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Already, 63 per cent of firms surveyed said they run much of their IT in the cloud, and 62 per cent use managed services for cybersecurity.

Not exact matches

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.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had projected the firm to post a loss of 82 cents on a revenue of $ 2.61 billion.

Most important, a survey last year by WDS, a Xerox - owned firm, showed that three - quarters of iPhone users stick with the brand when upgrading their devices, compared to 58 per cent for Samsung.

Even the younger set find these benefits appealing, with 82 per cent of those ages 20 to 37 (millennials) and 81 per cent of those ages 38 to 52 (generation X) citing the benefits as a critical factor in accepting a job, compared to 74 per cent of baby boomers (ages 53 to 71), found the survey by management consulting firm Accenture.

In line with this, the NAB survey reported that firms continue to anticipate low and steady inflation for final product and retail prices, both of which are expected to increase by 0.3 per cent in the December quarter.

«In a recent FSB member survey, of the 20 per cent of small firms that had applied for credit in the 12 months to June, a third have been refused.

More than three quarters of the firms surveyed said that their costs had increased in the quarter, mainly due to rising commodity prices as more than half of respondents (57 %) cite rising energy costs, and 49 per cent increase in the cost of raw materials as the reason.

As the UK marks 200 days until the start of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the FSB's «Voice of Small Business» Survey Panel shows that 62 per cent of small firms believe that the Games will have no long term positive impact on their business, despite promises that the legacy of the London 2012 Games will continue for years.

Last year, a survey by the consultancy firm KPMG Peat Marwick found that 86 per cent of companies were in favour of them.

The survey, conducted by law firm Winckworth Sherwood, found that 52 per cent of schools had not taken the opportunity to offer larger pay rises to the best performing teachers, instead continuing to offer a pay rise of just one per cent.

According to a survey conducted last year by market research firm The Intelligence Group's Cassandra Report, 44 per cent of 900 shoppers between the ages of 14 and 34 think of resale value when they purchase things like electronics, furniture and clothing.

A global survey of 642 senior executives, campaigners and academics conducted by consultancies GlobeScan and SustainAbility found 88 per cent of respondents regard pressure to deliver immediate financial results remains a significant barrier to firms» sustainability efforts.

If you're a lawyer looking for work — or a change of scene — you'll be glad to know that 44 per cent of the 60 law firms that participated in this year's survey plan to hire more lawyers in 2011.

It may provide some relief to newly called lawyers to hear that 45 per cent of firms that responded to the Compensation Survey plan to hire more lawyers in the coming year, 53 per cent plan to keep the same number of lawyers, and just two per cent plan to downsize.

Indicative, too, of the somewhat mercurial state of the profession, the survey shows only 45 per cent of law firm respondents plan to increase their associates» salaries in 2013, whereas 77 per cent of corporate legal departments say they will bump up their lawyers» earnings.

The survey from legal consulting group Altman Weil shows 96 per cent of law firm leaders identified «more price competition» as a permanent development, but only 29 per cent are changing their «strategic approach» to pricing.

The use of alternative fees such as non-hourly based billing is also up, but still only represents 10 per cent of fees collected, according to the Law Firms in Transition Survey, which received responses from law firm leaders at 238 U.S. law firms with 50 or more lawFirms in Transition Survey, which received responses from law firm leaders at 238 U.S. law firms with 50 or more lawfirms with 50 or more lawyers.

The survey showed 21 to 30 per cent of fees were based on discounted rates, and in large firms of 250 or more lawyers, 31 to 40 per cent of fees are being discounted.

According to the report, 43 per cent of lawyers surveyed at law firms and corporations indicated they are likely to increase hiring in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Law firms also showed some optimism through the survey, with 59 per cent of respondents indicating earnings for partners increased in 2016 over the previous year.

The survey showed that 66 per cent of law firms also pay bonuses to associates.

Fifty - seven per cent of the respondents to Legal Week's latest Big Question survey said guaranteed deals were either not very effective (43 %) or made no difference (14 %) in helping law firms secure the best talent, with just 12 % regarding them as very effective and 31 % as quite effective.

A new survey by Robert Half Legal of law firms from across Canada indicates that 71 per cent of firms say finding skilled professionals like lawyers, paralegals and legal assistants is challenging.

Our survey shows 72 per cent of in - house counsel respondents say law firms have not contacted them in any way over the past year to take the pulse of the relationship.

In this ultra-competitive environment law firms are now in — only 19.5 per cent of those surveyed said their lead law firm clearly provides better services than its closest competitors — it is foolhardy to not talk to your clients to find out how you're doing.

However, just 14 per cent of law firms are meeting that threshold, according to the survey.

One of the more interesting points of the survey is the following, concerning firms changing their IT environments wholesale: «Interestingly, Gartner found that 37 per cent of respondents are changing their IT environment completely, moving from current -LSB-...]

Research firm Gartner analyst Tom Bittman recently reported that 95 per cent of respondents in one of its surveys found some aspect of their IaaS private cloud has «gone wrong.»

Forty per cent of survey respondents indicated they currently use LPO for work in their firms or departments.

Luckily, this year was a good one for most partners according to the survey, with 51 per cent of firms reporting an increase in partners» earnings in the last year.

Ninety - five per cent of managing partners at the UK's leading law firms predict major consolidation at the top end of the legal sector over the next two years, a survey of more than 100 of the UK's top 200 law firms shows.

In the Canadian Lawyer Corporate Counsel Survey, published in the November / December 2008 issue, 92 per cent of the corporate counsel surveyed said their law firms had not asked them to complete a written satisfaction survey in the previous 12 mSurvey, published in the November / December 2008 issue, 92 per cent of the corporate counsel surveyed said their law firms had not asked them to complete a written satisfaction survey in the previous 12 msurvey in the previous 12 months.

A survey released by one of the big players claims that 70 per cent of litigation partners at the country's leading law firms reckon that clients are showing an increasing interest in turning to commercial funders.

Interestingly, this popular operating system was still used at an astonishing 37 per cent of U.S. law firms only a year or so ago, according to a 2012 survey by the International Legal Technology Association and as reported in the ABA Journal.

Fee adjustments and rates are based on changes in firm costs and / or inflation for 55 per cent of those surveyed.

In a survey of the sector due to be published next month, 38 per cent of respondents said their firms are already moving away from desktops towards laptops for most of their people and 17 per cent said their firms are considering such a shift.

Four out of five law firms reported worries around increased competition, a twenty per cent rise year on year according to our latest law firm survey.

EWYK remained the most popular partner compensation method in our survey, used by 35 per cent of responding law firms, but that was down from 40 per cent in 2015.

The short - term news was good at 56 per cent of responding firms, where partner earnings increased last year, according to the survey, although that figure may have benefited in part from the de-equitization of partners, which was reported at around nine per cent of respondents.

[/ a] In fact, 46.8 per cent of respondents to the annual Canadian Lawyer Corporate Counsel Survey said the billable hour is still the main arrangement they have with their primary law firm, followed by a combination of billable hours and flat fees at 31 per cent.

Lawyers from a wide variety of firm sizes took part in the survey, with the bulk, or 57 per cent, in firms of one to four lawyers.

A survey last summer by ALM Legal Intelligence, «Pricing Professionals: Essential to Law Firms, An Ally to Clients,» found 76 per cent of large U.S. law firms employ a pricing officer within the Firms, An Ally to Clients,» found 76 per cent of large U.S. law firms employ a pricing officer within the firms employ a pricing officer within the firm.

A recent survey in January entitled «Global Trends in Hiring Outside Counsel» found respondents were dissatisfied with larger law firms 19 per cent of the time.

A survey by the advisory firm EY predicts that Canadian adoption rates of financial services developed by financial technology firms could triple to 24.1 from 8.2 per cent in the space of a year, across all age groups and income levels.

In fact, our annual Canadian Lawyer Corporate Counsel Survey indicates 72.6 per cent of those who responded said they use the services of boutique law firms.

Of those surveyed, 17 per cent said they had fired their law firm because they were slow or provided poor service.

«A net 49 per cent of lawyers at law firms and corporations surveyed indicated they are likely to increase hiring in the third quarter of 2011.

Only 21 per cent of businesses have implemented a firm - wide digital transformation strategy, according to a survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit and SAP.