Sentences with phrase «governments and businesses make»

«There's an awareness that decisions governments and businesses make should be based on facts,» she says.

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CEO Karl - Johan Persson has made responsible supply chain practices core to the brand's business strategy, one which has propelled H&M into a clear leadership position, engaging with local governments and industry in pushing for substantive change.

On a weekly or bi-weekly basis, business owners or their accountants must pour over spreadsheets, making calculations, filling out government forms, and cut checks for various taxes and payments and then often deposit those payments into various accounts.

By making lending cheaper, consumers, corporations and governments would be able to borrow money inexpensively and put those dollars back into the economy, whether by buying goods or investing in businesses.

Reacting to the announcement, the Spanish ministry of education, culture and sport said the company was making a business decision to pull out of certain services but that the government remained open to negotiation about how it implemented what its statement referred to as a «Google tax».

All the things that make it an attractive place to do business will continue and the government's in a good position to negotiate the best possible deal.»

The reasons are four-fold: structural changes in the American economy have triggered a long term downward trend in entrepreneurial activity; changes in the banking system have made small business credit more difficult to get; a post-recession shift in attitudes has made Americans less interested in striking out on their own; and a shift in government policies has made entrepreneurship more challenging to undertake.

«To reduce the threshold of innovative entrepreneurship, the government provides appropriate financial subsidies for rent, broadband access and public software for new businesses,» said John Rhee, general manager of the Los Angeles office for UBTECH, a Chinese robotics company headquartered in Shenzhen City that makes humanoid robots for the home.

As I have explained elsewhere, many of the policies put in place by the Federal government since the election of President Obama in 2008 — banking reform, business regulation, tax policies, and the Affordable Care Act to name a few — have made entrepreneurship more difficult to undertake.

The basis for the U.S. economic system is private enterprise, because the government has neither the knowledge nor the incentives to make business decisions that in the long run will achieve economic efficiency and growth.

And many, like Memphis Pig Out, are still making a comeback, despite $ 60 billion in aid from the federal government and $ 2.4 billion worth of disaster recovery loans from the Small Business AdministratiAnd many, like Memphis Pig Out, are still making a comeback, despite $ 60 billion in aid from the federal government and $ 2.4 billion worth of disaster recovery loans from the Small Business Administratiand $ 2.4 billion worth of disaster recovery loans from the Small Business Administration.

This year's awards are open to all Australian business women that meet the entry criteria in the following categories: * Westpac Group Business Owner Award (owners with a 50 per cent share or more in a business, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crbusiness women that meet the entry criteria in the following categories: * Westpac Group Business Owner Award (owners with a 50 per cent share or more in a business, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crBusiness Owner Award (owners with a 50 per cent share or more in a business, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crbusiness, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crbusiness); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crBusiness Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above criteria).

Changes in government contracting guidelines, and an awareness of those changes, has made it more attractive for women to own businesses; and there has been an increasing number of resources available to women and veterans who want to become entrepreneurs.

The federal government has made sweeping cuts to red tape as small and medium businesses grow more confident about the year ahead, but a growing number believes the state government is working against their best interests, according to the latest Sensis survey.

It's not easy finding a connection between a big Australian cattle company, an American business that makes jet engines, and the Western Australian government's insurance arm, but if you look closely they're all doing something at the same time — selling property.

But there's ample evidence to demonstrate that open - pay schemes — once the purview of union shops and governments — really do make businesses better.

The government's answer seems to be that if business owners find the new tax rules make saving inside their businesses unattractive, they can always pay themselves salaries, and save outside their companies in the same Registered Retirement Savings Plans and Tax - Free Savings Accounts available to individuals who earn salaries.

(President Xi Jinping made this point recently at the Communist Party's congress, a speech nearly every Chinese government official and business executive references each time they speak publicly.)

Business sponsorship makes up 22 per cent, government grants add 25 per cent, private sponsorship brings in about 5 per cent and membership fees account for 6 per cent.

And these are just three examples of businesses making America great again by improving their local communities — with or without the government's assistance.

You can't sit back and wait for the government to create a more favorable entrepreneurial climate, like making it easier to obtain a grant or register your business.

And that in turn makes the Harper government's take on state - owned enterprises, as recently discussed elsewhere in Canadian Business, a thorny and possibly embarrassing oAnd that in turn makes the Harper government's take on state - owned enterprises, as recently discussed elsewhere in Canadian Business, a thorny and possibly embarrassing oand possibly embarrassing one.

The government said it will make $ 1.4 billion available over three years in new financing for women entrepreneurs through the Business Development Bank as well as $ 250 million over three years through Export Development Canada for financing and insurance for women - owned and women - led businesses.

Meanwhile, we are modifying or eliminating more than 140 state regulations to make it easier to do business and to improve government efficiency.

Chambers was swayed with Modi's call to build India's infrastructure and weaken some government policies that made it more difficult for foreign companies to do business.

It's what makes business and government focus on safer, short - term goals at the expense of the long - term, and riskier, R&D needed for true innovation.

On the other hand, what makes me realistic is that big government favors big business, and we have bigger and bigger government.

We've already made modest progress: in February, Canada and China signed a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement, which the federal government claims will make doing business in China safer and more predictable for Canadians.

The national credit system planned for 2020 will be an «ecosystem» made up of schemes of various sizes and reaches, run by cities, government ministries, online payment providers, down to neighborhoods, libraries, and businesses, say Chinese researchers who are designing the national scheme.

Every step of the way, we have focused on making Government work better for business through initiatives like Startup America and BusinessUSA — groundbreaking programs that connect entrepreneurs to resources that can spur their success.

Like many in the industry, Russell doesn't know when the program will get regulatory approval, but in the meantime he'd like the government to give business owners a tax deduction on EI and CPP for contributions they make to a group RSP.

«We not only accept that, we expect it — because we think an essential role of philanthropy is to make bets on promising solutions that governments and businesses can't afford to make.

With less than 100 days until the May 9 B.C. Election, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade has released its 2017 Provincial Election Platform, which outlines key issues and priorities of the regional business community and makes a series of recommendations to the parties running to form the next Provincial Government.

The situation makes it hard for governments and businesses around the world to understand the forces behind the spending sprees.

Two decades of «miracle» levels of investment - driven growth, the role of the financial sector in that growth, and the unrealistic expectations that Chinese businesses, banks, and government entities had consequently developed, reinforced by sell - side cheerleaders, made it obvious that the interlocking balance sheets that make up the Chinese economy had added what was effectively a highly «speculative» structure onto the way economic entities financed their operations.

But he also called on eurozone governments, as he has often done, to do their part to stimulate the economy by taking measures to raise productivity and by making changes to improve the business environment.

Only by the Fed muting both inflation and inflationary expectations can households, businesses and governments make the decisions and take the steps that create jobs, profits and the steady rise in output from which everyone in our society benefits.

«We're making progress, but the pace of change in the private sector is so great and the pace of change in government is so slow, even to get a budget passed, let alone get a turnaround in the fiscal situation,» said Joe Brennan, president of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association, a lobbying group.

Analysts and investors worry that a government shutdown this week would hit not just consumer and business confidence, but also make it more likely that the United States will default on its debt when it reaches its borrowing limit in about two weeks.

The current impasse between the Parliamentary Budget Officer and the Government is the result of a clash between the Government's business model, based on a lack of transparency, and accountability; non-evidenced based decision - making; and hostility to public debate and discussion; and, a Parliamentary Budget Officer business model with the exact opposite principles.

In his mandate letters to the minister of international trade and to the minister of small business and tourism, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for the two ministers to «prepare and execute a new Canadian international trade strategy to ensure that programs and approaches are supportive of small and medium - sized enterprises,» specifically making it easier for them to get access to government funding and export - oriented supports.

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 economy.

Finally, being a champion of multilateralism, the Canadian government and relevant business associations could make use of Canada's membership and influence in international organizations beyond the AIIB, like the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and IMF, to secure contracts in the governmental procurement of goods and services along the Belt and Road route.

«It's clear government has listened to our concerns and acted to make sure that we can fund transit and transportation in a way that has the least impact on small business,» states Iain Black, President and CEO of The Vancouver Board of Trade.

Speakers making the case for why it's time to listen to the experts and Canadians — and get down to business and develop a made - in - Canada proportional representation system include Hassan Yussuff, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, Katelynn Northam, electoral reform campaign lead at Leadnow, Farhat Rehman of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women and Annie Bérubé, director of government relations at Équiterre.

And this is the political context in which governments will make decisions about whether and how to address the continuing and accelerating degradation of the news busineAnd this is the political context in which governments will make decisions about whether and how to address the continuing and accelerating degradation of the news busineand how to address the continuing and accelerating degradation of the news busineand accelerating degradation of the news business.

Since the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, governments and businesses have made changes to gun and safety policies in response.

2005.06.06 The First Principles of Health and Learning: Making the right connections Charlie Coffey, O.C. Executive Vice President Government Affairs & Business Development Developmental Conference on Health and Learning

Ottawa is making a bold push to have business play a bigger role in funding government social programs — asking Canada's corporate and charities sector to submit ideas that could ultimately form part of the 2013 budget.

Governments and stock exchanges are tightening disclosure requirements on social and environmental indicators, while young graduates entering the workforce search for businesses that are making a positive impact on the world.