Sentences with phrase «of businesses in our community»

Rodier also harped on the lack of parking in Harrison, which he said has stifled the development of businesses in the community.

Prudence Heston of Salt Air Farm in Cutchogue said changes to the special events law affected a «tremendous number of businesses in this community» and people wanted the opportunity to talk about it.

So, there ought to be business offices in the school, from various kinds of business in the community.

Jaguar Land Rover is a member of the Business In The Community (BITC) scheme, part of which involves companies focussing on helping school students make the most of their potential.

Thanks to the good business practices of businesses in our community for having this humane business model... and for collaborating with organizations to adopt and bring adopted animals into family homes.

The City of Santa Barbara is dedicated to developing and maintaining excellent relationships with all of the businesses in our community.

«Tracy Arnett Realty is an outstanding independent company with a very strong market share, strong market presence, a great connection to the marketplace, and she does an outstanding amount of business in the community,» he says.

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In other words, the simple act of opening for business is one of the most powerful ways a community can begin the process of overcoming its fears.

The CEO reminded the international community of one very basic lesson: in today's global market, effective communication functions as the starting point for successful business growth.

Leading the board of an important nonprofit in your community can be business card, too.

«The 30 % Club is really taking a business - based approach to this, and enlisting the business community itself to perform better in terms of getting women onto boards and in positions of leadership, really for its own self - interest,» Trenowden explains.

«Ending DACA would place severe economic strain on businesses around the country, putting them into the impossible and extremely costly position of having to fire productive employees for no other reason than an arbitrary change in federal policy, potentially resulting in backlash from other employees, or their broader community,» the report reads.

Successful people don't see money solely as a personal reward; they see money as a way to grow a business, reward and develop employees, give back to the community... in short, not just to make their own lives better but to improve the lives of other people, too.

I also believe there's going to be a lot of aid that comes in from the federal level, philanthropic level, and even the business community.

Wells Fargo, according to my own analysis of its Q1 earnings report, showed surging deposits in its «community banking» category (consumer and small business), but declining deposits in its «wholesale banking» category, and plunging deposits in its Wealth and Investment Management (WIM) category.

«For people in the business community, there are still questions,» says Kip Daechsel, the National Co-Managing Partner of Heenan Blaikie and a Trudeau backer.

The Shannon School of Business offers the only MBA program in North America with a specific focus on community economic development.

Adam Legge, the director of the city's chamber of commerce, noted in an interview later that the Calgary business community perhaps were not feeling the grip of the sure hand they were hoping Notley would possess.

Of course, our transition was in no way a radical rejection of protecting nature; instead, it was a reminder to governments and businesses that communities could not thrive without naturOf course, our transition was in no way a radical rejection of protecting nature; instead, it was a reminder to governments and businesses that communities could not thrive without naturof protecting nature; instead, it was a reminder to governments and businesses that communities could not thrive without nature.

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About 300 members of Canada's business community gathered for cocktails in the Baillie Court event space at the AGO before the Randstad Award winners were announced.

Harford is a prominent diversity champion, both in the financial services sector and the wider business community, and served as the co-head of Citi Women and on the board of directors of The Forte Foundation, a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women leaders in business.

«'' Millennials want to fundraise, participate in their community, crowd source for funds... they want to engage in a way that is relevant and meaningful for them,» Valerie Chort, RBC's Vice President of Corporate Citizenship, recently told Canadian Business.

Retailer Ray Della - Polina says there are lessons for the business community in the failure of his Malz business.

Every few years, some interests on the left or right become frustrated that most Americans care deeply about the small - business community — and that concern gets in the way of those interests» policy objectives.

Generally, community banks have been key players in small business lending, Mills said, citing data that shows community banks approved 48 percent of small business loans, while larger institutions approved only 13 percent.

Your business is a work in progress and if you launch your product or service quickly, you will be able to build a community of customers who can provide valuable feedback that can help you improve the offerings.

Aside from uploading new photos of inventory, the experts say business owners should seek to become active in the online community.

University of Toronto «s Colleen Flood, the Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, explains what's standing in the way of health care reform, and why the business community may be our best bet for bringing about change.

But in terms of input to it, of course, we need to hear from the business community.

«Balancing the needs of the local business community and keeping the president - elect and his family safe will be an ongoing challenge,» the spokesman said in an email.

Perversely, in optimizing their profitability, banks are limiting the potential of entrepreneurs (who represent 97 % of all Canadian businesses, employ 56 % of all workers and play a key role in shaping local communities) to contribute to Canadian society and its economy.

Good community relations can also be beneficial in times of crisis, such as a fire or a plant closing, by rallying the community around the affected business.

Second, if it really is necessary, when doing business overseas, to engage in practices that wouldn't be allowed back home, are you at least doing what you can to a) minimize the frequency of such violations and b) working, in at least some small way, to improve standards in the local business community?

Bennett said small fish processors will be squeezed out of business with more local job losses to follow in outport communities.

Those of us in academia might say the same things, but I think it's when the community at large, when the business community is saying, «Hold on.

«(The) WCC LNG project will leverage the extensive expertise of both Exxon Mobil and Imperial to develop the project resource in a safe and environmentally responsible manner that integrates community engagement into every aspect of the business,» the report said.

The exodus of executives sparked talk that Gary Cohn, Trump's top White House economic adviser and a key liaison to the U.S. business community, might resign in protest as well.

For somebody who had never been to New Orleans, but moved there initially to teach and then a year later left the classroom to start a company, I've seen firsthand just how much the community has invested in bringing in and retaining young people who really want to contribute to rebranding the city, bringing it from, old oil and gas and just tourism really into the 21st century with lots of high - tech, high - growth businesses.

Ottawa's MBA program has always taken advantage of its location to build connections to government and Ottawa's business community in both French and English.

But in today's business environment, small companies have embraced sponsorship of everything from local softball and volleyball teams to festivals, fairs, and park cleanups as an effective means of increasing their visibility in their home community.

Aside from the avalanche of media coverage, Gen Y also makes up a huge part of the start - up community in a Silicon Valley business ecosystem that's been accused of bias against those with gray hair.

Bullhorn Reach is a recruiting platform that helps small businesses find top talent by using the built - in power of your social media communities.

It's a marketplace handcuffed by certificate - of - need laws that limit the number of MRI centers and hospital beds in communities, granting providers regional monopolies, and preventing insurers from clinching discounts by offering to send patients to the providers willing to lower their rates in exchange for more business.

«Small banks are definitely the driver of small business,» says Joshua Siegel, founder and managing principal at StoneCastle Partners, a financial firm that invests in community banks and is based in New York City.

But community banks, many of which are small businesses themselves, have gotten caught in something of a triple whammy.

My company, Women Rocking Business, has raised over half a million dollars for women around the globe, women in the rainforest and in Indonesia, supporting them to build businesses that serve their communities and protect our ecosystems, this is something I'm deeply proud of.

In the end, the winners will get to pitch their concept to the editors of Entrepreneur.com, the largest and most respected online community for American innovation and business creation.

While the full scope of the damage has yet to be determined, outpourings of concern and offerings of assistance have come in from every corner of the nation and other countries, particularly from members of the business community.

And community banks, of which there are more than 6,000 in the United States, depend on new loans to small businesses to make money.