Sentences with phrase «of other local companies»

Once you've got the numbers in front of you, it will be easy to tell if your current policy compares favorably with those of other local companies.

«The Portakabin volunteers co-ordinated everything and even enlisted the support of other local companies to make the project possible.

Not exact matches

By combining with Foursquare, the credit card companies could finally justify and preserve their transaction fees (in the face of competition from other payment options) but working to drive demand to the local retailers.

In other words, if the company notices a shift in local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six months.

This model exists in many other countries, and we see local food - based businesses, bars and pubs, art and creative studios and other product based companies taking advantage of these models and raising on average about $ 700,000.

In terms of in - store innovations, the company made a big splash last year by launching and then heavily hyping two stores — a massive 140,000 - square - foot Canadian Tire in south Edmonton and a Sport Chek in midtown Toronto — that came fully loaded with all manner of screens, simulators and other forms of digital eye candy, including interactive video walls, window shopping using glass screens that display products, and community boards that give customers access to local sports clinics, league registrations and fitness classes.

If these loans don't get paid back then banks could start going bust, while local governments, some of which have been a beneficiary of these loans, and other companies could find themselves underwater, too.

Some years back, a small Colorado goat - cheese maker called Haystack Mountain faced its version of a classic growth challenge: National demand was growing for its chèvres and other cheeses, and the company was struggling to find enough local goat farmers to produce milk.

Rene offers one other piece of salient advice for companies trying to win business abroad when they're competing with local firms: don't coast.

They worked with a local television station and produced a straightforward ad in which a female customer gets help from a sales rep.. Other student projects included a redesign for the company's mirror door packaging, an analysis of competitors» websites, and a study of possible locations for a new store in Phoenix.

Company arrives at fair compensation package for CEO by comparing his salary with salaries of other local CEOs.

But like other foreign - owned private security companies (PSCs), during the past few years it has been forced to hand off much of its work to local Afghan subcontractors.

Yelp faces other concerns: Though the company recently announced that customers had rated 1 million local businesses in less than three months — bringing the total number of reviews north of 10 million — the site's monthly unique visits are down 2.97 percent (to 24.4 million) compared to a year ago, according to Compete.com.

Kerrigan negotiated a contract with the local office of Churchill Forge Properties, a management company with offices around the country — then helped broker deals between 15 other CMIT owners and the company's locations in their areas.

In numerous other business sectors Chinese regulators have an established pattern of maintaining barriers to entry that keep foreign companies tightly reined until a time when local Chinese firms have grown to positions of strength.

What history tells us is that petro - economies do poorly when they allow rent - seekers to capture the resource rents — those rent - seekers may be international companies looking to profit at the expense of the locals or they may be locals in one sector looking to profit at the expense of other sectors.

During my business travels to other countries, whenever I have needed a temporary sim card for my mobile phone and asked a local where I could get one, many times they would express shock when they would tell me to go to the store of one of their largest telecommunication companies and I would ask them to repeat the name of the company again because I had never heard of it.

These include cold calling and interviewing from the phone book, professional references from other business owners, or through the professional organizations to which the company belongs (like the local chamber of commerce or any sector association).

«But none of that really compares to other local businessmen and women recognizing your team for all the hard work they put in to build this company.

This new cross-border investment channel brought by the Shanghai - Hong Kong Stock Connect will enable investors in Hong Kong and the Mainland to trade a specified range of listed stocks in each other's market through their respective local securities companies, thereby helping to promote and strengthen the connection between Hong Kong and the Mainland capital markets.

In other local trade news, The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) officially issued the «Administrative Measures for Foreign - invested Securities Companies» as expected Wall Street access comes along with the usual amount of Mainland Administrative Red Tape.

One small example of this in our neighborhood is the urban farm one of my friends and mentors started to provide jobs to «returning citizens»: It required the city to help give away land and clear vacant property and some startup capital from a local farming company, but it is based on the church's understanding of the needs of the people and explicitly tied to the concept that faithful believers can help disciple and encourage people who have been incarcerated for harming others, walking them through the transformative process.

Lupo's and its spiedies are annual participants in the Binghampton Spiedie Fest & Balloon Rally, but the company also is a sponsor of the Dick's Sporting Goods Open golf tournament in Endicott, N.Y., and the local Binghampton Mets and Tri-City Valley Cats sports teams, as well as other organizations.

The company wants its owners to participate in local chambers of commerce and support organizations such as little league and other youth sports.

Companies and their customers can choose palm oil that's been grown in a sustainable way — meaning no more forests and other important habitats are destroyed, and the rights of workers and local communities are respected.

Comprised of senior employees from across the company, the Kraft Heinz PAC Board approves contributions to federal, state and local candidates, political parties and other federal PACs.

Brokering business relationships between local food and drink companies and retailers and foodservice operators in the Republic of Ireland and further afield is a strategic priority for Invest NI and is co-ordinated by a team of food development executives based in the Republic of Ireland, Great Britain and other parts of Europe and further afield.

This program will allow Waterkeeper to evaluate the types of litter found at restoration sites and begin management strategies by working with local companies, agencies, and other stakeholders on ways to reduce pollution and by working with schools to directly inform young people on how they can become better environmental stewards.

A Guardian / Save the Children investigation in some of the most deprived areas of the Philippines found that Nestlé and three other companies were offering doctors, midwives and local health workers free trips to lavish conferences, meals, tickets to shows and the cinema and even gambling chips, earning their loyalty.

WICK is generally a good resource to look into, some insurance companies their county programs and other local charities that often give out car seats but safe kids generally has a list of those depending on where you live they will be different.

Dancers from several local companies will be exploring the space of the park and interacting with others in the space.

• Shop around and get free estimates from several different companies • Make sure the company you choose is bonded in case they cause damage to your home • Ask to see a list of references or other people that you can call to see how well they performed their job • Check with the BBB or local watch dog group to make sure that they haven't had numerous complaints • Make sure they agree to give you a free estimate and that they warranty your work • Also, make sure the work order is negotiable.

On local government reorganisation in 1996 she was appointed as an Assistant Director (Environment) at Brighton & Hove City Council where she was responsible for the integration of planning and transport services and, amongst other things, she oversaw the introduction of decriminalised parking enforcement, the return of Brighton & Hove Albion to Withdean Stadium and contributed to the development of the successful partnership with Brighton & Hove Bus Company.

In my view, member states should put emphasis on areas such as mediation and let the UN step back from traditional development and humanitarian assistance, as plenty of other actors are now involved in this work — state agencies, NGOs, local communities, foundations and companies.

Debra Hagan, the president of Transport Workers Union Local 252, said Tuesday that the impacted drivers can work for the other companies who have acquired the contracts.

But other local players in the industry are bullish on the future of solar regardless of what happens to the heavily subsidized company.

Landfill Tax is an environmental tax paid on top of normal landfill rates by any company, local authority or other organisation that wishes to dispose of waste in landfill.

«In order for businesses to resist the incentive packages of other regions of the country, we have to provide assurance that our local and state governments are committed to keeping companies here.»

The agreement with the Local 3 of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union includes the requirement that the company can no longer require sales associates to handle fulfillments or other non-sales duties.

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday formalized a partnership with Nigerian indigenous motor manufacturing company, Innoson Motors Manufacturing Company for modification of some of its equipment, local production of armoured fighting vehicles and other military harcompany, Innoson Motors Manufacturing Company for modification of some of its equipment, local production of armoured fighting vehicles and other military harCompany for modification of some of its equipment, local production of armoured fighting vehicles and other military hardwares.

The company is one of the largest Syracuse - area donors to Cuomo's campaigns and other local politicians, having donated nearly $ 500,000 since 2006.

Other reforms Hawkins is calling for include a windfall tax on pharmaceutical companies» opioid wealth, a surtax on high - dollar pass - through income from LLCs and other pass - through vehicles, a clawback of the new federal tax cuts if not used to increase workers» pay, home rule for local income taxes, and tax credit «circuit breakers» to protect low - to - moderate income tenants and homeowners from unaffordable rents and property tOther reforms Hawkins is calling for include a windfall tax on pharmaceutical companies» opioid wealth, a surtax on high - dollar pass - through income from LLCs and other pass - through vehicles, a clawback of the new federal tax cuts if not used to increase workers» pay, home rule for local income taxes, and tax credit «circuit breakers» to protect low - to - moderate income tenants and homeowners from unaffordable rents and property tother pass - through vehicles, a clawback of the new federal tax cuts if not used to increase workers» pay, home rule for local income taxes, and tax credit «circuit breakers» to protect low - to - moderate income tenants and homeowners from unaffordable rents and property taxes.

But there is persistent concern about the quality of some of the construction and this is because, local officials sometimes take bribes and allow construction companies to build things below standard and so we have a situation in the Sichuan province where the earthquake occurred, where schools were collapsing and collapsed at a much greater rate than other government buildings and the suspicion is of course that local officials have taken bribes and allowed the schools to be built this way.

Once set loose into the world, the data I give companies permission to use joins the slipstream of information about me emerging from a host of other sources — including social networks and even local governments — all of which allows «me» to be sold at a nice profit.

In the segment of the incident report labeled «resolution,» the agency also noted that the company suspected Wallace - Babb «may have been influenced by others annoyed with local gas - field operators.»

«This government is a total enabler of Canadian mining companies destroying local water systems in Latin America and other places,» she said in a press release.

These will serve specific regions of the country, and provide vital links between companies, universities and colleges, chambers of commerce and any other resource that can help local businesses to become more innovative and competitive.

The Call is open to a wide range of people and organisations, including mediators and practitioners of science communication; STEM festival organisers; universities and institutes of technology, science centres, museums and other cultural attractions; artists; educators; industry professionals and academics in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM); arts agencies; production companies; schools; local authorities (libraries, city / county councils etc.); youth clubs; community groups; and research institutes.

ACC member companies have comprehensive and well - rehearsed emergency plans that are activated in close coordination with local, state, and national authorities; other businesses; and distribution networks in the path of storms.

Other companies, especially smaller haunts, sometimes offer more of a discount, and if your local place doesn't have a program in place, say you'd love to see them get one (Elevator pitch: It saves them on materials overhead).