Sentences with phrase «less than smaller firms»

Large firms can't charge less than smaller firms, and in fact, typically charge much more for less personalized service.

Not exact matches

It's the sort of rapid gearshift that few companies ever experience, much less master: over the course of about five years, FouFou Dog (FFD), a Markham, Ont. - based dog apparel firm, has seen its revenue grow by more than 800 % — a steep growth trajectory matched by the company's shift from providing very specialized boutique goods, like jewelry and booties for small dogs, and to a far wider range of products suitable for mass merchandisers and large offshore customers.

Small businesses tend to attract fewer and less - experienced candidates than their large firm counterparts, and startups in particular find it difficult to provide adequate compensation for talented prospects.

A little less than one in three small businesses were found to offer health insurance benefits to employees, for example, as compared to the national average of 96 percent of larger firms.

The proposed repeal of the current Obama - era protections would be a big win for ISPs including Comcast and Verizon, but has been strongly opposed by tech firms like Google and Facebook — though those giants are less likely to be hurt than smaller content providers.

While July was the fifth straight month in which small firms added jobs, «the magnitude of growth is less than desired,» according to SurePayroll CEO Michael Alter.

But it turns out that in aggregate, small firms pay about the same premiums as big firms — in fact, for family coverage, companies with under 200 employees pay less ($ 11,835) than firms with 200 or more workers ($ 12,233).

If you own a small firm and have been in operation for less than three years and have a credit score of below 650, you likely won't be able to secure a small business loan from a large bank.

One explanation is that CEOs in larger firms have less of a direct impact on the company's performance — perhaps because they delegate more than CEOs at smaller firms.

Consider the unhappy experience of one East Coast software manufacturer whose chief executive retained a small and less - than - prominent investment - banking firm in his efforts to woo private - equity investors.

For small firms — those with less than $ 10 million in annual revenue — you don't necessarily need your controller to be a CPA.

Tom Sanger, a partner with accounting and advisory firm Moss Adams, says that, «small businesses, now defined as having an average of less than $ 50 million in gross revenue over the prior three years, will be able to offset (the alternative minimum tax) AMT with R&D credits generated after Jan. 1, 2016.»

But the biggest impact is on small startup firms — contrary to Haber and Levine, most patent trolls target firms selling less than $ 100 million a year.

Small - and medium - sized enterprises with less than 500 employees, with the majority of them being below 50 employees, make up 99.8 % of total Canadian firms.

In the US these tended to be among the nearly 200,000 small firms with less than 500 employees.

VC firms are very choosy about the businesses they invest in - according to the U.S. Small Business Administration less than.1 % of businesses are funded by venture capital.

I work for a small law firm of less than 50 employees as a legal assistant.

«The message this bill sends is that workers» lives at larger, more established companies are more valuable than workers» lives at smaller, less established firms,» she said.

As you trade body fat for lean muscle, that muscle leaves you looking smaller and firmer, because that muscle takes up less space than the fat you're blasting away.

No problems to date, no real grumbles, other than possibly small ones with the firm suspension, and the petrol consumption, which admittedly can be improved if the car is driven with less enthusiasm and interest in its maximum performance.

Below - average cargo capacity and small item storage; less third - row space than some rivals; Platinum trim level's ride quality might be too firm for some drivers; automatic emergency braking safety feature available on top trim only.

Because small value stocks have performed particularly well in the past, the list was further narrowed down to firms with market capitalizations (shares times price per share) of less than $ 1 billion.

You can still make mistakes with big firms, but the mistakes are less likely to be fatal because large companies tend to be more stable than smaller firms.

Out of participating the firm's 70 % were small businesses with an annual revenue of less than $ 1 million and the remaining 30 % being mid-size companies with an annual revenue of greater than $ 1 million.

Small business, including microbusinesses that make less than $ 100,000 and startups, are more likely to apply for government - backed loans or lines of credit compared to more established firms with higher revenue.

Ellenbogen invests in firms that are less liquid and less traded than big public companies since they are small - capitalization or private.

Having run the GIC desk of a small well - capitalized insurer, with lower ratings, less leverage, and a higher ROE than other larger competitors, I was / am biased against firms with bad credit profiles that get good ratings only because they are big.

At the moment, smaller law firms are being targeted by those threat attackers lower down the food chain but they are being targeted more frequently than the larger firms who are ignored by those less capable attackers.

Biglaw attorneys also need mediators and arbitrators, and smalls are less likely to be conflicted out than neutrals at other large law firms.

Some predict that small and midsize firms, which are less diverse than large firms, will take a bigger hit.

The life of a small - firm lawyer is no less glamorous, no less scandalous, no less titillating than that of any BigLaw lawyer working in some exotic overseas city.

On the other side of the bar are solo and small - firm practioners, who earn considerably less (though on average, they too bill fewer hours than their large - firm counterparts).

The new product, which is designed for cases of less than 1 million records (approximately 80 % of all litigated disputes in the U.S.), was built to help litigation teams at smaller law firms manage the eDiscovery workflow faster and more accurately, right from their desktops.

What they are clamoring for is discounts — apparently even if the cost winds up being greater than it would be if they hired a less - expensive firm with a smaller discount.

Professional indemnity premiums: small firms with less than ten partners are finding their options reduced year on year.

I've worked at a large firm with over 700 attorneys, a small boutique firm with less than a handful of associates, and now in solo practice as an entertainment lawyer.

The vast majority of services offered by small solicitor firms are done at prices that reflect a highly competitive marketplace, the reality of overhead (modest in the case of almost all small firms), and the reality that we should take home enough in a year to allow us to retire by an average age of 75 in noticeably less security than an elementary school teacher.

As for your comments about the Big Four accounting firms, yes, there are lots of small accounting firms, but they do less than 2 % by capitalization of audits worldwide.

With fewer employees vying for assignments, promotions, and a slice of the profits, legal professionals in small law firms face less in - house competition than their big - firm counterparts.

As Quinn insured predominantly small firms — although it provided cover for 2,900 firms (about 26 % of the 10,958 firms in England and Wales), this was slightly less than 10 % of the # 240 millions worth of PII business — many firms in South Wales will be insured by Quinn.

Indeed, less than 50 % of all self - identified solo and small firm practitioners are members of any ABA Section, lending further concern that those practitioners will have no organized voice to speak for them in the future.

To add to the utopian vibe, Burges Salmon has one of the most delightful offices out there — nestled on the river less than five minutes from Temple Meads station, from which London (where the firm has a smaller office) is an hour and 45 minutes away.

Smaller law firms can be more creative and entrepreneurial in their #LegalMarketing than large firms because they have less infrastructure, fewer partners, and fewer organizational hurdles, says @DGrabein.

But after all these years, women who rise to the top of law firms remain the exception rather than the rule, and the number of women partners and leaders remains woefully small: nationwide, women still represent only 16 % of equity partners, 6 % of top leadership positions, and less than 1 % of the most highly compensated partners.

smaller clients and less sophisticated legal work than at large firms (although that's certainly not always true);

Moreover, 58 percent of small and mid-sized firms (less than 250 attorneys) say that they are deploying more technology tools to replace human resources.

Regional Law Firm of the Year - Small Practice Eligibility Open to law firms that are headquartered in the Middle East and have less than 10 partners.

I don't agree that a solo / small firm lawyer audience is any less heterogeneous than a library one, when you take in practice areas and environments.

Many attorneys in small firms or their own practices find they spend less time than they would like serving clients because they are busy with administrative tasks of running small businesses, she said.

The survey looked only at small to medium sized firms with less than 50 lawyers.