Sentences with phrase «important business sectors»

Salem's economy is still centered around farming and agricultural processing but, as the state capital, it has seen its economy diversify into several other important business sectors.

Other important business sectors include tourism, energy (oil, gas and renewables), advanced engineering and manufacturing, and food and farming.

Wine and spirits production and trade are two of the region's most important business sectors.

Not exact matches

The boom might be over but mining remains an important sector that will continue to employ thousands of people and provide many investment opportunities for business.

No matter what sector you buy into, Falci says it's important to look across the capitalization spectrum and to diversify into different types of water businesses.

The SMB sector plays an important role in the UAE's well - diversified economy, comprising 95 % of small business and employing 42 % of the nation's workforce.

The Halifax Index, produced annually for Nova Scotia's capital, benchmarks the city against five peer cities on a number of important measurements: population growth, education levels, the confidence of the business sector, and more.

Both the private sector as well as federal, state and local governments have an important role to play in supporting high growth businesses and job creation.

Economic activity decreased in several categories, including business investment, exports, construction and — most of all — the important resources sector, which sank 2.7 per cent compared to the previous quarter.

The fact that the business service sector has become an increasingly important part of the Australian economy is well known.

As a legislative policy arm, WIPP identifies important trends and opportunities and provides a collaborative model for the public and private sectors to increase the economic power of women - owned businesses.

«In this second phase I am personally following very closely the property insurers that have not yet settled important and necessary claims for vital service sectors, and they can be sure that I will see this through, whatever the consequences may be, including suspending the authorization of the insurers to continue to do insurance business in Puerto Rico, until they have settled all outstanding claims.

In this respect, the approach proposed by the Jenkins Panel of separating from the National Research Council a number of its existing technology institutes into a constellation of large - scale, sectoral, collaborative R&D centres involving business, the university sector and the provinces is an important proposal.

In an early poll by Canadian Business, 67 % of Canadians responded that it is important that the government protect the dairy and poultry sectors.

«There is a business case, not just an equality case, for diverse boardrooms, which is even more important in a period when the need for private sector growth is paramount.

In Canada, ESOPs don't receive the same exposure, although they play an important role in business growth and succession planning in all sectors.

Low vacancy rates in office spaces are important to the continuing success of both the cleaning and carpet cleaning sectors, as they depend on getting most of their business from offices and commercial buildings.

The energy sector has driven much of the recent capex weakness, and capex is a less important barometer of sentiment in service sectors and asset - lite businesses.

Considering that Canadian MSMEs represent the vast majority of businesses in Canada, employing more than 7.5 million Canadians — about 70 per cent of Canada's private sector labour force — it becomes clear how critically important they are to the growth of the Canadian economy.

For the players in the sector, it is the most important business platform for organic products, and at the same time the favourite meeting point for everyone who supports a sustainable lifestyle in China and throughout Asia.»

«The Central and Eastern Europe region is an important sector for our business and Robert's wide - ranging experience will be invaluable both in supporting our existing customer base and maximising opportunities for our continued success and growth.»

The Brewbound Session, a full - day business conference for serious brewery professionals, will gather more than 200 attendees to discuss important industry issues and exchange ideas while learning strategies for success in the most competitive sector of the alcohol beverage category.

By working together with business on a long - term vision, we can build confidence to invest, grow and create British jobs in one of our most important sectors.»

It is also why developments in the business of digital journalism matters for democracy, especially in countries like the U.S., where private sector media provide by far the largest share of news coverage of public affairs, because of the low levels of funding for public media — as commercial media organizations in many countries continue to lose revenue and lay off reporters because their legacy platforms (like print) grow less popular by the day, the future of the private media sector, an important part of our democratic systems, depends in part on its ability to find new business models and reinvent itself for a new century and new media world, online and elsewhere.

AATV also thanks our many supporters in the local government, environmental, business and recreational sectors who worked on this critically important initiative for so many years and helped propel it to victory, including the members of the Adirondack Common Ground Alliance shown in the accompanying photo.

His keen business acumen, honed by years in the private sector and creating one of the most successful financial companies in our nation's history, has kept us ahead of other cities (and even states like California) and helped New York avoid mass layoffs, middle class flight and, most important, civic despair.

Such an unwholesome practice will only serve to detract from the important business of managing the Cocoa sector which is the lifeblood of the Ghanaian economy.

Unite joint general secretary Derek Simpson has also condemned the «spivs and the speculators» in business and said if the government could find money to bail - out the financial sector, it could «find the money to modernise this important public service».

Focusing on the highways sector, a majority (73 %) of firms polled see tackling congestion on the road network as either critical or important to the future operation of their business.

The statement also described the accusation by Joseph Boahen Aidoo, as falling into «a regrettable pattern of false and inaccurate information», adding «such an unwholesome practice will only serve to detract from the important business of managing the Cocoa sector which is the lifeblood of the Ghanaian economy.»

«Due to the huge challenges in the industry and Hong Kong business sector as a whole, it is important that everyone maintains a competitive edge and keep abreast of new developments.»

But I recognise how important it is to provide business, the public sector, and everybody with as much certainty as possible as we move through the process.

Buffalo Niagara is being recognized nationwide on a growing list of accolades that demonstrate an important change in how Western New York is perceived: in 2010 Forbes Magazine called the region the 10th best place to raise a family; in 2011 Relocate America placed Buffalo Niagara among the top 100 best places to live and The Business Journals reported that Buffalo Niagara had the nation's 18th strongest private sector job growth; and in 2012 the National Association of Home Builders ranked our region among the most affordable major U.S. housing markets.

Business travel is an important sector, and many employees in tourism are routinely mobile due to the nature of their jobs, for example in the case of airline personnel, tour guides and cruise ship workers.

In addition to conducting and funding research to develop more effective and safer therapies, NCI has thriving research programs in critically important areas like survivorship, delivery of care, primary prevention, screening, and quality of life — areas that are not traditionally supported by the private sector because they have limited commercial value or are not a good fit with traditional pharmaceutical and biotech business models.

It examines the reasons for choosing different business forms and then the reasons for changing them (including sole traders, LTD and PLCs, mutuals and the public sector); the role of shareholders and their reasons for investment (including market capitalisation, dividends and ordinary shares); the key influences on share prices and why these are important for a company; and finally the effect of ownership on mission, objectives, decisions and performance.

Business leaders from important sectors of the American economy have been urging schools to set higher standards in math and science — and California officials, in mandating that 8th graders be tested in introductory algebra, have responded with one of the highest such standards in the land.

It is important to note that much of the employment decline in the private sector during recessions is the result of firms going out of business.

It says that, in spite of calls for a greater knowledge of language skills from the the business sector, there is a persistent and widely held belief that languages are not as important as maths and science subjects.

A case study is a more important term in every sector of life from business to education.

The most important sectors are a household sector and a business sector.

With small businesses paying 44 % of U.S. private payroll and employing 50 % of all private sector employees, it goes without saying that they are an important part of the U.S. economy.

Cloud - based systems are also increasingly in demand, as online capabilities continue to become more important to doing business in any retail sector.

It is important that CowParade reflects the unique character of each of its host cities, and we are confident that this event successfully brings together local communities, businesses and the creative sector to celebrate the spirit and rich diversity which is at the very heart of Edinburgh.»

«We have plans to pump more investments in the UAE by 2020 to boost our presence in this important part of the world and seize business opportunities made available by the steady growth in the tourism sector,» he added

Along Paseo de la Reforma, one of the main avenues in Mexico City, in one of the most important financial an business sectors.

WTM Latin America will be the first global event for the increasingly important Latin American travel and tourism industry, giving both the outbound and inbound sectors a unique business marketplace to strike deals to fuel the growth of the region.

Besides the famous Panama Canal, it has an important banking sector, a favourable geographic location and good infrastructure, providing reasons for a business trip to the Central American country.

AMResorts was ranked by magazine Mundo Ejecutivo as the 268th most important business in Mexico and the top business in the tourism sector.

«We maintain our view that subscriptions will continue to play an important role in the MMOG sector,» the report reads, which sees it as more of a there's - room - for - everyone situation: «Certain consumer groups and types of service are well suited to subscriptions but we also acknowledge the growing success and adoption of microtransaction - based MMOGs as an alternative business model for operators.»