Sentences with phrase «leading businessmen»

Shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers certainly believes the answer to the above question is «yes», based on this letter to yesterday's Sunday Times signed by a number of leading businessmen.

The fact that such a recording was made and surfaced as part of a plea - bargain by one of Brazil's leading businessmen suggests that the bankers and industrialists, who supported the President's unprecedentedly unpopular government in exchange for a radical austerity agenda in Congress, have jumped ship.

In the at - large House race, former Lt. Gov. John Carney (D) leads businessman Glen Urquhart (R) 53 percent to 44 percent.

He is a member of Gordon Brown's business council, yet he seems very much at odds with Labour's economic approach - the latest of many leading businessmen to speak out in this way.

The final report of the Small Business Taskforce — a group of leading businessmen, entrepreneurs and academics commissioned by Labour to examine how to support small businesses to thrive — highlighted widespread dissatisfaction with the ability of the big banks to meet the financing needs of small businesses.

The Mirror also quoted a leading businessman who said Carney has fierce ambition with the ability to back it up.

As a lure for feeling the proposition may lead the businessman to buy the lot and build the restaurant.

Britain risks falling behind the rest of the world unless it makes a major investment in improving the skills of its workforce, a leading businessman has warned.

In these enterprises, he became close to leading businessmen, governors, and presidents.

A prestigious chess challenge for UK schools has won the support of a leading businessman and author.

John Browne has been seen as the leading businessman of his generation who transformed BP into one of the most successful energy companies in the world.

A LEADING businessman has warned that the Gillard government's carbon policy could «bugger the country», joining a chorus against the tax, as consumer sentiment sinks.

Local news agency The Irrrawaddy cites «informed sources» who claim that Schmidt «will soon visit» the country in a trip that will see him meet with senior government officials, opposition leader (and Nobel Peace Prize winner) Aung San Suu Kyi and a number of leading businessmen.