In addition, it might also be affected by
the small number of firms sampled, as well as the bias implicit in the chosen provinces in which the firms operate; this could also cause such a moderate factor to become insignificant.
A small number of firms offer summer schools for year 12 students — getting this kind of experience on your CV will make you more employable when applying for a school leaver programme.
Despite the fact that many large firms have libraries (and this is indeed
a small number of firms), and despite the efforts of the law librarians,, most lawyers do not appear to put much stock in legal research.
Because this achievement is only awarded to
a small number of firms each year, such an award exhibits a firm's ability to handle highly complex cases while providing exceptional, top - tier legal representation on behalf of accident victims.
We're seeing
a small number of firms doing that,» he said.
We are one of only
a small number of firms nationally recognised by the leading legal directories for the work we do in the education sector.
Public Law: Kingsley Napley is one of a very
small number of firms that has a dedicated public law team.
«A relatively
small number of firms rightly predicted the likely extent and severity of the economic recession and began to reduce headcount and take out cost early in the second half of FY09.»
Increasingly, access to content, reviews and distribution is in the hands of
this small number of firms.
They charge that since 2005
a small number of firms have deliberately produced excess greenhouse gas pollution for the sole purpose of destroying it, thus earning them valuable carbon offset credits called Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs).
A small number of firms account for most of the market capitalization, most of the net income, most of the cash, and most of the payouts of public firms.
Yet,
a small number of firms are planning staff reductions because of a lack of activity or to achieve productivity gains.
The U.K. Treasury's sponsored analysis of confidential tax records on tax - advantaged share schemes at over 16,000 U.K. firms reported that broad - based employee stock ownership was linked to improved value added and productivity with correlations consistent with those in many studies of
smaller numbers of firms.
Your Social Media Manager makes sure that only a very
small number of the firm's posts are actual advertisements.
Not exact matches
«The
small number of venture
firms with female founders and / or an unusually high percentage
of female partners invest at elevated levels in female entrepreneurs,» according to a 2016 CrunchBase report on venture capital funding.
However, part
of the increase in corporate sponsorship worldwide is attributable to the
number of small - and medium - sized
firms that are becoming involved.
In 2014, that meant that 1,164 investment advisors were examined by the SEC and only a
small number of those —
firms referred to enforcement — had significant problems.
Connect with other startups or local groups to find some solid recommendations, as there are a
number of small law
firms that specialize in startups.
Smaller businesses, by contrast, typically have limited IT resources, and the sheer
number of firms in this category makes them irresistible.
By 2016, the
number of small firms operating in six or more nations will more than double, the report found.
While sales and revenue grow, the
number of composite businesses in this industry is predicted to decline by 3 percent through 2016 as
smaller firms consolidate or become independent advisers helping larger companies.
According to the research
firm, there are a
number of obstacles facing Apple Pay, including the fact that iPhone 6 penetration is still
small among mobile users.
This dataset allowed the Department to estimate the
number of firms with a given NAICS code that falls below the $ 38.5 million threshold to be considered a
small entity by the SBA.
If we single out
firms that have both a high
number of rounds in female - founded
firms and those rounds also represent a high percentage
of their total, we find a
small collection
of firms that share a clear attribute: The partnership was either founded by a woman and / or there is a relatively high percentage
of female partners.
For the
small number of new hedge fund launches that are successful each year, their high - quality brand was typically created at their previous
firm.
The elevated borrowing costs created a demand / supply gap that persists, even after the creation
of a
number of smaller banks and peer - to - peer lending
firms.
HERERA: So, Fidelity joins a
number of big Wall Street
firms and
small firms for that matter that are try to kind
of rejigger their fee structure.
Gilbreath explains that while other
firms may have hundreds
of clients, Ahalogy goes deep with a
smaller number — they even turn down customers when they don't feel that they would benefit from the optimization and marketing assistance Ahalogy currently offers.
The
number of investments any
firm makes is really
small compared to the
number of deals it looks at, Smerklo said.
So, a
number of firms large and
small have made changes to their fee structure in part
of fiduciary rule this was a rule crafted by the Obama administration and came into effect last April.
While
firms owned by women
of color are
smaller than non-minority women - owned businesses both in terms
of average
number of employees and revenue, their growth in
number is generally far outpacing that
of all women - owned
firms.
Most industrial structures in the long - run end up with a relatively
small number of large
firms, not so many mid-size
firms, and lots
of little
firms.
Barbell industry structures consist
of a relatively few giant corporations on one end, a narrow middle consisting
of a shrinking
number of mid-sized
firms, and a large and growing
number of small, micro and one person (solopreneur)
firms on the other end.
A company with a market capitalization near the low end
of those publicly traded — calculated by taking a
firm's current share price and multiplying that figure by the total
number of shares outstanding - is termed
small - cap.
Lorraine Fox, a principal with the San Francisco - based wealth management
firm Aspiriant, says the
firm is starting to hear from a
small but growing
number of people wanting to lock in their cryptocurrency gains.
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Small businesses with fewer than 10 employees and self - employed
firms make up 85 %
of city establishments, [6] and the
number of San Franciscans employed by
firms of more than 1,000 employees has fallen by half since 1977.
It envisions a barbell structure for most industries, with a few giant corporations on one end, a relatively
small number of mid-sized
firms in the middle, and a large group
of small businesses balancing the other end.
Katie is the author
of a
number of nutrition books, the mom
of seven
small children, and a
firm believer that good food fuels strong families!
Granted, our hypothesis is based on a
small number of samples and more investigation is warranted before drawing
firm conclusions.
In addition to the obvious problems - when most services are provided by a
small number of large bus companies - the OFT's five - month probe found many people complaining about «predatory behaviour
of incumbent
firms designed to eliminate competition from new entrants».
The
small, invite only, forum at the Assembly's Manhattan hearing room brought together about a dozen cloud technology vendors, including major
firms like Microsoft, IBM, Amazon and AT&T, and a
number of other technology consultants and lobbyists, as well as Reinvent Albany and Common Cause NY.
The RDA model
of taking businesses money in taxes and then giving it back to a
small number of favoured
firms is fundamentally wasteful and distorting.
While a
number of large
firms announced reductions in cash bonuses for 2011 (with several
firms reporting reductions in the range
of 20 to 30 percent), personal income tax collections indicate a
smaller decline in the overall cash bonus pool.
Because we know that so many jobs in the future are not going to come from a
small number of large
firms but a large
number of small firms.
Looking ahead, DiNapoli noted that a
number of large financial
firms have announced plans to reduce costs, which could lead to fewer employees in New York City and
smaller bonuses next year.
Bartfai says a
number of high - tech
firms in San Francisco have approached his team with an interest in developing a
small, inductive device to be put in people's brains.
Lord Young said: «In the last five years I have met countless
numbers of inspiring entrepreneurs and
small firms — from all ages and backgrounds and all reporting that starting a business is the most exciting and challenging thing they have ever done.»
Since 2010, the amount
of small firms has increased by 760,000, and now
numbers 5.2 million.
It says: «the
number of free schools inspected so far is still quite
small and so provide little
firm evidence on performance so far.»
Developed by Kia's in - house transmission development team in partnership with a German - based engineering
firm, the DCT makes the Korean brand one
of a very
small number of car makers in the world to produce its own dual - clutch transmission.