Sentences with phrase «number of alternative business»

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«Small business owners are seeing the number of alternative sources for financing their companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing in terms of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not caught up,» Mills said last month while introducing the borrowers rights bill in Washington.

That's because there are a growing number of unemployed (or soon to be) middle - to senior - level executives who are likely to decide that buying a business is a feasible alternative to looking for a job.

Factoring is one of a number of alternative sources of financing for small and midsize businesses when a bank pulls their credit line or says no to a traditional business loan.

«The timing and actual number of shares repurchased will depend on a variety of factors, including price, general business and market conditions, and alternative investment opportunities,» Facebook said in its filing.

Now a growing number of travel businesses are open to credit card alternatives.

The framework proposes a number of specific changes including: consolidating and reducing individual income tax rates to 10, 25, and 35 percent; doubling the standard deduction; cutting the business tax rate to 15 percent on both corporations and pass - through businesses; repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) and estate tax; repealing the 3.8 percent investment surtax from the Affordable Care Act («Obamacare»); moving to a territorial tax system; and imposing a one - time tax on money held overseas.

Karen Mills, former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the keynote speaker at the event said, «Small business owners are seeing the number of alternative sources for financing their companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing in terms of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not caBusiness Administration and the keynote speaker at the event said, «Small business owners are seeing the number of alternative sources for financing their companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing in terms of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not cabusiness owners are seeing the number of alternative sources for financing their companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing in terms of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not caught up.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

In order to remedy this, the world of commercial finance offers a number of affordable and accessible alternative lending products to business owners and property investors who would otherwise get turned away from banks.

As the value of a Bitcoin soars toward $ 10,000, consumers haven't quite caught on to the alternative currency accepted at a number of local businesses.

That's why a number of business owners decide to use alternative lending sources like BFS Capital.

An HMRC consultation on alternative methods of VAT collection reported that the number of online overseas businesses applying to register for VAT had increased from 700 in 2015 to 8,700 in 2016.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has called on HMRC to allow taxpayers a limited number of defaults before incurring a penalty for late submissions under the new proposals for digital tax reporting.1 This can be achieved by allowing those taxpayers a short extension period on those particular occasions.2 The CIOT says such an approach to penalties is more consistent with HMRC's five principles for penalties than alternative penalty regimes that HMRC recently consulted on.3 The CIOT has said that this «cumulative suspension» penalty regime is more likely to encourage compliance, penalise non-compliance and be a proportionate response to late filing.4 HMRC is yet to publish details about the level of the penalties, although it has confirmed that this will be a fixed penalty, irrespective of the size of the business.

Instead of regulating small business owners, we should be finding alternatives that could truly reduce the number of alcohol - related accidents and fatalities in Western New York.

I believe it's time we stop regulating small business owners under the guise of «solutions» that aren't supported by facts, and find alternatives that could truly reduce the number of alcohol - related accidents and fatalities in Western New York.

Over the years, one of the mysteries of my school choice advocacy has been the reluctance among many, including a large number of supposedly market sensitive business leaders, to understand and accept the dynamics of competition and how, in a choice environment, these dynamics will produce a supply of quality education alternatives to meet the demand while driving improvement in the public schools.

During the third quarter, we reduced NOOK expenses by $ 25 million and recently took additional action to exit NOOK's app and video businesses that will result in additional cost savings... we are actively engaged in exploring a number of alternatives to materially reduce NOOK's expense structure.

But there are ways around these problems, with a growing number of alternative lenders willing to accept the risky business of lending to bad credit borrowers.

The alternative, as an unfortunate number of single - store operators have discovered over the past several years, means going out of business.

below50, brought to you by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), aims to create demand for low - carbon fuels and scale up their deployment by increasing the number of companies choosing sustainable alternative fuels.

This incongruity has resulted in an ever - increasing number of companies and business groups pushing for alternative methods of billing.

BT continues to use alternative suppliers, such as Elevate, Axiom, Halebury, NewGalexy Services and Obelisk Support, and has launched a number of technology initiatives, such as legal projectmanagement software, document management and an internallydeveloped software tool for the wider business to seek automated regulatory advice on complex global transactions.

Leyton UK Partners LLP (registered number OC388386) is an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) under licence number 619453 in respect of legal work.

The ACTLA Board of Directors has serious concerns regarding Alternative Business Structures (ABS), Non-Lawyer Ownership of law practices (NLO) and other changes being brought forward by the Law Society of Alberta (LSA) including reducing the number of benchers representing its growing membership as well as the lack of full consultation with the profession on these issues.

As an alternative to case filing rates, some suggest looking at case terminations or the number of pending cases per month as a better metric for measuring the business of litigation (in particular, Jason Rantanen of Patently O, here and here).

There has been speculation since the first alternative business structure licences were granted several years back that a number of firms, including the likes of Irwin Mitchell, would look to raise capital by a listing.

Hill Dickinson and Kennedys have become the latest top 50 law firms to confirm plans to convert to an alternative business structure (ABS), as growing numbers of firms gear up for the «Tesco Law» revolution.

A number of companies have already begun working on alternatives that supply smart contracts to businesses that do not actually run on the blockchain.

The result of these Bitcoin growing pains has been that a number of online retailers as well as Bitcoin businesses have decided to move away from Bitcoin in search of other more practical alternatives.

Dr. Richard Becker (2), former CEO of Brooklyn Hospital Center, and CEO of New Found Health LLC said «As Brooklyn Hospital Center continues to expand its outpatient presence through expansion of urgent care sites and other ambulatory facilities, we were considering a number of financial alternatives, such as a lease versus own model that utilizes third party capital for the ownership of the real estate and allows us to reallocate our capital into the core business of providing health care.»