Sentences with phrase «in local business groups»

You meet them at Little League games or by volunteering with community organizations and being an active participant in local business groups.

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A review of a U.S. Small Business Administration initiative shows that support provided to entrepreneurs in regional groupings bolstered local economies.

Everyone in the program completes afour - month internship with an area business — important local experience for thethree - quarters of the student body thatcome from abroad — and most complete anapplied business project, a group businessanalysis assignment based on the real - worldexperience gleaned through the internship.Those with an interest in finance can forgothe independent project and instead bolton an optional fifth semester that givesadditional weight to securities, derivativesand investing, covering topics like the mutualfund industry and real estate investing.

As a response, Endeavor finally took action in September by opening an office in Miami and assembling a board of local business leaders that includes execs from Virgin Hotels and Cisneros Group, one of the biggest privately held media companies in the world.

Produced in partnership with Entrepreneur Media, the two - day HackON invited local small companies to submit their biggest business challenge and let a group of area business and community members help find (or «hack») a feasible solution.

The ASX - listed investment vehicle of Brisbane company National Storage has teamed up with local business Parsons Group to construct five new self - storage centres in Perth.

In Northeast Ohio, this came in the form of universities, local groups and foundations getting involved, providing resources like mentorship, business plan competitions and student - lead investment fundIn Northeast Ohio, this came in the form of universities, local groups and foundations getting involved, providing resources like mentorship, business plan competitions and student - lead investment fundin the form of universities, local groups and foundations getting involved, providing resources like mentorship, business plan competitions and student - lead investment funds.

Join local business networking groups or venture associations and immerse yourself in rooms full of successful and connected people.

It is important to build a network of mentors and advisers so that you have someone to turn to for advice in bad times — try local business groups and industry associations for information about finding a mentor.

What happened was I joined a peer group of fellow business leaders in my local community.

As a backstop, he applied and received a $ 15,000 loan from Whidbey Island Local Lending (WILL), a group that matches local investors with local small businesses in search of funLocal Lending (WILL), a group that matches local investors with local small businesses in search of funlocal investors with local small businesses in search of funlocal small businesses in search of funding.

In March 2012 they won another local business - plan competition (run by a brewery and a neighborhood revitalization group).

«Geospatial technology is a pervasive and rapidly growing segment in everyday life,» says Craig Harvey, the president of the Magnolia Business Alliance, a local business development group that runs the 40 - member EIGS cluster in Bay St. LouisBusiness Alliance, a local business development group that runs the 40 - member EIGS cluster in Bay St. Louisbusiness development group that runs the 40 - member EIGS cluster in Bay St. Louis, Miss..

BIBA, as Milchen's group is known, started in 1998, which makes it the oldest known alliance promoting local independent businesses across the spectrum.

The Seattle Times reports that both candidates promised to address Seattle's acute homelessness problem, though Durkan claimed an early advantage in the race, with endorsements from local politicians, business groups, and labor unions.

She advises making contacts at local business groups, which, in addition to providing program information, can help a company determine eligibility.

Local IT company Synergy Equities Group has reached a settlement to dispose of the last of its mining assets in a deal it says will allow for a greater focus on its core technology business.

The report aims to help community groups, small businesses, state and local governments and the public to better understand, monitor and respond to trends in borrowing and indebtedness at the household level.

Rings of slum housing have sprung up around many of Mexico's beach resorts, areas where criminal groups find fertile ground to recruit, set up drug sales to tourists and locals, and demand extortion payments from local businesses, as they have done in the Pacific coast resort of Zihuatanejo.

The state has its own investment fund, the Missouri Technology Corporation, which invests in local businesses; the fund, together with newly formed private investment groups, have helped the state emerge as a regional leader in startup financing.

Participate in The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County's procurement practices through its Small / Local / Minority / Women Business Enterprise Stakeholder Group Meetings to review and comment on the SWA's Disparity Study findings and recommendations and feedback on policy options.

A local music producer received top recognition Wednesday by a group of young business professionals in Corpus Christi.

Joining as a member of the Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) in 2008, the Group Integrated the latest BSCI Code of Conduct into local trading contracts and conduct regular compliance assessments to ensure ethical business standards are iBusiness Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) in 2008, the Group Integrated the latest BSCI Code of Conduct into local trading contracts and conduct regular compliance assessments to ensure ethical business standards are ibusiness standards are in place.

In an ultimate story of small business savvy enacting huge community change, a group of female elders from the Wirlu - murra Aboriginal community in Roebourne have translated a market stall selling local artwork into joint venture mining contracts worth over $ 100 millioIn an ultimate story of small business savvy enacting huge community change, a group of female elders from the Wirlu - murra Aboriginal community in Roebourne have translated a market stall selling local artwork into joint venture mining contracts worth over $ 100 millioin Roebourne have translated a market stall selling local artwork into joint venture mining contracts worth over $ 100 million.

Another way to participate in Small Business Saturday is to take part in it with a group of local businesses and make an even bigger effort.

Ultimately, a project that had been designed to benefit a specific group of small businesses in the West Bank came full circle to return benefits to the local financial community.

You can find one in your local area by talking to other business owners or business groups, and you can also

According to the Washington, D.C. - based group, «building 100 single - family homes in a typical metro area creates 297 full - time jobs and generates $ 28 million in wage and business income and $ 11.1 million in federal, state and local tax revenue.»

We plan to make space available in the other half for «hot - desking» offices, other local businesses, community groups and charities as well as church use.»

As a result of jealousies inspired by a TV story about Chassidic Jews living in a small midwest town with a meat packing facility, that was bringing jobs and money to the local businesses, all manner of radical groups, from PETA, to unionizers, to left - wing Jewish newspapers, and detestable bloggers descended like a ton of bricks.

Pil Andina was formed after Peruvian business Gloria Group Inc. acquired milk plants in Bolivia and gathered over 6,000 small, local producers to form the country's largest milk supplier.

Treasury Wine Estates chief executive Mike Clarke says an «agreed road map» with powerful customers Woolworths and Coles has been important in a step - up in profits from the wine group's Australian business, as it eyes a 25 per cent share of the local market.

Staff from GreenPalm were joined by other local businesses to use their expertise to give a group of 80 Hull schoolchildren a lesson in global trade, during an event intended to help them learn more about International business.

Coca - Cola Hellenic operations in Ukraine and Serbia are members of business groups which have been named as being among the top three performers in the world under the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) local network programme.

If you are a business team, local community group or group of friends who can offer a team of volunteers to help out either pre-race or on race day then you need to get in touch as you will be most welcome

In doing so, he built coalitions of local businesses, community groups and politicians.

The I - 80 Corporate Consortium is group of business leaders, political representatives, economic development professionals and local officials who joined forces about two and a half years ago to help each other and create «one voice» to promote economic development in the corridor, Wright said.

If you are located in Central Iowa, check our local Business Directory for lactation consultants, breastfeeding groups, where to rent and / or buy a breast pump and more!

The Olympian, March 17, 2009 Local confidence drops, surveys find: Consumers, business owners hope for economic rebound by Rolf Boone «Thurston County residents and business owners largely were pessimistic about the economy in the fourth quarter of 2008, although both groups remain hopeful that business conditions will improve in the next six months, two new surveys have found.»

Families, community groups, and local businesses are welcome to take part in this program.

Researchers interviewed four food service directors and six community members (including local groups, nonprofit organizations, and for - profit businesses) and conducted in - depth analyses of policies in California, Indiana, Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Texas to illuminate the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern the sharing of school kitchen facilities.

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The NCC (National Caravan Council) met with a cross-party group of local MPs and representatives of key businesses in East Yorkshire last week to discuss the impact of the proposed VAT increase on caravan holiday homes.

Cuomo was endorsed earlier today by the business lobbying group, which cited his efforts to install a cap on local property tax increases, limits on spending hikes in state budgets and an uptick in the state's credit rating.

Denise and Randy served as Past Presidents of VBAC (Village Business Advisory Council), which is a dedicated group of professionals, working in unity to support, promote, strengthen and perpetuate local businesses in the Village of Hamburg.

Prior to that, Cuomo also announced «the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative,» a $ 25 million program to «bring together state and local government, non-profit and business groups to design and implement coordinated solutions to increase social mobility in ten cities with the highest poverty rates in the state.»

Putnam has been touring the state meeting with local Republican and business group to talk about his vision for the future, and has been building up his campaign coffers in advance of his expected bid.

Business groups, school districts and local governments are all participating in Let NY Work.

So local government officials are teaming up with leaders from business, labor, schools, and neighborhood groups to figure out how to shrink the layers of public bureaucracy in Onondaga County.

Sampson, along with a coalition of business groups and chambers of commerce, is in Albany today to lobby for the 2 percent cap on local property taxes as proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.