Sentences with phrase «independent companies on»
Andrew Bewes, Managing Director of wine distributor Hallgarten Druitt & Novum Wines (HDN Wines) said that while the acquisition may provide a USP for independent companies on a national level, the chief industry concern was over Conviviality's market share as the UK's largest drinks wholesaler and owner of several companies including Bargain Booze, MC and Bibendum PLB, now seen by some industry players as the behemoth of the drinks industry.
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/ Not exact matches
Companies such as Uber and Instacart stand to save a ton of money on labor costs — up to 40 percent, according to one study — by continuing to classify their workers as independent contractors rather than as employees.
For game developers, Facebook and Zynga's breakup last week was much - welcomed news: Now that the two company's official relationship has been severed (and Zynga will be free to develop its own gaming platform on Zynga.com), the social network will also no longer play favorites — giving other independent game developers a fair shake at the exposure and growth the Facebook platform can offer.
Since Woebot functions through Messenger, Facebook would still have access to users» conversations (even if Woebot itself tries to protect the data on its end), which is why the company is trying to raise money for an independent app.
BitTorrent, a streaming - technology company more closely associated with file - sharing than journalism, announced on Wednesday that it is launching a live - streaming TV news network that the company says will be an «informed, independent voice on the news.»
Depending on the contract between the parties, the independent contractor's fees may not be guaranteed; the fees may be subject to the acceptance of the services by the company.
the Company's share repurchase plans depend on a variety of factors, including the Company's financial position, earnings, share price, catastrophe losses, maintaining capital levels commensurate with the Company's desired ratings from independent rating agencies, funding of the Company's qualified pension plan, capital requirements of the Company's operating subsidiaries, legal requirements, regulatory constraints, other investment opportunities (including mergers and acquisitions and related financings), market conditions and other factors.
Agents may be «captive,» working for one insurance carrier, or independent and writing policies on behalf of many companies.
The FT had reported on Friday that the company's lawyers had refused independent directors access to personnel files detailing allegations against Weinstein long before the issue erupted earlier this month.
«There is not the least reason for Marriott and the other foreign companies to list these regions as independent countries on any occasion.
Activist investors in both Canada and the US recently proposed — for Hess Corporation and Agrium Inc. — that their nominees to serve as independent directors on the companies» boards should receive incentive pay directly from the activist investors themselves, with the amount that tied to share price appreciation.
In addition to the deluge of documents released on Monday, the company set up an independent committee to review the allegations and confirm the legality and authenticity of its supporting documents.
Consider yourself warned: The U.S. Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service are cracking down on companies that misclassify employees as independent contractors to avoid paying employment taxes.
Those reforms include removing Kalanick's super-voting rights on the board, increasing the company's board size to 17, and adding new independent directors to the board.
«Our goal is for Etsy to be an independent, publicly traded company, focused on all things handmade.»
If these units were independent companies, of course, they'd be shouldering these costs on their own.
To get into this line of work, you can join a moving and hauling service in your area, or if you have a van or a truck, you can go independent and advertise moving and hauling services on your own, which is how the company Man with a Van started out.
Where the Small Business Scorecard is concerned, the good hiring news really needs to be tempered with the fact that we continue to see more and more reliance on independent contractors — workers without company - paid benefits and matching FICA taxes, and people who can't always count on their employment continuing.
While established companies typically will pay contractors in a timely fashion, some independent workers are relying on individuals to pony up when promised.
Appearing on the latest episode of The Bottom Line with Henry Blodget, Myhrvold says Microsoft remains one of the few companies today with a true, independent research team working on «super hard problems.»
SEOUL, April 23 - U.S. activist hedge fund Elliott Management dismissed Hyundai Motor Group's restructuring plan as insufficient on Monday and called on the South Korean conglomerate to adopt a holding company strategy and appoint more independent board members.
Today the Delaware Chancery Court judge hearing the trial said that before March 28 he'd rule on whether Barry Diller's proposed breakup of IAC into five independent companies violated his contract...
Many private companies begin working toward these standards early on — establishing an independent board, arranging for an independent audit, and upgrading their systems and reporting to required levels.
The Fix: In early 2012, Spinak had «an epiphany» for how to improve the company's financials: Downsize to a core staff of four employees to oversee the business structure, and then rely on a stable of independent contractors to fill other roles that were needed less consistently, such as account executives, Web designers, graphic designers, copywriters and videographers.
First, Spradley had to untangle systems that both of the newly independent companies relied on.
Civil Studios [is] an independent, for - profit company that will share a lot of qualities with many of the venture - builder firms that have proliferated so successfully on the conventional web.
«If you want it to solve the exact problem it's built to solve, at the problem sizes I tested, it's thousands of times faster than anything I'm aware of,» says Catherine McGeogh, the professor that Google and company brought in to act as an independent adviser on their tests.
The second step is to begin a dialogue on how to reduce the need for legislation on every aspect of business life and instead implement regular independent reviews of large companies to identify the ones that pose risks that are not overwhelmingly balanced out by the public benefits they provide.
On this late September day, there are two tasks at the top of the company's to - do list: raise a second round of financing and launch Guru.com's premier product — a job - matching service designed for independent professionals.
As the largest company on our list, 7 - Eleven could have just hunkered down and comfortably weathered this recession, but the company has pursued an aggressive growth plan instead — taking advantage of lower real estate costs, encouraging independent convenience - store owners to convert to its system and selling off company - owned units to franchisees.
However, Astro Teller, X's leader, insists that cybersecurity has been on the backburner for several years at X. Creating research projects to tackle the planet's biggest problems that can be spun into independent companies has always been the goal, not just creating out - of - this world technology for the sake of grabbing headlines.
Independent bond research firm Gimmie Credit downgraded the debt of the giant chemical company on Tuesday, saying Peltz's pressure may end up forcing DuPont's executives to do something «materially harmful» to the company.
At the top end of the soloist market, «we see independent professionals and teams that come together on a project basis,» says George Gendron, former Inc. editor and founder of the Solo Project, a media, research, and education company for independent professionals.
However, many of the on - demand companies who have recently re-classified their independent contractors as employees — or who began doing business by only hiring so - called W2 employees — say blaming legal reasons is just a sideshow.
The valuation helped him and his partner pinpoint issues that might trouble an independent outsider, such as the company's reliance both on certain key employees and on major customers.
On March 26, the company revealed the results of an independent board committee investigation into $ 56 million in payments the firm made to commercial agents, typically people on the ground in foreign countries who help SNC - Lavalin win contractOn March 26, the company revealed the results of an independent board committee investigation into $ 56 million in payments the firm made to commercial agents, typically people on the ground in foreign countries who help SNC - Lavalin win contracton the ground in foreign countries who help SNC - Lavalin win contracts.
The way they got to square one was by hiring an independent appraiser to perform valuations on both companies.
The initial focus of the independent company will be on technology that will provide their U.S. employees and their families with simplified and high - quality health care at accessible costs, the companies said.
This is a guest post by Stansberry Churchouse Research, an independent investment research company based in Singapore and Hong Kong that delivers investment insight on Asia and around the world.
«How much you spend depends on the demographics of your company,» says Chris Gory, the president of Insurance Portfolio Financial Services Inc., a Toronto - based independent insurance brokerage specializing in employee benefits coverage.
CEO Kotick said in a statement, «We should emerge even stronger — an independent company with a best - in - class franchise portfolio and the focus and flexibility to drive long - term shareholder value and expand our leadership position as one of the world's most important entertainment companies... The transactions announced today will allow us to take advantage of attractive financing markets while still retaining more than US$ 3 billion cash on hand to preserve financial stability.»
(Schuler defends the transaction, saying his company relied on «qualified, independent experts» who concluded that «profitable limestone mining operations were feasible.»)
The company announced its 30 IGA stores, as well as independents on its customer list, would from now on be supplied by Overwaitea Food Group, part of the Jim Pattison (No. 10) empire.
Most of the independents say the hardware companies are «too fixed on the iron» to represent a serious threat to the software companies.
The report, co-produced by independent nonprofit JUST Capital Foundation and Forbes, measured the performance of more than 890 publicly - traded companies on the Russell 1000 Index across 32 industries.
A narrow plurality of offerors (49 percent) say the On - Demand economy should not be regulated and companies should compete to offer workers fair pay and benefits, even if it means less security, compared to 40 percent who say the government should regulate the sharing economy to guarantee independent contractors the same benefits afforded to full - time workers, even if it means fewer jobs.
The aggregate incremental cost of personal use of the company aircraft is calculated based on a cost - per - flight - hour charge developed by a nationally recognized and independent service.
This makes it critical that the company's audit committee, comprised of independent directors, take the lead on the current inquiry.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- A lawsuit filed by drivers against ride service Uber should not proceed as a class action, the company argued in a court filing on Thursday, citing written statements of support from hundreds of other Uber drivers in a case that could decide whether they are independent contractors or employees.
And if contract workers lose a contract or are otherwise discriminated against on the basis of age, religion, sex, disability status, or national origin, they have little recourse.15 Moreover, discretionary company - provided benefits — such as paid leave and retirement contributions — are not typically available to independent contractors.