Sentences with phrase «small number of businesses»

WhatsApp says that the feature is currently in a «pilot program,» with a small number of businesses participating.

Focus on a small number of businesses.

«It is very important that New Yorkers dramatically cut their use of plastic bags, and we recognize that a small number of businesses that process or distribute single - use bags may be negatively affected if we are successful in accomplishing that goal,» the pair said in a statement to the Observer.

A small number of businesses have already been verified following the company's pilot scheme.

Many small businesses cut down on expenses by making wise purchasing decisions, but only a very small number of businesses take full advantage of all the options available to them with regard to working out all the taxes involved in their business.

Or a smaller number of businesses altogether.

Now, a very small number of business executives have found another escape route in an international telephone service offered by the company AT&T, that enables subscribers to dial a number and enter their PIN code, instructing a computer in the US to make a call for them.

At least one publisher, John Wiley & Sons Inc., recommends ResultSource to a small number of business authors.

By focusing your research on a smaller number of businesses that fall within your circle of competence you can do a better job on your research.

Budget 2017 proposes to invest up to $ 950 million over five years, starting in 2017 — 18, to be provided on a competitive basis in support of a small number of business - led innovation superclusters that have the greatest potential to accelerate economic growth.

Not exact matches

A number of features have strong appeal on the small business side.

Half of small business social media users complain that the platforms take more time than they'd thought, but almost the same number believe it's time well - spent — that their social media initiatives will pay off financially in a year or less.

While small businesses may have to up their game to extract the maximum advantage from the system, the easy - to - use design and large number of features will start demonstrating their benefits from the get - go.

Seek advice from the experts at SCORE, the SBA's Small Business Development Centers, or any number of business, industry or tradeBusiness Development Centers, or any number of business, industry or tradebusiness, industry or trade groups.

Startups and small businesses often face a number of unique challenges including deficient funding, client dependence, insufficient staff and struggles with balancing out their desires to create top quality products and services, provide their users with the best possible experience and increase their sales margins.

There are a number of services that a good customer intelligence provider can offer a small business.

There are roughly 30 companies selling additive manufacturing systems for industrial production, and a growing number of smaller businesses specialize in desktop 3 - D printers.

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.

We talked to a number of the honorees of National Small Business Week, an annual celebration of small business owners across the country, about what they have learned about being producSmall Business Week, an annual celebration of small business owners across the country, about what they have learned about being proBusiness Week, an annual celebration of small business owners across the country, about what they have learned about being producsmall business owners across the country, about what they have learned about being probusiness owners across the country, about what they have learned about being productive.

Despite the recent rise in the number of small business loans, small business lending still has not returned to their highs.

The number of small businesses in existence, how many people they employ, and the technology they use is impressive!

Every small business needs creative influence and a manager and a growing number of customers discover a business through an online search engine.

Using a virtual assistant system to open up your website and brand to better customer service and wider market engagement unlocks a number of benefits for small businesses, especially those predominantly based online.

«It's not a huge number, but for a four - day show, with a total booth staff of six, it makes a difference to my small business's bottom line,» says Mojica.

However, as that happens, small businesses continue to be a top target for hackers, with the number of organizations hit by cybercrime rising each year.

«For small businesses in particular, Goldberg notes, «a tremendous amount of investment goes into making people aware of their phone number.»

A more significant move would be to restrict access to the small business tax deduction based on the number of employees a corporation has.

Despite their numbers, immigrant entrepreneurs must navigate a sea of obstacles beyond the normal challenges that all small business owners face.

Women - owned businesses account for a greater share of this country's employment and payrolls than they did in 2007, but the numbers remain small.

Small businesses go belly - up for any number of reasons.

While dozens of businesses pay lip service to this reality, only a relative small number have abided by it.

According to the Small Business Administration, the number of startups funded by VCs in 2012 was an abysmal 300 of the approximately 600,000 new businesses started in the U.S., that means 99.95 percent of entrepreneurs did not gain access to VC for their new businesses that year.

That's the number one cause of small business failure.

A lack of a capital is the number one reason small businesses and startups fail, but it's not always a result of underfunding.

The U.S. Small Business Administration estimates that the number of minority - owned businesses more than doubled from 1987 to 1997, from a quarter million to a half million businesses, and that the revenues they collectively generated grew more than fourfold.

But a small business with a work force of half a dozen people will be hurt far more by such an employee than will a company with a work force that numbers in the hundreds (or thousands).

To me, and obviously to a substantial number of U.S. businesses both big and small, it is clear that unless America cuts its high business tax rate it will struggle to maintain a competitive edge and remain attractive for investment.

Outside estimates of pass - through business income have shown that it is a small number of large businesses that account for the majority of pass - through profits and economic activity, rather than true mom - and - pops.

Elavon Converge offers a number of services, including a solution for small businesses.

«To a lot of small businesses, including me when I started, the numbers were like a jigsaw puzzle,» Herjavec said.

The President boosted the number of federal regulations affecting small businesses by 13 percent during his first term in office, leading governmental regulation and red tape to overtake sales, taxes and the cost / availability of insurance as small business's biggest problem, respondents to the National Federation of Independent Business small business survey business's biggest problem, respondents to the National Federation of Independent Business small business survey Business small business survey business survey explain.

«If I can get 100 numbers from one small business and 100 numbers from another, I can put that into a list that is worth a lot of money,» says Casazza.

The number of small business loans, defined as loans of $ 1 million or less, declined 4.7 % in 2011, according to the Federal Reserve Board of New York in its most recent survey of 544 small business owners.

«Small business owners are seeing the number of alternative sources for financing their companies grow at an unprecedented rate, and while this is a good thing in terms of increasing access to capital, borrower protections have not caught up,» Mills said last month while introducing the borrowers rights bill in Washington.

Although we've had two months of similar hiring and paycheck numbers, the SurePayroll small business owner optimism number plummeted 11 points, revealing that only 55 percent of business owners are optimistic about the economy.

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.

Regardless, small businesses face a similar scope of responsibilities as their larger counterparts, meaning a smaller number of people must complete a wider range of tasks.

If it seems a stretch to apply the experiences of a radical second - wave feminist to the business world, consider that a surprising number of companies — big and small — are today opting to operate as ersatz capitalist communes.

For the second month in a row, we had a higher than average number of small business owners saying they feel good about the economy in March — 69 %.

Several Canadian universities offer specialized degrees in actuarial studies to enter the financial and insurance business; there are a smaller number of master's degrees cropping up aimed at applying data sciences to a wider range of fields, along with some certificate programs aimed at professionals already working in business.