Sentences with phrase «cost of labour»

He says the often - deciding factor in the retail market isn't cost of labour or global duty regimes, but rather the «response time» offered by the supplier.

This increase was largely attributable to house purchase costs — which rose by 1 per cent in the quarter, to be 6.4 per cent higher over the year — in turn reflecting higher costs of labour and materials.

Jeremy Corbyn has dramatically disagreed with his shadow business secretary over the total cost of Labour's spending commitments.

Economically speaking, the selling price of organic rice in the Ebro Delta is higher than conventional rice, and permits greater profit to farmers, in spite of the major cost of labour (organic farming of this particular system needs 25 percent more than conventional farming) and lower yields -LRB--15 percent in organic paddy fields).

There is no doubt that change is needed in an industry that is battling on many fronts, not least the relatively high costs of labour, a sub-scale dairy farmer base, cheap milk and brand owners that haven't done a great job differentiating their product from $ 1 milk.

«An investigation by The Independent has found that the total cost of Labour's 10 most notorious IT failures is equivalent to more than half of the budget for Britain's schools last year.

Another area is the cost of labour.

Some mountains are trimming the cost of labour, and cutting peripheral services that do not generate adequate returns.

With the cost of fuel rising, and the cost of labour rising in China as well, not everything made in China is that cheap anymore.

As a result, there has been no increase in the cost of labour required to produce a unit of output.

A number of provincial governments are understandably reluctant to do anything that might significantly increase the cost of labour and therefore weaken an already - fragile economy.

Among those who said the investment environment had deteriorated, the most frequently cited reasons were: an uncompetitive tax system; unwieldy and uncertain regulatory processes; and increasing costs of doing business (such as the costs of labour, utilities, and transportation).

Sadiq Khan's mayoral campaign ran into trouble this week when it was reported that Transport for London (TfL) estimated the cost of the Labour candidate's transport fares scheme to be much higher than he claims.

In the real world the cost of Labour's equality and diversity agenda is the increasing number of passengers carried by organisations both private and public.

Diane Abbott says she «misspoke» when she got confused over the cost of Labour's pledge for 10,000 extra police officers for England and Wales.

As he was grilled on the BBC's Newsnight programme, Burgon said questions about the costs of Labour's plans were «tedious».

Charcoal is worth # 700 a tonne wholesale, so the Viper's price of between # 15 000 and # 20 000 could be recouped in a few months, even including the cost of labour and wood.

There are also service clubs available through Vauxhall, which see a reduction of up to 25 per cent in the costs of labour and parts as well as 50 per cent off MoTs.

An annual $ 1440 inclusive package comprises an oil change, filter changes, spark plugs and the cost of labour.

I've also assumed having OverDrive manage all the administration of loans would result in substantial cost - saving over the cost of labour, shipping, lost or misplaced items for hardcopy books in a large multi-branch system — for an equivalent number of loans.

While the show doesn't provide exact costs for the renovation work — due to regional and international differences in the cost of labour and materials — Baeumler and his crew do try and offer ballpark costs.

First, corporate profits are booming because of declining commodity prices and a weak jobs market that has driven down the cost of labour (the share of U.S. GDP going to labour income is at its lowest level in 50 years).

Personal donors also help her to bear the costs of her labour of love in fostering these cats.

The research, cited by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, says that while rice is a staple food for more than half the world's population, growing it is becoming less profitable because of the costs of labour, shortage of water and high energy costs.

Most materials are therefore sourced in countries where the cost of labour is cheap.

In addition, opponents argue that the costs of labour are already the most significant component of business costs.

But the cost of these labour disputes should also be kept in mind by both sides as they approach the tables today.