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“the project's budget of £545m would be exceeded”
“by the end of 2012”
“we will be in to 2013”
“we are predicting we will eventually go above the £545m”
“Edinburgh City Council is drawing up plans to borrow £55m to help fund the capital's crisis-hit tram project”
“Gordon Mackenzie, Edinburgh's transport convener, said it was likely that the project's budget of £545m would be exceeded.”
“The tram company, Tie, is not yet asking for additional funds but contingency plans are being drawn up to allow Edinburgh City Council to borrow about £55m to pay for the cost over-run.”
“We have not used up the budget so far but we are predicting we will eventually go above the £545m.”
“Mr Gove has also said £50m has been set aside to cover start-up costs for free schools.”
“It works on behalf of the government and has been given a grant of £500,000.”
“This - an initial tranche - was the re-allocation of funds for 'harnessing technology'.”
“It also links groups to 'education providers', including charities and private companies, who would set up trusts to organise the day-day running of the schools. It has been given a grant of £500,000.”
“His estate, estimated to be worth $2 million (£1.4m)”
“HIE proposes to spend £25m on developing the site”
“The Scottish government is to put £1.8m into tackling slum housing in the south side of Glasgow.”
“A total of £1.5m will support the refurbishment and redesign of the backcourts of Govanhill tenement blocks.”
“The special enforcement squad, backed by £300,000 over two years and comprising police, fire officers and council staff, will also help root out rogue landlords exploiting tenants in the area.”
“They projected the budget could be trimmed by £900m over the next two years”
“The budget could be trimmed by £900m over the next two years”
“The economy is forecast to grow by 7% this year.”
“Vietnam raised minimum wages at foreign enterprises by up to 28% this year.”
“yet it only raised wages to the leve seen in neighbouring Cambodia.”
“Vietnamese factory workers earn just two thirds of what their comrades in China bring home.”
“Wages in China's coastal manufacturing areas, such as Ningpo, where his main factory is based, have risen between 15 and 20% this year.”
“He argues that he has been obliged to keep quiet because of the continuing investigation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) into what happened to the £450m invested by nearly 30,000 of his customers. The authorities are looking into…”
“The FSA had been looking into Keydata since 2005, and since PricewaterhouseCoopers were appointed as administrators of the firm last year the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has become involved.”
“They wrote to Keydata in 2007 formally commencing investigations”
“it dealt with 450 such problems in 2009.”
“Separately we also uncovered wider issues at the firm and acted quickly to protect investors - referring the tax issues to HMRC and potential missing funds to the Serious Fraud Office. As soon as it became clear that Keydata was going to b…”
“the BBC Global 30 index (the thirty biggest companies in the world)”
“with nine changes”
“40% supertax”
“$US19.5bn (£13.2bn) stake”
“$15.2bn rights issue”
“asset sales worth more than $10bn”
“US$5-6bn”
“US$11.5bn”
“one of the 20 biggest companies”
“split its B shares into 50”
“US$3.6 billion in net income”
“Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said its £23m contribution to the £200m Kent Thameside Strategic Transport plan was being put on hold.”
“A breakdown of the total funding for the transport programme includes £72m from the Department of Transport, £40m from Land Securities, £60m from private sector sources and the £23m which the treasury put on hold.”
“Of course there are economic challenges ahead, but in the Gateway we also have fantastic opportunities.”
“By any objective measure, investment in the London Thames Gateway is good for the UK economy, such is its strategic importance.”
“Pre-tax profits for the first half of this year are now on track to exceed the previous forecast of £140m by £20m.”
“Profits for the second half of the year are also expected to be "significantly ahead" of previous expectations.”
“The Americans, who bought the club in 2007, recently put it up for sale - with £351m of debt.”
“The government is dismantling the FSA and giving the Bank of England control of macro-prudential regulation and oversight of micro-prudential regulation.”
“The government says the transition to the new system will be completed by 2012.”
“Hector Sants, the current chief executive of the FSA, will oversee the transition and will then head the new prudential regulator.”
“Mr Osborne has also announced that an independent commission will look into the possible break-up of big banks.”
“It will take at least a year to review whether casino-style investment banks should be split from deposit-taking institutions on the High Street.”
“The Financial Policy Committee (FPC) will monitor the economy, looking at the macro-economic and financial issues that may threaten stability. It will address any risks it identifies by directing the new Prudential Regulation Authority to …”
“Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, will chair the new committee. Mervyn King will chair both the FPC and the PRA”
“Hector Sants, the new deputy governor for prudential regulation, will be its chief executive.”
“The Consumer Protection and Markets Authority (CPMA) will take on the FSA's responsibility for consumer protection and conduct regulation.”
“The CPMA will also have responsibility for the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.”
“The new independent banking commission will be chaired by Sir John Vickers, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.”
“Breaking banks up here would quickly be felt by individuals and companies who would pay more for their mortgages and finance.”
“As there is no equivalent to the MPC interest rate target for financial stability, [the FPC] will need to exercise considerable judgement over when to intervene.”
“George Osborne says the tripartite system "failed spectacularly" in its mission of ensuring financial stability.”
“Financial Secretary Mark Hoban has said, "Never again can someone ask who's in charge and get no answer."”
“Financial Secretary Mark Hoban says the CPMA will have a "tougher, more proactive approach" to regulating conduct.”
“The plant in Silverbridge, which was capable of evading over £1m in tax has been dismantled.”
“The document by local government managers has revealed larger councils are facing debts of £120m and smaller councils deficits of £30m.”
“SeaFrance, P&O and Norfolkline claim £60m they provided to fund a second terminal at the port of Dover will have been wasted if the sell-off goes ahead.”
“The Port of Dover has been a trust port for 400 years, with all revenues going back into it.”
“Proposals for a new £25m visitor centre at Stonehenge are in doubt after funding is cut by the government.”
“£10m promised would not be forthcoming”
“£15m”
“£2bn”
“Senegal says it has spent about $2m (£1.35m) on it and communities are being encouraged to plant trees.”
“bought luxury items and more than £30,000 worth of gold bullion”
“Police seized a total of £40,000 on Sterling and Euros”
“He had credit card debts and bank liabilities of more than £90,000.”
“But the plans have now been axed by Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander, along with 12 other schemes nationwide, saving a total of £2bn.”
“He said the actual cost of the event was about three times the income the university received from ticket sales.”
“leaving the couple her estate which included a small house and savings worth £250,000.”
“The government is expected to provide £85m of the £170m cost with the remainder coming from the Greater Manchester Transport Fund.”
“Mr Gwynne said that the extension to Ashton-under-Lyne will also help safeguard 1,768 jobs created under the Tameside Economic Zone, as companies have located to the area because of the planned Metrolink.”
“The extension could safeguard nearly 1,800 jobs in Tameside”
“The total cost of the project was estimated at more than £7bn, according to the Ministry of Defence.”
“She said the Acpo TAM budget for the financial year 2009-2010 had been £245m, and Safer Birmingham Partnerships had received £3m.”
“has lost the £45m funding it was promised by the last government.”
“Other cuts include £17m earmarked for a Stonehenge visitor centre and £2m a year for library modernisation.”
“The DCMS says the cuts will result in savings of about £73m.”
“The British Film Institute (BFI) announced plans for a £166m National Film Centre last year, to be built on the site of a car park behind the London Eye.”
“The DCMS cuts will also take £2.5m away from a BFI project to improve digital access to its extensive archive.”
“'Over 50% of the department's cuts that have been announced are coming from film,' it said in a statement.”
“Paul Collard, chief executive of Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE), expressed disappointment over the scheme's curtailment, which will result in around £2m being saved.”
“A Night Less Ordinary - an Arts Council England scheme to encourage more young people to visit the theatre - has also lost funding of around £100,000.”
“A new film centre planned for London's South Bank has lost the £45m funding it was promised by the last government.”
“Over 50% of the department's cuts that have been announced are coming from film”
“which will result in around £2m being saved.”
“has also lost funding of around £100,000.”
“Across the country, the new coalition government has axed £2bn worth of new projects as part of its cost-cutting measures.”
“Ending the scheme on 31 July will save £40m of the £140m cost of the scheme, the government says.”
“But he said under plans to reform Lottery money an extra £50m should go into sports facilities by 2012.”
“Axing the swimming scheme, a new visitor centre for Stonehenge and the British Film Institute film centre will save the Department for Culture, Media and Sport about £73m - it says.”
“The one-off fees levied on their customers will fall from as much as £33 to as little as £2.”
