Sentences with phrase «supported by a spokesperson»

The UK Institute of Directors, however, expressed the view that placing workers on boards «can bring benefits in terms of better employee engagement», a stance supported by a spokesperson for FirstGroup plc, currently the only FTSE 350 company with an employee director on its main board.

Not exact matches

«At PayPal, we're excited by Braintree's announcement to add bitcoin to the payment methods they support on their innovative mobile payments platform,» a PayPal spokesperson told Entrepreneur.com this morning.

A Facebook spokesperson also noted that Thiel did not need the company's permission to speak at the GOP event, when asked by Recode if he had cleared the appearance in support of presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Hays does not endorse the efforts of Elisabeth Schussler - Fiorenza to picture Jesus as the spokesperson of divine Sophia or Wisdom, a connection which is supported by only a single NT verse (Luke 7:35).

In particular no evidence supports the notion, cited in some newspapers and some pulpits, that there are more Muslims than Presbyterians in the U.S. Yes, the number of members claimed by the relatively rigorous counts of all the Presbyterian bodies in the country — around 3.5 million — is less than the 6 or 7 million figure claimed by some Muslim spokespersons.

Reed spokesperson Amy Hasenberg pointed out Robertson was well - supported by the «D.C. establishment» in that race.

Similarly, Bethany Lesser, a spokesperson for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.), also told the Blade her boss, the Senator, supports the plank as written by Freedom to Marry.

«Available to businesses and charities across the UK, the employment allowance will support those aspiring to grow by hiring their first employee or expanding their workforce,» a spokesperson explains.

«[Cameron and Hollande] discussed how to build on the non-lethal support recently announced by the UK and agreed that France and the UK would work more closely to identify how they could bolster the opposition and help a potential transitional Syrian government after the inevitable fall of Assad,» the spokesperson said.

Mr Smith was fired by Mr Rawlings as his spokesperson on 9 April 2008 via text message ahead of that year's general elections after he (Mr Smith) supported late Prof John Mills» choice of John Mahama as running mate at the time, against the wishes of the Rawlingses.

The voices of over 200,000 people supporting Richard O'Dwyer have today been summarily dismissed by a home office spokesperson.

The state committee, which is effectively controlled by Cuomo, has acted as a spokesperson for Cuomo's campaign, and has paid for TV ads and mailers that support Cuomo and Hochul.

The former minister also slammed a former Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University and the spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, for supporting the quit notice issued by the northern youths.

EDITOR»S NOTE: This article has been updated multiple times, in part due to misinformation provided by a spokesperson for County leader Keith Wright, who took issue with the original version of the story that indicated Wright was not supporting Alicia Barksdale for reelection as female district leader.

«As we've clearly explained, the work proposed by the Durst Corporation was to support a new project the developer planned, not to improve heat at Astoria Houses,» said Melissa Grace, a spokesperson for de Blasio.

«We are humbled by the outpouring of support from families across Illinois,» Kirk campaign spokesperson Kirsten Kukowski said in a statement.

TMT spokesperson Sandra Dawson says her team had more than 300 «talk — story sessions» — the Hawaiian pidgin term for dialogue — with community members over the course of several years, including half a dozen well - attended public hearings, and that by their estimates well over half the island's population supports the project.

In fact, according to the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) in 2006, an increase in usage of flip - flop sandals by teens and young adults has led to an increase in heel pain.3 ACFAS spokesperson Marybeth Crane, DPM, has reported that practitioners are seeing more heel pain more than ever in patients 15 to 25 years old, noting that heel pain is a marker of plantar fasciitis which accounts for 15 % of all adult foot complaints.3 Furthermore, the ACFAS recommends that patients with heel pain should avoid flat shoes with paper - thin soles and should also avoid walking barefoot since wearing flat shoes (including flip - flops) and walking barefoot provides little cushioning as well as little to no arch support.3 This lack of arch support and cushioning of the heel while wearing flip - flops seems to exacerbate any abnormalities in the biomechanics of foot motion, and may perpetuate heel pain and inflammation.

An Ofsted spokesperson said that the exceptional leaders initiative had been «related to a personal commitment» made by Wilshaw to support some leaders during the first year of Ofsted's new inspection arrangements.

A Blackpool Council spokesperson said the challenge was a «very positive system - led catalyst underpinned by support from the DfE».

A spokesperson for the Rochester School District says students in grades K - 2 will receive a backpack filled with five pre-selected, grade - appropriate books at the end of this school year, to support the Reading by Third Grade Initiative.

UPDATE: I was just contacted by Jeannie Hornung, spokesperson for Google, who did confirm that the affiliates program will still continue, and «booksellers will still be highlighted in the «Buy this book» section of Google Book search, supported with our affiliate program and have access to free Books APIs.»

«By way of further clarifying some recent statements made in the press, Ubisoft wants to reaffirm that it strongly supports the PSP, which holds a unique place in the market, addressing dedicated gamers and offering unprecedented power in a portable console,» an unnamed spokesperson was quoted as saying.

The Senate supported the inquiry call, moved by Australian Greens deputy leader and communications spokesperson -LSB-...]

Note that the fee, confirmed to be accurate by a spokesperson, also includes marketing, packaging, infrastructure support, royalties and other costs».

The first thing George W. Bush's chief political strategist Karl Rove said, in response to American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) CEO Denise Bode's request that he and former Obama spokesperson and Press Secretary Robert Gibbs try to find bipartisan ground in support of the wind industry, was that he hoped it would stay bipartisan because they were sitting on a white sofa that would be ruined by red blood.

Asked whether he would support them by calling for a more complete study, the governor, through a spokesperson, said only: «This decision was made by the legislature.»

«One example would be for finding and fixing «misses,» or alternate phrasing of supported actions that weren't originally anticipated by the developer,» explains a Google spokesperson.

In its response statement to the ruling, Facebook's spokesperson only flagged up the court's second opinion, writing: «Today's decision by the European Court of Justice supports the previous decisions of two courts that Mr. Schrems's claims can not proceed in Austrian courts as «class action» on behalf of other consumers.

When I asked a spokesperson from Bose about the lack of support their response was that the company felt the quality offered by standard Bluetooth was good enough, but it's nevertheless a shame not to see high - fidelity audio properly supported.

«We support government customers and partners to help them meet their missions,» Microsoft said in a statement provided to the E-Commerce Times by spokesperson Brooke Randell.

Statistically Safer «Tesla is constantly introducing enhancements proven over millions of miles of internal testing to ensure that drivers supported by Autopilot remain safer than those operating without assistance,» a Tesla spokesperson said in a statement provided to the E-Commerce...