Sentences with phrase «on polling companies»

Parliament looks set to consider a bill that would introduce strict rules on polling companies and could even ban polls being conducted in the weeks leading up to an election.

No wonder politicians rely on polling companies to help their way through the murk.

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Performed online in January and February, the poll seeks opinions on aspects of a company's reputation ranging from product quality to governance, citizenship and workplace culture, among others.

Companies that aim to gauge employee happiness and engagement through an annual survey — the blunt HR tool used in many corporate environments — may capture how a workforce feels on polling day, but they fail to document the dips and rises that occur throughout the year in response to hirings and firings, swings in the business cycle or even news events and weather.

Coming from a background in finance and data management, Elkin was inspired by the 2012 presidential debates to start LiveDial, a polling company that distributes surveys on any topic to an unlimited audience at a moment's notice.

Each year, the Harris Poll conducts its «Reputation Quotient» study, examining public opinion on the 100 most visible companies in America.

Rising fuel prices are causing government coffers to swell, and in a web poll conducted by COMPAS Inc., 126 leaders of Canadian companies offered their opinions on how that money should be spent.

The company reported on Thursday another dismal quarter of declining sales in the U.S., where comparable sales fell 2 %, even worse than the 1.5 % decline analysts polled by Consensus Metrix were expecting.

When asked recently in a Compas Inc. poll whether the Canadian government should step in to block the sale of the nation's largest fertilizer company to Sinochem, CEOs agreed strongly, with a mean of 5.7 on a seven - point scale.

Among Republicans, the chain ranks No. 1 on Harris Poll's ranking of the reputations of the 100 most visible companies in the US.

The judges» picks then move on to the real test: a stamp of approval from consumers themselves, who were polled by the thousands by global market research company TNS on behalf of Rogers Insights.

Here's a good example: Conde Nast Traveler magazine polled its roughly 810,000 affluent subscribers on travel companies and their social responsibility.

Canadian business leaders, in a poll conducted by COMPAS Inc., are divided on whether Apple is likely to suffer damage to its reputation, and whether North American companies should insist on better standards when outsourcing.

According to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, the company had been expected to earn an adjusted per share profit of 77 cents on revenue of $ 8.9 billion of revenues.

In fact, employees at large - size companies report spending only 45 percent of their time on primary job duties, according to a survey conducted by the Harris Poll and reported by Atlantic Monthly.

The company is running a promotion closer to November in which it will encourage users to take their kids along when they hit the polls on Election Day, and post «stories» (Winnie's version of Yelp reviews) about their experiences.

Last year, for example, a study conducted by Unilever — a company that does have an admittedly vested interest in knowing this kind of information — polled 20,000 consumers in five countries and 33 percent said that given the option, they would choose to buy from brands that are focused on sustainability.

Take our on - line poll (at www.inc.com/keyword/solosales) and see what other company owners and sales experts have to say.

According to a Gallup poll, 74 % of employees feel that they are missing out on company news and information, which is shocking considering how hard human resource teams have worked to increase employee engagement over the past several decades.

For more on fostering a standout company culture — whether you're in the throes of a companywide growth spurt or not — check out the valuable advice below from eight business leaders we polled as part of our Top Company Culturecompany culture — whether you're in the throes of a companywide growth spurt or not — check out the valuable advice below from eight business leaders we polled as part of our Top Company CultureCompany Cultures list.

Methodology: Reputation Institute polled Canadian consumers about 100 multinational brands (selected based on a minimum revenue level, above - average reputations in their home countries and presence in 15 top international markets) and the 50 largest Canadian companies (ranked by revenue).

The survey polled more than 5,000 Canadians in February and March on 100 multinational brands, as well as the 50 largest Canadian companies.

On today's episode, I talk to Tom Webster, Vice President of Strategy and Marketing for Edison Research, the organization behind exit polling for national elections in the U.S.. For more than two decades, Tom has conducted political polling for some of the most contentious elections in U.S. history, as well as market research for some of the top companies across the nation.

The survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder among 88 executives ages 18 and over (CEO, Chairman / Board Member, Partner / Principal, Owner, or Company President with company revenue of at least $ 50 million) from April 14 to 21Company President with company revenue of at least $ 50 million) from April 14 to 21company revenue of at least $ 50 million) from April 14 to 21, 2015.

This survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder among 374 HR professionals (employed full - time, work in Human Resources and use, have primary or shared decision - making about the Human Resource system at their company) and 319 job seekers (unemployed, employed full - time or part - time and have applied for a job in the past six months) ages 18 and over between June 2 and June 25, 2014 (percentages for some questions are based on a subset, based on their responses to certain questions).

In Morgan Stanley's latest poll of individual investors, we found that 75 % were interested in sustainable investing, and 71 % believe companies that focus on the environment and social goals will actually earn better returns.

Analysts polled by Reuters expected the company to report earnings of $ 3.28 per share on sales of $ 18.6 billion.

Standard Life Investments cited a recent poll of UK residents that showed that only 39 percent of 18 - to -24-year-olds and 35 percent of 25 - to -34-year-olds were «more concerned in investing in a company that provides high returns on investment than societal / environmental issues».

Reuters.com — Fewer U.S. companies planning to hire; Europe looms — poll American companies are scaling back plans to hire workers and a rising share of firms feel the European debt crisis is taking a bite out of their sales, a survey showed on Monday.

They started moving up immediately after polling for assembly elections in Gujarat concluded on December 14, leading to speculation that government may have asked oil companies to hold on to the prices.

An opinion poll by research company INSA / YouGov, published on Sept. 11, put support for Angela Merkel's CDU / CSU at 36.5 percent.

Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report earnings per share of 90 cents on sales of $ 1.8 billion.

Humanitarian charity Christian Aid has urged the government to crack down on tax avoidance after a new poll found 89 per cent of British adults say tax avoidance by large companies is morally wrong even if it's legal.

But after reading through an extensive number of reviews, staying on top of product recalls and seeing poll results that reflect consumer trending as well as reading the latest edition of Consumer Reports, I strongly believe I've found the best umbrella stroller on the market and it comes from a company called UPPAbaby.

Naturally individual polling companies conducted their own post-mortems but ours was the only inquiry able to draw on raw data from all nine members of the BPC, while still being independent of the polling industry.

Company bosses are pointing the finger at the government as the recession drags on, with a poll out today condemning all the coalition's major reforms to have been completely ineffective.

Emnid, another polling company relying on telephone questions, found almost exactly the same numbers.

At the end of last month, one survey put the party on 7 %; the following day another poll from a different company had them at 19 %.

After all, the company put the SNP on 52 % 29 points ahead of Labour, as long as late October last year — well above the estimate of any other polling company at the time.

The SNP were credited with 49 % of the vote, up three points on the company's previous poll conducted at the end of March while Labour were estimated to be on just 25 %, down four points.

The company put Labour at 18 % on the constituency vote and 17 % on the list — these represent the party's lowest ever tallies in a Survation poll and places them just a point ahead of the Conservatives on the constituency vote and a point behind on the list.

On the issue of prompting, for example, every company prompted for UKIP in their European polling, whereas only Survation do it for general elections.

The polling company Tamedia asked 20,000 people about their voting intentions on the next referendum day (which includes 3 other issues along with basic income).

Today's poll from YouGov has the Conservatives unchanged on 42 %, with Labour on 26 %, two points down on last month's poll from the same company.

He renewed calls on the electorate to renew his mandate at the 2016 polls to enable him make Ghana competitive especially in the aviation industry as means of increasing the economic base of the Ghana Airports Company.

One theory was that there had simply been a very late swing to the Conservatives, with the polling company Survation claiming that 13 % of voters made up their minds in the final days and 17 % on the day of the election.

As The Post first reported, Haggerty set up a mysterious company — Special Election Operations LLC — to conduct a supposed poll - watching operation on Election Day 2009.

Over 70 % of the public are in favour of Miliband's policy to fund the NHS with extra taxes on tobacco companies and mansions, according to a new poll

Cameron caught on camera saying wants to «find these polling companies and sue them for the stomach ulcers» we caused him over #indyref

«While Dietl is not enrolled in the campaign finance program, we have decided to invite him based on his showing in a recent poll and his regular presence on the campaign trail,» said a spokesperson for Charter Communications, a debate sponsor and parent company of NY1, which will air the debate, also hosted by WNYC radio and other partners.