Sentences with phrase «of state sector»

In state institutions, about 200,000 students received extra time, which represented fewer than 12 % of all state sector students taking the exams.

However, in regards to state schools, 200,000 pupils gained more time for their exams, which represents less than 12 per cent of all state sector students.

Robin Young, I can't see how being educated at Eton disqualifies a person from being able to understand the educational needs of state sector schools.

This is why this Government is taking action to reduce the massive and unsustainable cost of state sector pensions — from asking well - paid staff to contribute more, to looking at the scope for administrative savings from more joint working and merging funds.

The inefficiency of the state sector explains slow growth and high levels of debt in China.

Not exact matches

CNBC's Michelle Caruso - Cabrera takes a look at the state of our nation's crumbling infrastructure, and whether there's a role for private sector investment.

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy has fired back at union claims that the resources sector does nothing to train the state's workforce, but relies on migrants and poaching workers from other industri

The government did pledge to close some tax loopholes, which could have an affect on high net - worth investors, and it also stated that it wanted more competition in the banking sector — that could reduce financial - related fees, says Sewell — but it's not clear how or even if any of this will happen.

The booming tech industry in Texas's state capital gets most of the attention, but the education, health, and leisure - and - hospitality sectors have added more than 11,000 jobs in the past year.

In countries from Ireland to the United States, housing bubbles spun out of control and side - swiped both the banking sector and consumer spending.

The state's business sector is making major efforts to reduce overall power consumption while moving towards greater use of renewable energy generation.

These programs provide free one - on - one mentoring and low - cost training opportunities for their clients in locations around the country, using a combination of federal funds, state and local government contributions, and private sector resources.

The WA economy has turned for the better, according to Reserve Bank boss Philip Lowe, but he has cautioned that the State can not ride on the coat - tails of the mining sector for ever.

Passenger traffic in the travel sector is growing at 7 percent a year — outpacing the United States» near - 2 percent GDP growth — and Boeing is at the center of the trend, Dennis Muilenburg, its chairman, president and CEO told CNBC on Thursday.

The State Government's role in regional Western Australia was recognised in Perth this week when two of the year's StateWest Achievement Awards were won by public sector employees working in fields that service predominantly regional areas.

Confidence is returning to the residential property sector, the Real Estate Institute of Western Australia says, with a strong lift in sales activity across the state in the March quarter.

For example, after a cyberattack hobbled Estonia's communications network in 2007, the government and private sector joined forces to create a state - of - the - art security system known as keyless signature infrastructure.

The guidelines rejected the possibility of full access to the EU's single market for crucial U.K. sectors such as finance and pharmaceuticals, stating there can be no «cherry picking» through participation based on a sector - by - sector approach.

The Amazon - Whole Foods deal has thrown the entire grocery sector, as well as food producers and even pharmacies, into a state of anxious upheaval, with stocks including Kroger Co., Target, and even Wal - Mart taking hits.

This came about because officials at the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) realized that an egregious financial sector hack - one that results in catastrophic consequences - remains highly probable, if not imminent.

He isn't the only CEO is the sector raising major concerns about the state of retail.

Despite half of India's workforce deployed in this sector, the contribution to GDP is mere 16 % and growth at 2 %,» states, Saurabh Kumar who is Co-Founder at Maharashtra - based Agritech startup Agricx Labs, independently to Entrepreneur India.

It will be instructive to see if other states follow this trail blazer, and, perhaps, extend similar rules to companies outside of the financial services sector.

The United States has to reverse its persistent productivity slowdown, and improve the digital capabilities of lagging sectors and firms is an important piece of that puzzle.

It's not just next - generation West Coast startups heeding the call, either: In 2013, more than 90 percent of Zenefits customers called California home and 80 percent identified as technology firms; today more than half of all businesses using Zenefits services are based outside the Golden State and operate in sectors other than tech.

And finally, the United States can ride a wave of innovation to make the energy sector more productive, speeding the allocation of capital to the most promising opportunities.

The State essentially guarantees by its (mis) management and manipulation, the ensuing collapse will not be limited to certain sectors of the private economy but will cause massive contraction in the entire economy — including the State's share of the national income.

The state government has begun the tender process to find a lead financial adviser as it plans to move ahead with divesting a portion of Keystart's loan book to the private sector.

Adapting services to include new digital platforms is a key focus for the major players in Perth's communications sector led by Cannings Purple, which has maintained its top spot on the Business News ranking of the state's largest public and investor relations firms.

The state government has invited the public to have a say on red tape reform through its #ShredTheRed campaign, while highlighting a number of efficiency improvements in the transport sector.

However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

The Trudeau government will have to contend with the question of opening up Canada's resources sector to Chinese state - owned enterprises, and how to handle acquisitions of sensitive technology.

Chinese investors appear increasingly bullish about opportunities in Western Australia's energy sector, following revelations a division of China's biggest offshore oil and gas producer, CNOOC, was a significant influence in one of the state's biggest battery storage trials.

IT might not feel like it, but there are early signs of boom conditions forming in some parts of the state's mining industry, with two sectors in particular benefiting from events in the markets for commodities, labour, and capital equipment.

So while it's understandable the state of manufacturing is of concern to presidential candidates, those who say they can bring back lost jobs in the sector either don't know what they are talking about, or are being disingenuous.

The State Government's strategy of centralising «back office» activities into shared service centres is creating unprecedented opportunities for the information technology sector.

Bell Group has been in the news recently, which is an apt reminder of the downside of debt, considering the state of play in the resources sector.

The push by the tech sector piggybacks on years of state - driven Chinese investments in infrastructure in Latin America, with a pool of 2,000 companies pouring more than $ 200 billion in the region as of January.

In total, 15 billion pages of data were stolen from at least 144 U.S. universities, 176 universities across 21 foreign countries, 47 domestic and foreign private sector companies, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the states of Hawaii and Indiana, the United Nations and the United Nations Children's Fund, the Justice Department alleged.

Trivago chief executive Rolf Schroemgens talks about the state of the travel booking sector, with specific comment on oil, disruption and competition.

The revelation the state government's Office of Shared Services is to be disbanded after costing taxpayers almost $ 450 million over six years is just the latest in a long line of public sector financial disasters.

Spending on state and local government construction projects, which is the largest portion of the public sector segment, slipped 0.4 %.

Russia's banking sector is dominated by two state - owned banks, Sberbank and VTB, which control around two - thirds of total deposits in the country.

Maybe that's why socially responsible investments in the United States actually grew 4 percent faster than any other sector of U.S. stocks in the past few years.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

In fact, the most significant outcome of Carney's move may be what it says about the state of the U.K.'s financial sector.

Some members of the group say they are being squeezed by a tough economy, Western sanctions on Russia, and powerful state - run companies that are muscling in on nearly all sectors of the economy.

In France, which proudly defends its culture and language against the global dominance of the United States, the decision is a victory for the traditional cinema distribution sector.

The anti-protectionism comments come as market sentiment sours with signs of a looming trade war between the United States, China and Europe over U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to raise tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, and possibly up to $ 60 billion worth of Chinese imports, targeting technology and telecommunications sectors.

TheWA government's unexplained rejection of Cazaly Resources Ltd's claim to the Shovelanna iron ore deposit in the Pilbara could deflect investment from the state's resources sector and, for the first time, raised the real spectre of sovereign risk.