Business travel is a fact of life for many employees. But while most business travelers indicate that their basic needs are being met on the road, travelers in companies with managed travel programs are struggling to balance compliance with personal comfort and success. While 21 percent of travelers are under “mandated” travel programs (i.e. programs [...]
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The Texas Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers honored a member of its Corpus Christi Branch at an awards luncheon held April 20 in San Antonio. Jerry J. Shoemaker: Best of Session Paper from the Fall 2011 Meeting The ASCE Texas Section is one of the largest and most active sections of the [...]
The liquor company is scrambling to atone for an ad that tried to make light of a young man forcing a woman to perform oral sex on him Belvedere Vodka is in frantic damage-control mode after an ad that’s being called a “horrifying emblem of rape culture” was posted on the company’s official Twitter and Facebook page. (See it [...]
The scheme, dubbed the “Tesco tax”, revalues rates on commercial premises that have a rateable value of more than £500,000. The proceeds will be used to reduce rates for smaller businesses and will affect 76 stores in Northern Ireland. It is thought it will cost big shops an average of £66,000 a year. The Northern [...]
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce recently agreed to a Strategic Alliance Memorandum designed to create new opportunities for Hispanic small businesses and promote entrepreneurship in the Hispanic community. Key provisions of the agreement include joint efforts to increase Hispanic involvement in SBA programs and initiatives, including: SBS lending [...]