (21 %) are very worried about potential layoffs, fearing that staff reductions may be an inevitable outcome as a result
of financial penalties incurred as a result
of GDPR compliance failures.
Looking
across Canada, 63 per
cent of BC employers say
business activity increased in 2016, and 39 per
cent say it will increase again in 2017.
With 10 Canadian markets and 49 U.S. markets under study, the survey shows that during the past year, the monthly cost
of parking has increased by 4.4 per
cent in response to improved
business climate and continued robust retail spending
across the country.