Sentences with phrase «cent of business reports»

The best ideas resulted in a standardized regulatory compliance review process that eliminated the need for 60 per cent of business reports and, through the use of value - based fees, the department reduced legal spend on employment litigation matters by 30 per cent.

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The investment indicator in the Business Outlook Survey weakened significantly from the summer report, as the balance of opinion between firms planning more spending on machinery and equipment versus those predicting less dropped to 17 per cent from 29 per cent in the summer and 35 per cent at the start of the year.

Some banks reported anecdotally that in various regions broker - originated loans represent about 20 per cent of small business lending.

A new report on small business banking in Australia has found that about 11 per cent of businesses changed their bank over the past two years.

But its retail and business banking segment reported net income of $ 546 million for the second quarter, down $ 26 million or five per cent year over year.

CIBC's wealth management business reported net income of $ 117 million for the second quarter, up $ 26 million or 29 per cent from the same period a year ago.

A MERE two per cent of Australian businesses with an Internet presence reported a profit from transactions generated from and through their websites during 1999, according to a study by Marketing Focus research team leader Barry Urqhuart.

An August 2001 Wall Street Journal study found that for every dollar of operating earnings the S&P 500 companies reported in their most recent three - month period, 60 cents wouldn't have been there if ordinary business expenses under GAAP hadn't been excluded 2.

The U.K.'s Office of National Statistics on Thursday said the economy grew 0.3 per cent in the second quarter, after 0.2 per cent in the first, the lowest growth for any major advanced economy since the start of 2017, according to Reuters, which also reported flat business investment and little growth in household spending.

If so, according to the Sensis 2016 Social Media Report you'll be joining the 48 per cent of Australian small and medium businesses (SMBs) that already have a social media presence.

Regional differences come into play here, with the same report finding that only 17 per cent of business owners in Saudi Arabia, and 14 per cent in Mainland China, had ambitions to move on.

With vast sums changing hands for everything from apps to chocolate, it's no surprise that The Essence of Enterprise Report, published by HSBC Private Banking in 2017, found that a full 39 per cent of business owners around the world were considering an exit in the near future.

In this environment, Lion reported a revenue decline of 6 per cent to $ 631.8 million in its dairy and drinks business, saying that it «remains a long way from achieving an acceptable return on invested capital, with revenue pressure offsetting efficiency gains».

Danish enzyme group Novozymes this week reported continued business growth for the first half of 2002 with an increase in the net turnover of 8 per cent to DKK 2,715 million ($ 29.2 m) compared to DKK 2,508 million for the sameperiod...

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.

Woolworths reported last week that earnings before interest and tax for the Australian food and liquor division, which accounted for 66 per cent of sales in the half, grew 6.3 per cent to $ 1.49 billion - nearly doubling the earnings growth of the overall business.

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has said that the banks need to take swift and decisive action to compensate the businesses caught up in the mis - selling scandal, after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) reports that 90 per cent of these complex products were mBusinesses (FSB) has said that the banks need to take swift and decisive action to compensate the businesses caught up in the mis - selling scandal, after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) reports that 90 per cent of these complex products were mbusinesses caught up in the mis - selling scandal, after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) reports that 90 per cent of these complex products were mis - sold.

John Walker, National Chairman, Federation of Small Businesses, said: «The FSA's report into mis - selling highlights the seriousness of the situation finding that 90 per cent of loans were mis - sold.

The CEBR report found that if the Government raised the rate of corporation tax from 21 per cent to 26 per cent - the result of equalising the tax rate between big and small business - would cost around 100,000 jobs from the small business sector and reduce economic output by # 4.3 bn, while reducing the public sector deficit by only # 1.6 bn over 10 years.

Just recently, the Watertown Daily Times reported efforts are underway by St. Lawrence County and Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority to entice Canadian business and show that it is more cost - efficient for many Canadian businesses to manufacture their products here à cents â «¬ â $ œ these are exactly the kinds of steps we need to take to strengthen our local economy, and I will champion these efforts in Congress.

Business tycoon and Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote, has lost 32 per cent of his wealth in 2016, Bloomberg Billionaires» Index reports.

With 70 per cent or more of the world's coral reefs now assessed as degraded, adopting a business - as - usual approach to how we use and manage reefs is no longer an option, says lead author of the report Nick Graham.

While the report did find that cyber security was an important issue, with seven in ten businesses saying it was either a very high or fairly high priority, it did show that worryingly only 51 per cent of the businesses had actually attempted to identify the cyber security risks faced by their organisation.

According to a report by the CBI (Confederation of British Industry and Pearson), 35 per cent of businesses are «wholly unaware» of the exam reform and another 29 per cent say they are aware of the new 9 - 1 grading scale, which will be replacing A * - C, but they do not understand it.

The Varkey Foundation report aims to raise awareness of the Business Backs Education campaign — a partnership between the foundation, Dubai Cares and UNSECO that calls on companies to increase their level of education spending to 20 per cent of their CSR budget.

Overall, 20 per cent of education support staff, which includes school business managers, technicians, librarians, administrative workers, caretakers, cleaners and catering staff, that took part in Unison's survey reported to have experienced violence.

Meanwhile, Amazon — arguably the biggest competitor to both B&N's retail business and its Nook division — reported revenues up 24 per cent year - over-year for the third quarter of its fiscal 2013 in October, and is expected to report its fourth - quarter earnings toward the end of January.

With more than half of passengers using the airport for business travel, the Oxford Economics report compliments the existing buoyant outlook for business air travel in the UK, with recent estimates by the Global Business Travel Association of a six per cent growth in the # 26 billion UK business travel market business travel, the Oxford Economics report compliments the existing buoyant outlook for business air travel in the UK, with recent estimates by the Global Business Travel Association of a six per cent growth in the # 26 billion UK business travel market business air travel in the UK, with recent estimates by the Global Business Travel Association of a six per cent growth in the # 26 billion UK business travel market Business Travel Association of a six per cent growth in the # 26 billion UK business travel market business travel market in 2016.

The agency is also reporting that 90 per cent of government buildings and business structures were damaged as well as 90 per cent of the electricity infrastructure.

Business Times Wind power could supply as much as 20 per cent of the world's total electricity by 2030 due to dramatic cost reductions and pledges to curb climate change, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said in a report released in Beijing on Tuesday.

According to BMO survey released today, two - thirds of Canadian entrepreneurs (63 per cent) report the professional services sector — including legal — is an attractive investment opportunity for business owners.

A full 97 per cent of respondents reported that marketing and business development staff were highly or somewhat involved in supporting and implementing their firm's strategic priorities, while only 36 per cent participated in setting them.

Rather, in - sourcing is cited as the most immediate competitive concern: 83 per cent of large firms report having business taken in - house by their client; another 15 per cent view it as a potential threat, leaving less than two per cent of large firm leaders who don't see it as a concern.

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.

Next to Delhi for a report in last week's Hindu that predicts that India's business processing outsourcing market (including exports) made $ 71.6 billion in 2009 and could touch $ 285 billion in 2020 growing at a compounded growth rate of 15 per cent, according to a report by KPMG and ASOCIO (Asian - Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation).

The life insurance industry reported 2 per cent dip in premium collections to Rs 1,22,661 crore in the first half of this fiscal because of fall in new business.

During the first quarter, HDFC Standard Life recorded a 15 per cent drop in new business premium, while Bajaj Allianz Life, an arm of Bajaj Finserv, reported a fall of over 30 per cent at Rs 577 crore as against Rs 828 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

Unlike the common trend in other business centres over the past year, vacancy rates in Calgary were on the rise, going from 3.20 per cent in the last quarter of 2007 to 3.50 per cent in the third quarter of 2008, says the report.