Rags to Wreckages ... to Riches » uk government cuts http://www.ragstowreckages.com Rapid Innovation - Rapid Startup Success Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:57:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 UK Budget within 50 days plus £6bn of cuts http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/05/uk-budget-within-50-days-plus-6bn-of-cuts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-budget-within-50-days-plus-6bn-of-cuts http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/05/uk-budget-within-50-days-plus-6bn-of-cuts/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 05:46:35 +0000 Neil Lewis http://www.ragstowreckages.com/?p=979 The new UK coalition government will cut £6bn of non-front line services and set out plans in an emergency budget within 50 days (or by the end of June).

At greatest risk are thought to be Government quangos, regional development agencies and associated organisations.

]]> http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/05/uk-budget-within-50-days-plus-6bn-of-cuts/feed/ 1 Austerity starts here… http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/05/austerity-starts-here/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=austerity-starts-here http://www.ragstowreckages.com/2010/05/austerity-starts-here/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 05:26:47 +0000 Neil Lewis http://www.ragstowreckages.com/?p=977 Now the UK election is out of the way, and indeed, a new Prime Minister has started work, UK businesses are being warned to expect austerity.

In addition to the known cuts, the events in Greece and Europe have put further pressure on Governments (especially Spain and Portugal and hence, implicitly UK) such that cuts will come faster and sooner then previously expected. Successful entrepreneurs are already preparing for an increase in business failures and a loss of national business.

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