Sentences with phrase «more jobs in the region»

«As the party of «in», Liberal Democrats believe our focus should be on sustaining economic recovery and creating more jobs in the region.

As we build future projects in the site, we'll create many more jobs in the region,» said Jeffrey Grybowski, Deepwater Wind's Chief Executive Officer.

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Most graduates stay in the region, and job placement is more than 80 percent.

Tourism supports more than 400,000 jobs, or nearly half of the region's total workforce, paying $ 16.9 billion in local wages, Applied Analysis has found.

Separately, Torstar says the officials also visited its corporate offices in Toronto to seek more information about the deal in which 41 newspapers changed hands and 36 were closed, mainly in Ontario regions served by multiple publications, at a cost of nearly 300 jobs.

When Uber announced its Series E round back in December on the company's blog, CEO Travis Kalanick said it would be using the investment money to create more than 1 million jobs in 2015 and to «make significant investments, particularly in the Asia Pacific region.»

We [also want to] expand more geographically, to get better reach into areas like Western Europe where you need to have a really localized presence and a couple of partners in each region to be able to do a good job of covering your customer base there.

An ADP regional employment report shows that the South Atlantic, West South Central and Pacific regions generated more than half of all new private sector jobs in May.

With the lowest unemployment rate in the region in more than five years and a more competitive job market, employers are doing more to try to retain their existing talent.

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And of course, Baltimore is competing against more than 200 other cities and regions to grab the biggest economic development plum in years: the $ 5 billion second headquarters of Amazon that promises to bring 50,000 new jobs to its chosen city.

More than 20 veterans from the mid-Maryland region attended the inaugural Veterans Job Club in Carroll County Friday and LeRoy Thomas has no doubt that attendance will grow in future events.

«Here in Greater Vancouver alone, the project is expected to generate more than a billion dollars in construction spending, create thousands of high - paying jobs, and help attract new investment to our region,» said Black.

We need to enable our airports to be more competitive, because every time a new scheduled flight lands at YVR, it generates economic activity in our region and creates up to 310 related local jobs.»

A shift now to sustainable lumbering in designated regions, leaving others intact, can provide as many or more jobs over the long haul and a better world for all.

Moving years later to new jobs and a new hometown five hundred miles away, in a region more densely populated with Catholics, Elizabeth and I «shopped around» until we finally settled on a new parish.

This five - year expansion is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs in the region.

A off season rebuilding job has made the Galaxy a more competitive team, but is there a long - term plan to develop players in a region overflowing with talent?

With Castle Point and Montrose VA hospitals and their outpatient clinics in the Mid-Hudson Valley and nine job centers also located in the region, if approved, the additional funding would provide for more federal services for those job seekers, Acting Labor Secretary Seth Harris told MidHudsonNews.com on Tuesday.

While the PSC views the subsidies as a way to control carbon emissions as the state moves toward more renewable energy sources, critics believe the Cuomo administration, which supported the plan, was intent on avoiding the job losses that would have come with plant closures in the hard - pressed region where the plants operate.

North of $ 2 billion in public funds have been invested, but the nano sector boasts some 50 companies and more than 15,000 jobs in the Capital region and across the state.

Infrastructure is critical to creating jobs and increasing economic opportunity in our region, and I believe this funding will go a long way in making our communities safer and more accessible.»

It will also strengthen the local economy — creating more than 600 jobs and significantly reducing congestion in the Mid-Hudson region.

«We're committed to helping businesses grow, thrive and create jobs in New York and this exciting announcement is one more reason why this is a region on the move.»

Mr Mahama said «together with the NDC, I have carefully designed plans to create more decent jobs in every region and in every economic sector.»

A Labour government will drive forward the economic and industrial policy that Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and Chuka Umunna have been developing to create more high quality jobs in every region of the country by reforming our banking sector, modernising our infrastructure, and working with businesses to get the long - term investment we need in growing SMEs and the high productivity, growth industries of the future.

The arguments against paid sick leave, as stated in the Capital Region Chamber's petition opposing Local Law «C» on behalf of its more than 2400 area businesses and organizations, include: the proposal will hurt our economy, reduce jobs, lower the county's sales tax revenue, and act as «an impediment to attracting, retaining and growing jobs.»

We have the worst bond rating and are the most significantly stressed county in the region and that has to change, but I believe Ed Day's approach will do a more significant job for Rockland County.»

«This is a future GlobalFoundries if done right,» Fahy said, referring to GlobalFoundries» Fab 8 computer chip factory in Saratoga County that employs 3,500 people and generated thousands more jobs for the region.

Supporters say the third track will be a major boon to the region, allowing the LIRR to run more trains in both directions, bounce back more quickly from service disruptions, create jobs, boost property values and keep more young people in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

The more residents of the Hudson Valley / Catskills region learn about Julian's vision for creating middle class jobs, growing our economy and protecting Medicare and a woman's right to choose, the more they know Julian will represent them in Washington.»

Two companies, ams AG of Austria and General Electric, will invest more than $ 2 billion in the region and create about 2,000 jobs, the governor said.

The report is sure to provide more fodder for business groups who say New York and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have made some strides in tax policy, but haven't done enough to retain jobs, especially in the upstate region.

«But, the real fact is since the beginning of 2012, there's been more than 20,000 private sector jobs created in the Buffalo Niagara metro market and in February and March of this year it was the highest recorded job total for our region in those months ever.»

He said his region would continue to lose more jobs as it saw its greatest economic potential essentially evaporate in an hour.

A report from the Center for Governmental Research in Rochester found that between 1979 and 2015, the 370 companies that received Amherst IDA tax breaks helped increase the town's tax base by roughly $ 570 million, while creating 25,600 jobs that paid, on average, nearly 50 percent more than the typical job in the Buffalo Niagara region.

«In addition, more than 30 of New York State's most prominent and influential business, labor, community and university groups support the UB 2020 initiative as the region's best strategy for economic development and job creation.»

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According to the Kansai University, this will be more than worth it, as the theme park is expected to bring 6.2 trillion Yen to the Kansai region in 10 years (11.7 trillion to the whole country), with over 1 million jobs created.

NFER explains that RSCs will often look to high performing SATs and academies in MATs to support underperforming schools and, as there are variations between regions in the number of good and outstanding schools in these structures, it could potentially make their job more difficult depending on which region they operate in.

Over the past 30 years, however, the ratio of resident employment to wage and salary jobs located in the District has never been higher than 47.8 percent (in 1985, a time when DC had 17 percent of the region's population, 33.6 percent of the region's jobs, and had more people living in the city than working in it).

«The Portland - Milwaukie light rail project will bring more great transportation options to people in the region, create thousands of jobs during construction and boost economic development along the new line for years to come.»

As part of the President's long - term vision to give 80 % of Americans access to high - speed rail in the next 25 years, this initial $ 590 million in funding for high - speed and intercity passenger rail will create more than 6,000 direct and indirect jobs in the Washington region.

«We look forward to providing local employment opportunities in the region with future development and the creation of more tourism jobs through an ongoing workforce.»

The Game Republic Student Showcase has previously resulted in more than 30 placements and full - time jobs in the games industry, with previous winners finding employment with developers in the region including Rockstar Leeds and Just Add Water.

To learn more about this and many other openings in the Nordic region visit their jobs board.

For more jobs in and around the Nordic region check out newly started initiative, called Game Form.

An Associated Press story did a particularly good job of capturing the scope of the challenge in trying to cut impacts on a species in a poor region with limited governance and murky connections to faraway, and illegal, markets: Read more...

For example, in 2006 alone the Port of Baltimore generated more than 50,200 jobs, $ 3.6 billion in personal income, $ 1.9 billion in business revenues, and $ 388 million in state, county, and municipal tax.58 The New York City Panel on Climate Change highlighted a broader range of climate impacts on infrastructure sectors (see Table 16.1).11 Although this study focused specifically on New York City, these impacts are applicable throughout the region.

Transportation is the largest source of carbon pollution in the region, and building a 21st century transportation system offers numerous economic opportunities, including new jobs and industries and better, more convenient commutes.