Feb 09
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. General Assembly is faced with a number of reoccurring issues this year as the economy continues to lag.
The leadership of both the House and Senate provided a glimpse of some of the challenges to come during a Wednesday luncheon for business leaders hosted by the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce.
A top priority for lawmakers was the state budget they must craft for the fiscal year starting July 1; the state already faces a roughly $290 million shortfall.
“It is going to be a budget of difficult choices,” said Senate President M. Teres
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Feb 08
Van insurance holders will be pleased to hear that the fuel duty stabiliser is simple and affordable, a new report shows.
The need for cheaper/stable petrol prices is becoming more crucial as it is expected the impact on small businesses will result in price increases, pay freezes or even staff being laid-off.
According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), introducing a fuel duty stabiliser would provide many businesses with greater certainty.
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Feb 04
Online recruitment is the way forward, it has been suggested.
Liability insurance holders in the UK have been urged to consider moving their recruitment methods to the big world of the web.
HR experts have advised those small businesses that fail to acknowledge the change will be running the risk of folding within three years time.
As a ‘big supporter’ of changing the way that businesses welcome applications, Paul Daley, director of HR consulting and services at Ochre House described offline recruitment as “immaterial” and “archaic” services that provide a poor experience for candidates.
Mr. Daley said:
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Feb 04
Most of the readers who visit MyWifeQuitHerJob.com fall into opposite extremes when it comes to their online business goals. Either they want to go all out, create their own products or import their goods from Asia for maximum profit or they want to start an online store as a side business using the most “passive” methods available.
The prospect of making money passively without requiring much work is extremely attractive which is why many readers fall into the latter category.
In other words, they want to be able to make money with as little active effort as possible. The
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Feb 02
Next week Chrysler plans to pay its UAW and CAW employees an average “performance award” of $750, based on the automaker’s 2010 operating profit of $763 million. This all comes at a surprise to investors given the fact Chrysler lost $652 million after interest expenses and other restructuring obligations.
Workers who get paid by salary, except for the top 50 executives of the company, also will receive the award, a Chrysler spokeswoman said early in the week. Because the company still has debt of $5.8 billion to the feds, the U.S. Read more…