Lord Howe has already admitted the new 111 telephone advice service - which the government has said will ease pressure on emergency 999 phone lines - had run into "teething problems".
We believe that the margins are already at very high levels and there will be pressure from pay-TV service providers to stall the growth in the carriage fee for cable channels.
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Going forward, growth in the subscription fee is likely to slow due to pressure from pay-TV service providers and expected competition from NBC and Fox, who are planning to launch nationwide sports networks to compete with ESPN.
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But if everyone in the service business stops offering full-time work, the competitive pressure to offer anything but part-time jobs will be gone.
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And, with labour markets still extremely tight, excessive wage pressure, particularly in the non-traded service sector, remains a risk.
By contrast, Germany and the Netherlands actively encourage those above a certain income bracket to opt out of state-financing arrangements, to take pressure off the public service.
"There continues to be a lot of pressure on financial institutions, a lot of pressure from a regulatory standpoint, from a customer-service standpoint, from a ... capital standpoint, " said Jay Bray, chief executive of Nationstar, at an investor conference Tuesday.
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Tayside Police have praised the public for embracing the new non-emergency phone number, designed to take pressure off the 999 service.
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He jumps out of the car -- he's been shot -- keeps pressure on his chest with his left hand, holding a service weapon with his right, he runs after the suspects.
Much of this early success was down to the founders' involvement with peer-to-peer file sharing site KaZaA, an at-times controversial but popular service which picked up the pieces when Napster crumbled under music industry pressure.
The greatest source of downward pressure on South-East Asia's currencies comes from local firms desperate to service their foreign debts.
You can also see an interview with Ann and Nancy Wilson, discussing their pressure-packed performance here ( Video Link ). (Courtesy of Artisan News Service and YouTube).
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"With survey results like this you have to question why the government feels it is necessary to embark on such a radical and costly re-organisation of the NHS right now, particularly when you take into account the financial pressure the service is already under", a spokesperson said.
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