Sentences with phrase «traditional city firm»

Then the Enron scandal ended the multi-disciplinary ambitions of accountancy firms, so I decided to swiftly move to the finance team in a more traditional City firm, Ashurst.

Not exact matches

By teaming up with traditional VC firm First Round Capital, the city of Philadelphia has substantially upped the mentorship ante for the entrepreneurs it funds.

For two decades, Noe Sanchez sent money from California to his father in Mexico City through storefront outlets of traditional remittance firms such as Western Union.

A Kansas City firm turns the traditional VC funding model on its head and captures new opportunities.

In some American cities, peer - to - peer taxi services have been banned after lobbying by traditional taxi firms.

Matt Therian of Renaissance Capital, an IPO research firm based in Greenwich, Conn., noted that Zipcar has a relatively «capital intensive» business model, but its strong brand image and its head start in the car - sharing market — where it competes in some markets with for - profit rivals and such nonprofit entrants as Chicago's iGo and the San Francisco area's City Car Share, in addition, of course, to traditional rental incumbents like Hertz HTZ, -9.08 % and Avis Budget Group CAR, -11.56 % — give it an inside track with investors.

Despite those attacks and the traditional surge in Democratic turnout in New York City's suburbs, Flanagan held firm in the Hudson Valley and, it seems, Long Island.

In 1913 the debut of the controversial Armory Show in American cities introduced contemporary avant - garde European art to a broad segment of the American public, establishing firm battle lines between traditional and avant - garde tastes that still exist today.

Since becoming one of only a handful of female senior partners in the UK top 20 law firms, I have been keen to overcome the «straitjacket» of the traditional working culture that still characterises much of City life.

In other words, multiple firms from the same country or city could join, while traditional networks tend to have a chosen firm per jurisdiction.

Local Executive Job Market In Jacksonville, Florida: In addition to Jacksonville's cutting - edge industries, the city also cultivates its traditional sectors like lumber, phosphate, paper, cigars, and shipping, which creates a robust array of executive candidates available to transition to client firms.

In addition to traditional competitors, there has been a significant increase in new competition from private equity funds that have a cyclical high amount of capital to put to work, says Steven Schwartz, a partner heading the acquisitions group at Torchlight Investors, an investment management firm based in New York City.

«We try to find that balance between a sense of connectivity and the ability to maintain the character and soul of an old house,» says Schafer, founder of G.P. Schafer Architecture & Design in New York City, a firm renowned for translating traditional architecture into comfortable spaces for modern life.