The resulting disruptions could halt many of their businesses, causing hundreds, even thousands, to fail.
Ring roads exercise a magnetic pull on businesses, causing about 20% of people to move to suburbs.
Last year's heavy rain devastated harvests and led to widespread flooding which damaged more than 8,000 homes and businesses, causing the deaths of several people.
Government job losses are weighing on the economy, since laid off government workers have less money to spend at private sector businesses, causing those businesses to retrench as well.
From the 1950's to 2000, an exodus to the suburbs caused Hartford's population to shrink from 175,000 to 129,229, reducing the residential tax base and worsening the burden for retailers, restaurants and businesses, causing many to leave.
It wants to establish common rules for online purchases, integrate telecoms regulations, push postal services to offer better and cheaper parcel delivery across EU borders and reduce the burden on businesses caused by varying VAT regimes.
I constantly witness the frequent credit data mistakes that plague small businesses, causing them lost opportunities, higher costs, and difficulties in qualifying for favorable financing.
London Fire Brigade said crews were working to pump water out of the flooded basements of 37 homes and businesses, causing tens of thousands of pounds-worth of damage.
In regions with regulatory gray areas, Weedmaps maintains listings of unlicensed businesses, causing a mix of delight and frustration for dispensaries.
The bushfires also destroyed almost 430,000 ha of forests, crops, and pasture, and 61 businesses, causing at least AUS$4.4 billion in damage (17).
