Sentences with phrase «number of small businesses who»

Susan Alt, senior vice president of public affairs for Volvo Group North America, said the EPA's proposal «makes a mockery» of the company's investments to develop clean diesel engines and will «hurt a large number of small businesses who are not selling glider vehicles.»

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The federal healthcare website may be a fiasco, but thankfully there are a number of entrepreneur - run private insurance operators who have designed their offerings with small businesses in mind.

And while 41 percent of small business owners say they don't see any indications that the recession is over, that's actually three percentage points lower than the number of consumers who say economic conditions have not improved.

According to our sentiment survey, the number of business owners who indicate that they feel optimistic about the small business economy remains low, at 57 percent.

Theoretically, it's good for small business: The Wall Street Journal reports that Giuliani hopes at least 13 million people will trade their employer - based insurance for a private plan, bringing the number of Americans who buy their own policies to more than 30 million.

By reaching out to that customer base, a new startup or growing small business can quickly connect with a large number of buyers who can become loyal shoppers.

It was a major threat to the future of the exploding daily fantasy sports industry, and it led a number of smaller daily fantasy sports operators, who were not sent any letter from Schneiderman, to promptly cease business in New York.

A recent survey of small - business owners conducted for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by Harris Interactive reported an 11 percentage point rise in the last year in the number of owners who are unsure of whether their business will be better off in the future than it has been in the past.

That's because you tend to have a relatively high number of high - income households who own small businesses.»

Unlike your personal credit, it's not expressed in a fairly universal score, but rather is typically expressed in a series of reports that address how timely a business repays vendors who offer payment terms, their payment history with any current small business loans, industry information (including the overall creditworthiness of other businesses within that industry), and comparisons between the business and others within the same revenue class, size, number of employees, and the region where they do business.

«That's because you tend to have a relatively high number of high - income households who own small businesses,» he said.

Extrapolated based on the number of small businesses currently operating in Canada, this works out to nearly 500,000 entrepreneurs who expect to suffer as a result of the government's proposal.

Also in the crosshairs, said sources, is SVP of business Emil Michael, who is perhaps Kalanick's closest adviser and a sometimes polarizing figure at the company, although he has only a small number of employees reporting to him.

The report, which described its findings as «highly encouraging for near - term economic growth,» confirmed that over 200,000 small businesses were founded in 2013 by entrepreneurial Americans who have completely and utterly lost their grip on reality, and noted that the number of bold and frankly insane Americans applying for new business permits had risen markedly over the past year.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

He uses still shots of street life as the visual connective tissue between capturing meetings held by various minority groups: Columbians celebrating a World Cup victory and then taking their party to the pavement; a mature LGBT community circle discussing the venue for future meetings; a Halal butcher blessing chickens prior to slicing their throats and having their still - twiching bodies dragged through various grubby processing machines; a group of Hispanic activists gathering stories of small business being forced out of their premises due to unfair rent hikes; and even a group of Christian urban beautifiers who are seen descending into intense prayer when one of their number explains that her father is dying.

Monkey Business — Anthony Pritchard recalls Harry Lester and his MG specials and the small but determined team who drove them in competition / Brighton Bound — Our correspondent on Veteran matters Elizabeth Bennett reports on the 2001 London - Brighton Run / Rainbow's End — Designed by Frank Rainbow the Swallow Doretti was a brave attempt by an engineering group to make a British sports car for the American market / Baldwin's Brescia — Nick Baldwin has owned a very special Brescia Bugatti for a number of years.

I may be a very small fish in a huge pond when it comes to being a published author, but I keep my ear to the ground and I talk to a number of others who have been in the business a lot longer than I.

There are numbers of indie publishers / writers who are building their own small and medium - sized publishing business, and thus are kicked out of the indie charts and over into that category.

Unlike your personal credit, it's not expressed in a fairly universal score, but rather is typically expressed in a series of reports that address how timely a business repays vendors who offer payment terms, their payment history with any current small business loans, industry information (including the overall creditworthiness of other businesses within that industry), and comparisons between the business and others within the same revenue class, size, number of employees, and the region where they do business.

These types of plans are great for those who are self - employed business owners with a small number of employees because this type of plan makes it possible to chose how you contribute to the plan at the beginning of each year.

The Akre Focus Fund invests in a small number of what we believe to be extraordinary businesses that are run by talented and honest managers who wisely reinvest free cash flow.

Akre Capital Management invests in a small number of what we believe to be extraordinary businesses that are run by talented and honest managers who wisely reinvest free cash flow.

Direct debits are especially useful for smaller businesses who want to ensure they get paid on time and there are a number of

Direct debits are especially useful for smaller businesses who want to ensure they get paid on time and there are a number of direct debit services out there which can help with just that.

Small business owners who have trouble getting loans through more traditional channels have a growing number of options online.

The Ink Business Preferred card is great for any small business owner or independent contractor who wants to quickly earn a large number of points in the Ultimate Rewards Business Preferred card is great for any small business owner or independent contractor who wants to quickly earn a large number of points in the Ultimate Rewards business owner or independent contractor who wants to quickly earn a large number of points in the Ultimate Rewards program.

For those of you who have small businesses, instead of applying with a Tax Identification Number, you can enter your social security number in the box and indicate that that you are a sole proprNumber, you can enter your social security number in the box and indicate that that you are a sole proprnumber in the box and indicate that that you are a sole proprietor.

The conflict here may be mostly the result of some very wealthy business interests who have a hidden agenda on this issue, and they are known to be spending a lot of money to confuse this issue in any way they can, often by involving a small number of otherwise fine scientists and others to spread doubt on their behalf.

Mary Juetten, founder of Traklight.com and author of Small Law Firm KPIs: How to Measure Your Way to Greater Profits, discussed how to use KPIs, their benefits and exposed the number lawyers in the room who don't use this tool to help with understanding and predicting their earnings, during her presentation called «Being profitable: Measuring what matters to your bottom line,» given at the Small Law Firms and the Business of Success event at Thomson Reuters in Toronto Nov. 2.

The South Carolina Civil Justice Coalition has been working since 2003 to improve the legal climate in our state and reduce the number and types of frivolous lawsuits brought against our small, medium and large businesses who provide jobs and the many goods and services for our citizens.

These tactics had previously been used by some small business, and even a number of law firms in Canada (who shall remain unnamed), by paying «web specialists» and online marketers to populate the Internet with links leading to their site.

(i) BMO reducing its roster of firms from about 800 to 200 with further reductions planned; (ii) the clients of seven sister firms hiring me to help them get control over their legal spend and forge stronger and more value based relationships with their firms; (iii) the many small and mid-sized businesses who hire accountants to do all of their tax and structuring work because it is cheaper than dealing with lawyers; (iv) firms hiring me to help them figure out how to budget, set and meet client expectations without losing money; (v) «clients» who never become clients at all as they do their own legal work based on precedents that friends share with them; (vi) the various forms of outsourcing that are now prevalent (from offices in India to Tory's office in Halifax); (vii) clients hiring me to figure out how to increase internal capacity without increasing headcount in order to reduce external spend; (viii) the success of firms like Conduit, SkyLaw and Cognition (to name a few) who are taking new approaches to «big» and «medium law» work; (ix) the introduction of full time project managers in many firms; and (x) the number of lawyers throughout the profession who regularly don't docket chunks of their time in order to avoid unpleasant fee conversations with their clients.

There are a number of different Richmond car insurance companies who all want your business which means you can save a small fortune by shopping around for the best quote.

There are a number of key reasons for this requirement, and a number of key considerations to be made by borrowers who own a small business.

Thanks to the large number of tourists who visit Port Royal each year, this gorgeous coastal town is a great place to launch a small business.

Most small businesses have a number of owners or partners who keep control of the ownership shares in the company.

Whether this is a large or small business doesn't matter, except in terms of the numbers of people who might be on the property at any given time.

Small business optimism rocketed to its highest level since 2004, with a stratospheric 38 - point jump in the number of owners who expect better business conditi... Read More

Roy works on a 1 -2-1 basis, inspiring personal and business growth, with a small number of owners and directors who are committed to doing what it takes to accelerate their business to the next level.

«Reducing the cost of health insurance while maintaining quality coverage is a priority for NAR, a priority that is shared by the growing number of small businesses and self - employed Americans who are part of every sector of our economy.»

An office doesn't need a lot of agents, because, as every small business owner knows, a well - run business can do more with less — in this case, a limited number of professional agents who are trained to work as a team and who have all the tools they need to do their best work, all provided by the franchise.