Across the UK and Republic of Ireland, it is against the law to carry a knife or an offensive weapon in a public place unless you have a good reason. If police think you are carrying an offensive weapon they can stop and search you. Exception.
The total today stands right around 5,000. About 5.7 million small businesses have employees, and private companies account for between 56% and 63% of Americaâs GDP. Small business employs about half the people in the workforce, and account for about 86% of companies with 500 or more employees, according to Forbes. Small business is big business.
Small business is vital to Hawaiiâs economic well-being, accounting for more than nearly 98% of all state employers. Of Hawaiiâs 119,182 small businesses in 2008 (the latest data available), 25,478 were small employers, accounting for nearly 56% of the stateâs private-sector jobs. Another 93,704 were one-person operations with no employees.