Sentences with phrase «small number of owners»

Roy works on a 1 -2-1 basis, inspiring personal and business growth, with a small number of owners and directors who are committed to doing what it takes to accelerate their business to the next level.

Let us think about taking steps to deal with the small number of owners and their dogs who are in fact dangerous, and spare from heartbreak the grand majority of people who own, or know, or love, good dogs, all good dogs.

For the small number of owners who can afford a car like this, there is no reason not to buy American.

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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 producsmall business owners across the country, about what they have learned about being productive.

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

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.

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 %.

Canadians increasingly becoming entrepreneurs and small business owners By Matt Lundy October 03, 2012 Following the worst financial collapse since the Great Depression, an increasing number of Canadians have taken control of their earning potential and become their own bosses.

The number of small - business loans fell dramatically during the recession, as big banks cut off credit to customers they considered risky and many smaller and regional banks that once lent to local business owners shut their doors.

According to our sentiment survey, the number of business owners who indicate that they feel optimistic about the small business economy remains low, at 57 percent.

Helpfully for small business owners in particular, a number of specialized consultancies are on the case.

The number of small, late - night bars is growing, but veteran nightclub owner Bob Maher remembers a time when there was only one.

Amid this volatile economic climate, small business owners may be facing a number of challenges, such as holding too much inventory or sluggish receivables, which can send a business's cash flow into the red.

A recent survey of small - business owners conducted for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce by Harris Interactive reported an 11 percentage point rise in the last year in the number of owners who are unsure of whether their business will be better off in the future than it has been in the past.

Those numbers are similar to what we've seen most of 2012, but in addition the Scorecard survey also found that 80 % of small business owners are now concerned about an economic slowdown because of turmoil in Europe and slow growth in the U.S.

Unfortunately, not many of the top 100 banks does a good job making smaller loans, available to business owners, in the $ 40,000 to $ 50,000 range, based on my analysis of the numbers.

As a small - business owner your ideal number of unhappy customers is probably exactly zero.

What's amazing for small business owners about these new social media tools is that they are incredibly good at empowering individual people to efficiently and inexpensively maintain a far larger number of «weak ties».

«This is the first time in 35 years where the fewest number of small business owners have told us that taxes are their number one business problem.

Michael Ames, author of «Small Business Management,» lists a number of causes, including lack of experience, bad location, and unexpected growth that catch an owner off - guard.

Beginning in the 2018 tax year the federal government introduced a number of changes to the tax code to curb so - called «income sprinkling», a tactic used by some higher - income small business owners to shift income to lower - taxed family members.

In fact, the increasing number of financing options available (currently over forty different types) may actually be complicating matters for small business owners.

It also explains why we are forecasting that growing numbers of aging boomers will become independent workers and small business owners (again, see our baby boomer section for more on this).

Our second priority is growing the number of marketers using our ad products, and we're making great progress... More and more small businesses are using our free Pages product — and we remain focused on converting these Page owners into advertisers.

A SEP IRA is for self - employed people and small - business owners with any number of employees.

Even though these particular loans are being taken out at amazing rates, a lot of small business owners still have a number of questions when it comes to borrowing money to cover their small business needs.

After hearing from a large number of members of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, I figured I needed to share with our government the top 10 ways small business owners (and their income) are different than employees.

Karen Mills, former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration and the keynote speaker at the event said, «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.

A number of South Side small business owners find themselves emotionally and politically conflicted between their progressive values and the city's push for a mandatory minimum wage of $ 15 an hour.

Here at Fundera, we've seen a number of wild success stories with debt refinancing — especially when it comes to graduating small business owners from expensive short - term financing to bigger and better loans.

Similarly, the owners of the smallest businesses surveyed are more likely to say the income sprinkling changes are fair than unfair, while majorities of those with larger numbers of employees say such changes are unfair:

«A large number of our clients are small business owners,» Mark Bouris, Executive Chairman of Yellow Brick Road said.

If small busniess owners (like someone who owned five rental properties) can decide only to rent to legally married couples, for instance (and marital status is one of those things for which you are protected from descrimination) then there could suddenly be quite a number of people who are unable to find places to live, or can be taken advantage of by a limited number of other renters.

Democrats said the changes in Smith's bill would likely lead to a large number of women losing access to comprehensive health insurance coverage because small business owners would have an incentive to offer plans that don't cover abortion.

Instead of regulating small business owners, we should be finding alternatives that could truly reduce the number of alcohol - related accidents and fatalities in Western New York.

I believe it's time we stop regulating small business owners under the guise of «solutions» that aren't supported by facts, and find alternatives that could truly reduce the number of alcohol - related accidents and fatalities in Western New York.

«I ran for NYC Council in 1997 after a career as a teacher, city planner, small business owner, district manager of a community board, and having held a number of civic leadership roles.»

In addition, a number of local TEA Party organizations have joined forces with Lalor's growing grassroots campaign of small business owners, independents, conservatives and reformers.

Major features of SMR - 160 include its small footprint (4.5 acres), minuscule site boundary dose, large inventory of coolant in the reactor vessel and its modularity — allowing project owners the freedom to effectively build the number of units to meet current and future demand.

Sewaholic Patterns are designed and produced here in Vancouver... it's a small, independent pattern company and Tasia, the owner, names her patterns with Vancouver streets or neighbourhoods instead of using numbers like the big pattern companies do.

Andrew King drives it and relates its history / Ettore and the taxman — Sandy Skinner has been investigating the Bugatti patron's tax affairs and finding a number of small transgressions / The Gentle Art of Cardening — Gerry Michelmore can see the funny side of cyclecar ownership and expatiates on just a few of his adventures with a 1921 Carden / Together Again After 80 Years — David Burgess-Wise recalls reuniting his lovely 1926 Kelsch - bodied Delage DISS with its original owner's Cirrus Moth aircraft / A Family Photograph Album — John Warburton examines a fascinating motoring album from the inter-war period, featuring a number of rarities / Back on the Road — Ford UK's post-war V8 Pilot is becoming quite rare.

The high cost of PCCB pad and rotor replacement is a matter of consideration for a small number of Porsche owners.

But I suppose the number of Corvette guys going to the track, while a larger percentage than other car owners, it still a pretty small chunk.

Further, a small number of Audi R8 Spyder, Mercedes - Benz CLK and even Ferrari California owners could also find themselves swayed toward the incontestable combination of practicality and performance offered by the Pininfarina - designed four - seat convertible.

The Chevrolet Sonic received the lowest number of problems per 100 vehicles among Small Cars in the J.D. Power 2017 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study, based on 35,186 total responses, measuring problems experienced during the past 12 months by original owners, surveyed October - December 2016.

Packer quotes Russ Grandinetti, the vice-president of Kindle content who asserts that, because of GoodReads, gatekeepers are no longer necessary, ««Suddenly, we're not locked into hearing the opinions of a small number of reviewers in newspapers»» and adds an unattributed aside, which is presumably Packer's own, «Professional reviewers are fading out anyway, along with librarians and bookshop owners.»

Compared to the 70 million subscribers affected by the recent BlackBerry service outage, the number of pi $ $ ed of PlayBook owners is pretty small (probably around 250k... and the number of active daily PlayBook owners is probably half that).