• Value For Money
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International healthcare accreditation Healthcare and hospital accreditation
1 Value for money is hence another factor in assessing the true quality of healthcare.
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Project governance Principle 2: Project ownership independent of Asset ownership, Service ownership or other stakeholder group
1 The only proven mechanism for ensuring projects meet customer and stakeholder needs, while optimising
value for money, is to allocate Project ownership to specialist party, that
otherwise would not be a stakeholder to the project. This is principle No. 2
of project governance.
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Clinical governance Clinical effectiveness
1 The measure on its own is useful, but decisions are enhanced by
considering additional factors, such as whether the intervention is
appropriate and whether it represents value for money
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James Madison University Rankings
1 The University is also ranked 22nd overall in value for money in the
nation amongst public colleges and universities, according to Kiplinger
Magazine's 100 Best Values in Public Colleges
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Cranfield School of Management Rankings
1 Financial Times' Global MBA ranking 2013 – 38th in the world, 11th for
career progress, and 20th for value for money.
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Olympic Stadium (London) - Response
1 Amanda Baillieu writing in Building Design challenged the designer's
claims that the stadium is environmentally sustainable and
good value for money. Instead, it is asserted that the reality will be the opposite. In particular, she claimed
that:
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Office of Government Commerce
1 The purpose of the OGC is to support the procurement and acquisition process of public sector organisations in the UK through policy and process guidance and the negotiation of
overarching service and provision frameworks. This is intended to improve value for money to the taxpayer, optimising the level of taxpayers
equity directed towards the delivery of services. Similar organisations can be found in most western European countries, for instance
Hansel Ltd. in Finland and Consip in Italy.
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Information Technology Infrastructure Library - Supplier Management
1 The purpose of Supplier Management is to obtain value for money from suppliers and
contracts. It ensures that underpinning contracts and agreements align with
business needs, Service Level Agreements and Service Level Requirements. Supplier
Management oversees process of identification of business needs, evaluation
of suppliers, establishing contracts, their categorization, management and
termination.
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Review
1 An expert review usually refers to a review written by someone who has
tested several peer products or services to identify which offers the best value for money or the best set
of features
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Risk appetite - Levels of risk appetite
1 Open Willing to consider all potential options and choose the one most
likely to result in successful delivery, while also providing an acceptable
level of reward and value for money.
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Samsung - Shilla Hotels and Resorts
1 as into the restaurant business. THE SHILLA promises to be a globally
prestigious hospitality company that offers the best value for money by making creative innovations and
continuously taking on challenges. Shilla Hotels and Resorts is listed on the Korea Exchange stock-exchange
(number 008770).
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Pioneer LaserActive
1 Pioneer released the LaserActive model 'CLD-A100' in Japan on August 20, 1993 at a cost of 89,800, and in the United States on September 13, 1993 at a cost of $970. NEC later released a cloned version of the
system, the NEC PDE-LD1, which also accepted Pioneer's PAC modules. Due to its low value for money, the LaserActive was a list of commercial failures in video
gaming|commercial failure.
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Karbonn Mobiles
1 With the motto of ‘Massify Technology’ the company has taken
advantage of the fast growing mobile market in India by providing
affordable, value for money mobile devices and a smart marketing
campaign to reach the vast majority of mobile customers in the country.
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Office of Fair Trading - Reputation
1 :...So whilst the OFT has improved the value for money it provides, there remains scope for further
improvement.
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Mental disorder - Research
1 A 2011 UK Department of Health report on the economic case for
mental health promotion and mental illness prevention found that many
interventions are outstandingly good value for money, low in cost and often become self-financing over time, saving public expenditure.
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Jaguar Cars - Birth of the cars
1 Jaguar made its name by producing a series of eye-catching sports cars, such as the XK 120 of 1949, developed into XK 140 and XK 150, and the E Type of 1961. These were all successful and embodied Lyons' mantra of value for
money. They were successful in international motorsport, a path followed
in the 1950s to prove the engineering integrity of the company's products.
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One-man operation - England
1 By 21 July 2010, Sir Roy McNulty, chair of the major Value (economics)|
value for money inquiry of the rail industry in the United Kingdom,
tabled a scoping report titled Realising the potential of GB rail
commissioned by the Department for Transport|Department of Transport
(DfT) and the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR)
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Pharmaceutical company - Product approval
1 Treatments must represent 'value for money' and a net benefit to society
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ITIL - Supplier Management
1 The purpose of Supplier Management is to obtain value for money from suppliers and
contracts. It ensures that underpinning contracts and agreements align with business
needs, Service Level Agreement|Service Level Agreements and Service level
requirement|Service Level Requirements. Supplier Management oversees process of
identification of business needs, evaluation of suppliers, establishing contracts, their
categorization, management and termination.
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Private finance initiative
1 The Treasury should remove any perverse incentives unrelated to
value for money by ensuring that PFI is not used to circumvent
departmental budget limits
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Private finance initiative - Value for money
1 More recent reports indicate that PFI represents poor value for money. A treasury select committee stated
that 'PFI was no more efficient than other forms of borrowing and it was illusory that it shielded the taxpayer
from risk'.
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Private finance initiative - Value for money
1 One key criticism of PFI, when it comes to value for money, is the lack of
transparency surrounding individual projects. This means that independent
attempts, such as that by the Association for Consultancy and Engineering, to assess PFI data across government departments have been able to find
significant variations in the costs to the taxpayer.
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Private finance initiative - Scrutiny
1 In recent years the Finance Committees of the Scottish Parliament and the National
Assembly for Wales have held enquiries into whether PFI represents
good value for money.
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Dental tourism - Pricing and quality
1 Both countries were the subject of a report from the Irish Competition Authority to
determine whether consumers were receiving value for money from their
dentists.[http://www.tca.ie/NewsPublications/NewsReleases/NewsReleases.aspx?selected_item=203 Irish Competition
Authority Report] (retrieved 19 October 2007) Both countries’ professions were
criticised for a lack of pricing transparency
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Public private partnership - Britain
1 However it has since been found that many programs ran dramatically
over budget and have not presented as value for money for the taxpayer with some projects costing more to
cancel than to complete.
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AXIS - Milestones
1 * April, launched innovative spend and get sms and data products
offering the best value for money in Indonesia
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Vipnet - Awards and acknowledgments
1 In September 2012, thanks to the opinion of the business community, as well as customers,
Vipnet was proclaimed winner in the Best value for money and Best mobile operator for
business customers, companies and organizations categories in the Business Best
Buy Award survey. Among the strong competition of all domestic and foreign
companies from the entire business sector, Vipnet has been recognized as the absolute
symbol for the best value for money in Croatia.
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ITV Player - iOS devices
1 In June 2013, the iOS app was updated to add a trial premium section, allowing subscribers to watch catch-up content without advertising, as well as pay to
view live streams of ITV3 and ITV4. Early reviews of the updated app on the App Store (iOS)|App Store were generally
negative, with users commenting that the subscription option provided poor
value for money.
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RTÉ - RTÉ personality salaries
1 I have to repeat that they were set at a different time in a different
competitive reality where some of this talent might be up for poaching by other organisations and in RTÉ’s
view at the time, they delivered value for money
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A-side and B-side - Significance
1 B-side songs may be released on the same record as a single (music)|single to provide extra value for money. There are several
types of material commonly released in this way, including a different version (e.g., instrumental, a cappella, recorded live
track|live, acoustic instrument|acoustic, remixed version or in another
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Demand curve - Shift of a demand curve
1 there is more demand for substitute goods as they become more
attractive in terms of value for money, while demand for
complementary goods contracts in response to the contraction of
quantity demanded of the underlying good).
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Management consulting - United Kingdom
1 In the UK, the use of external management consultants within
government has sometimes been contentious due to perceptions of
variable value for money
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Facility management - Tendering
1 The facilities management team will seek to periodically re-tender their
contracts, or at the very least bench mark them to ensure they are
getting value for money
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National Audit Office (United Kingdom)
1 The 'National Audit Office' ('NAO') is an independent Parliamentary body in the United Kingdom which is responsible for
Financial audit|auditing Departments of the United Kingdom Government|central
government departments, Executive Agency|government agencies and non-departmental public body|non-departmental public bodies.
The NAO also carries out Value for Money (VFM) audit into the administration of public
policy.
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National Audit Office (United Kingdom) - Function
1 *Value For Money (VFM) audits
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National Audit Office (United Kingdom) - Function
1 Value for Money (VFM) audits are Performance audit|non-financial
audits to measure the effectiveness, economy and efficiency of
government spending
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National Audit Office (United Kingdom) - Public Accounts Commission
1 The Public Accounts Commission (TPAC) annually approves the NAO's corporate plans and budgets. It also receives value for money reports on the operation of the NAO. These are written by private sector audit firms
in much the same manner as the NAO reports on Central Government.
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National Audit Office (United Kingdom) - History and establishment
1 *Auditing for: regularity, propriety and VFM (value for
money)
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National Audit Office (United Kingdom) - Criticisms
1 In 2005, an NAO report on NHS Local Investment Finance Trust (LIFT) was criticised by one of the PAC members at
the time, Jon Trickett, for its focus on qualitative analysis of the benefits of LIFT schemes and the paucity of its financial analysis.[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmpubacc/562/56202.htm House of Commons
Public Accounts Committee - Forty-Seventh Report] The NAO has recently published a report about the use of
consultants in the public sector.[http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/nao_reports/06-07/0607128.pdf Central Government's use of consultants] - NAO Critics identify that this report did not directly answer
the question of whether consultants employed by the public sector give good value for money
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Loyalty card - United Kingdom
1 Both Nectar and Tesco's Clubcard scheme have been criticised for not offering value for
money
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Pesticide application - Quality and Assessment of Equipment
1 Ensuring quality of sprayers by testing and setting of standards for application equipment is important
to ensure users get value for money.Matthews, G.A
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Home Office - Priorities
1 :::* Cut police bureaucracy, end unnecessary central interference and
overhaul police powers in order to cut crime, reduce costs and improve
police value for money. Simplify national institutional structures and
establish a National Crime Agency to strengthen the fight against
organised crime (and replace the Serious Organised Crime Agency)
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Paclitaxel - Early clinical trials, supply and the transfer to BMS
1 While it seems clear the NCI had little choice but to seek a commercial
partner, there was also controversy about the terms of the deal,
eventually leading to a report by the General Accounting Office in 2003, which concluded the NIH had failed
to ensure value for money
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Space policy of the European Union - The 2007 communication
1 * Coordinating more effective civil space programmes between ESA, EU and their respective Member States
to ensure value for money and eliminate unnecessary duplication,
thus meeting shared European needs.
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Public finance - Public finance management
1 At the same time, the emphasis of the citizenry is on value for money,
thus making public finance management increasingly vital.
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Maxi single - The maxi single today
1 In the UK, having watched sales of CDs drop since the previous rule
change, and amid allegations that the consumer no longer felt that UK-issued singles were good value for
money, the Chart Supervisory Committee once again changed the
rules governing the formats of singles released in the UK
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Efficiency and Reform Group
1 'The Efficiency and Reform Group' (ERG), established in 2010, is part of the Cabinet Office which works in
partnership with HM Treasury to form the Corporate services|corporate centre for UK Government.[
http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/unit/efficiency-and-reform-group Efficiency and Reform Group] Cabinet
Office Its objectives are to reform the way government works and to support the transformation of government services by driving cost savings and focusing on growth.
[ http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/1011/efficiency_and_
reform_group.aspx The Efficiency and Reform Group’s role in improving public sector value for money]
National Audit Office
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Lumia 620 - Reception
1 Engadget reviewed the phone very positively. It praised its battery life,
performance, and value for money. It noted that the camera was not very good, but okay
considering that the 620 is a budget phone.Smith, Mat. (2013-02-07)
[http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/07/nokia-lumia-620-review/ Nokia Lumia 620 review: precisely what an entry-level smartphone should be]. Engadget.com. Retrieved on
2013-08-16.
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Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition agreement - Spending
1 Britain's Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom|independent nuclear deterrent would be maintained, but the proposed British replacement of the Trident system|replacement of
the Trident system would be reviewed for value for money.
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Government Procurement Service - Operations
1 The CCS provides a professional procurement service to the public sector to enable organisations to
deliver improved value for money in their commercial activities and
provide professional support when it matters, advising on technical issues,
energy saving and environmental improvements.
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Cabinet Office - Responsibilities
1 *Strengthening the Home Civil Service|civil service – to ensure the civil service is organised effectively
and efficiently and has the capability in terms of skills, values and
leadership to deliver the Government's objectives, including
ensuring value for money to the taxpayer. This also includes working with the Treasury to drive efficiency and reform across the public sector.
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Jo Johnson - Political career
1 Between May 2010 and September 2012, Johnson sat on the Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)|Public
Accounts Committee, a Select Committee (Westminster System)|select committee
of the British House of Commons|House of Commons, whose members are elected by other MPs to scrutinise government
expenditures to ensure they are effective and represent value for money.
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Business excellence
1 Despite the name, a large number of these concepts have been widely
adopted within the public sector as these organisations strive to provide value for money. Examples include
the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, EFQM Excellence Model and Common Assessment
Framework (CAF).
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Institute of Public Accountants - Member Benefits
1 * IPA's Professional Indemnity Insurance - specifically sourced for
members to provide value for money and special benefits.
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University of South Australia - Student activities
1 After the passing of the Voluntary Student Unionism legislation the activities and collective voice of
students was significantly diminished. However this has spurred the student association to work hard
to offer students better value for money.
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Quality-adjusted life year
1 The 'quality-adjusted life year' or 'quality-adjusted life-year' ('QALY') is
a measure of disease burden, including both the quality and the quantity of life lived. It is used in
assessing the value for money of a medical intervention. According to
Pliskin et al., The QALY model requires utility|utility independent,
risk neutral, and constant proportional tradeoff behaviour.
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Brussels and the European Union - Rebuilding
1 Given the delays and cost of the Berlaymont and other projects, the Commissioner emphasises that the new plans would offer better value
for money and that the designs would be subject to an international
architecture competition
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Incentive
1 Ultimately, incentives aim to provide value for money and contribute to organizational
success.
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Corporate services
1 In the United Kingdom, the public audit agencies produced a report in May 2007 called Value for Money in
public sector corporate serviceshttp://www.public-audit-
forum.gov.uk/publicat.htm
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One.Tel - History
1 At its peak, One.Tel’s strengths were recognised in consumer marketing and information systems, intuitive
platforms and resources based on RD in the Australian Next Generation
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British Council - Cuts
1 International students adopt an essentially utilitarian view of higher
education which is likely to increasingly involve consideration of value for money, including opting for programmes at least partly delivered
offshore
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P3M3 - Context
1 P3M3 is owned by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC). The OGC is a department within the UK Government with a remit to help
public sector organisations improve their efficiency, gain better value for
money from procurements and deliver improved success from
programmes and projects.
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Qinetiq - NAO inquiry
1 In 2007, the National Audit Office (United Kingdom)|National Audit
Office conducted an inquiry into the privatisation of Qinetiq to determine
whether UK taxpayers got good value for money from the sale. The NAO inquiry looked at the following
issues:
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Qinetiq - NAO inquiry
1 :It has delivered excellent value for money, generating more than £800m for the taxpayer, while protecting UK defence and security interests, said
Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton|Baroness Taylor, Minister for Defence
Equipment and Support.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/b
usiness/7108444.stm Qinetiq deal 'cost UK taxpayers'], BBC, 23
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Teacher education - Quality Assurance
1 Further, those who pay teachers' salaries, whether through taxes or
through school fees, wish to be assured that they are receiving value
for money
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HSE National Ambulance Service - Emergency Ambulance Service
1 Matters to be reviewed include the way ambulances are dispatched, service
provision and value for money.http://www.thejournal.ie/hse-dfb-
ambulances-service-dublin-review-1336606-Feb2014/ As of 2014, Dublin
City Council receives a payment of almost €10 million per annum from the National Ambulance Service budget to fund the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service
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Certified General Accountants Association of Canada - Research
1 *Issue in Focus— Can We Get Better for Less? Value for Money in Canadian Health Care
(May 11, 2011)
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Jisc - Services
1 * Production services, where a standard infrastructure is required or clear economies of scale and value
for money can be maximised;
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University of Cape Town - Rankings
1 UCT's Master of Business Administration|MBA programme was globally ranked at 54 in 2012 by the Financial Times, and was ranked first
in the value for money category
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Economist Intelligence Unit - Bazian
1 In December 2012, the Economist Intelligence Unit acquired Bazian,
which specialises in the analysis and supply of clinical evidence on health
services, treatment, and health technologies to assess clinical
effectiveness and value for money. Headquartered in London Heathrow Airport|London, Bazian was founded by Vivek Muthu and Anna Donald in
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Trade directory - Formats
1 Online Business Directories vary in quality and content. There is a balance between professional
advertising, value for money and quality of service. Business owners
are looking for ROI, web traffic, exposure for their business, plus SEO
benefits of backlinks.
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Religious terrorism - Martyrdom and suicide terrorism
1 This process serves to encourage martyrdom, and so suicide terrorism, self-sacrifice, or martyrdom represent
value for money.
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Economy of Birmingham - Business
1 *5th in Europe, 3rd in the UK after Leeds and Glasgow, in terms of value for money of office
space.
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Economy of Leeds - Business
1 *1st in Europe and the UK in terms of value for money of
office space.
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Housing association - Funding and regulation
1 Since 2003, in an effort to seek greater value for money, much of the funding by the Housing Corporation
for new house building has been channelled to fewer than 80
developing housing associations that have achieved partner status through Partner Programme
Agreements.
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University of North Carolina at Asheville - Academics
1 The school's quality and value for money has drawn praise from national college
guidebooks
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Malnourishment
1 Nutrition-specific interventions, which address the immediate causes of undernutrition, have been proven
to deliver among the best value for money of all development
interventions.[http://www.dfid.gov.uk/What-we-do/Research-and-evidence/case-studies/research-case-studies/
2011/Scaling-Up-Nutrition-Unlocking-puzzles-to-transform-thinking-and-action/%20 Scaling Up Nutrition: Unlocking puzzles to transform thinking and action] by
[http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/ R4D] Emergency measures include providing deficient micronutrients through food fortification|fortified sachet powders or directly through dietary supplements|supplements
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Kevin Rudd - Economy
1 The Building the Education Revolution program sought to
stimulate the nationwide economy by employing construction workers in school building developments, but
came under media scrutiny following allegations of overpricing and bad
value for money.
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Malnutrition
1 Nutrition-specific interventions, which address the immediate causes of undernutrition, have been proven
to deliver among the best value for money of all development
interventions.[http://www.dfid.gov.uk/What-we-do/Research-and-evidence/case-studies/research-case-studies/
2011/Scaling-Up-Nutrition-Unlocking-puzzles-to-transform-thinking-and-action/%20 Scaling Up Nutrition: Unlocking puzzles to transform thinking and action] by
[http://www.dfid.gov.uk/R4D/ R4D] Emergency measures include providing deficient micronutrients through food fortification|fortified sachet powders or directly through dietary supplements|supplements
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Right to buy - Criticisms
1 A report published in January 2013 by London Assembly member Tom Copley,
[http://tomcopley.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/From-Right-to-Buy-to-Buy-to-Let-Jan-2014.pdf From Right to Buy to Buy to Let], showed that 36% of homes sold
under Right to Buy in London (52,000 homes) were being let out by councils from private landlords, leading to criticisms that the scheme represents
incredibly poor value for money to taxpayers since it helped to fuel the increase in the housing benefit bill, heaped more pressure on local authority waiting lists
and led to more Londoners being forced into the under-regulated private rented sector.
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List of deployed WiMAX networks - B
1 *MenaTelecom is a licensed telecommunications operator based in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In
January 2007 Mena secured a nationwide Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) licence in Bahrain to
provide fixed and nomadic telecommunications services throughout the Kingdom. In partnership with Motorola, Mena deployed WiMAX technology.
The objective is to provide customers, both business and mass-market consumer, with innovative products and services based on quality, reliability and exceptional value for
money.
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Defence Infrastructure Organisation - Contracting models
1 The organisation has pursued a prime contracting model with the
intent to maximise value for money in defence.
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Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs - Controversial resignations
1 This, it was said, would assess whether the body is discharging the
functions that it was set up to deliver and decide if it still represented value for money for the public
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Samsung Group - Shilla Hotels and Resorts
1 THE SHILLA promises to be a globally prestigious hospitality company that offers the best value for money by making creative innovations and
continuously taking on challenges
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Škoda Auto - Volkswagen Group subsidiary
1 Backed by Volkswagen Group expertise and investments, the design — both style and
engineering — has improved greatly. The 1994 model Škoda Felicia|Felicia was effectively a
reskin of the Favorit, but quality and equipment improvements helped, and in the Czech
Republic the car was perceived as good value for money and became popular. Sales improved across Europe, including the United Kingdom, where the Felicia was one of the best-ranking
cars in customer satisfaction surveys.
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99p Stores - Direct competition
1 The manager of the new 89p shop disagrees that this a business model
which can only succeed in a recession, stating this is a business for any time, people love value for
money
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Perdido Street Station - Reception
1 However, he suggests Mieville's determination to deliver value for money,
a great page-turner, leads him to add genre borrowings which set up a
misleading expectation of the kind of plot you're going to get and make individuals start behaving out of character, forcing the author into rationalisations at odds
with the creative, intellectual and imaginative substance of the book
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Mockbuster - Intent to deceive
1 Some film fans said the Brightspark DVDs were good value for money,
but others expressed their disappointment with the DVDs on
film websites.
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Bolton Wanderers F.C. - Stadiums
1 At this time, Bolton were in a dire position financially and were
struggling in the Football League Third Division, so there was a low demand for tickets and the loss of part of the ground gave the Bolton
directors good value for money.
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Kenny Dalglish - Return to Liverpool
1 Critics have also questioned whether the England trio of Andy Carroll, Jordan Henderson and Stewart Downing represented value for money at a combined cost of
approximately £70m.
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Center for Global Development - Initiatives
1 Other initiatives include Cash on Delivery Aid, Combating Drug Resistance, Development Impact
Bonds, Europe Beyond Aid, the Latin America Initiative, Migration as a Tool for Disaster
Recovery, Oil-to-Cash: Fighting the Resource Curse through Cash Transfers, Pakistan: US Development
Strategy, Preemptive Contract Sanctions, Reforming Trade Preferences, Rethinking US
Development Policy, The Future of the World Bank, Tropical Forests for Climate and Development, Understanding India, and Value for Money: An Agenda for Global Health Funding Agencies
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Comparison of video codecs - Introduction to comparison
1 ** Price (value for money, volume discounts, etc.)
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Hidden track - Reasoning
1 *Coldplay included two hidden songs on their fourth album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends: Chinese Sleep Chant, after Yes (Coldplay song)|Yes, and The Escapist, after Death and All His Friends. The band
explained that one of the reasons to put two songs in the same track was to add a bit of value, so it would have enough value for
money.http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1589032/20080609/coldplay.jhtml
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Benidorm (TV series)
1 Despite their disparate backgrounds they all have one thing in common-a
quest for getting value for money.
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Ovum Ltd. - History
1 In 2012, Ovum was jointly named Global Analyst Firm of the Year by
the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR). Ovum was ranked higher than global players Gartner, IDC, Forrester and Frost Sullivan
across 8 out of 15 criteria, including objectivity of research and advice,
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EGovernment in Europe - United Kingdom
1 Additional efforts are also made in the field of open standards, in line with the Open Source, Open Standards and Re–Use: Government Action Plan of March 2009, based upon the fact that open source products are able to compete
(and often beat) comparable commercial products featuring thus in many cases
the best value for money to the taxpayer with respect to public services delivery.
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Defence Information Infrastructure - Costs and transparency
1 By 2008 the programme was running at least 18 months late; had
delivered only 29,000 of a contracted 63,000 terminals; and had delivered
none of the contracted Secret capability.http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/0708/the_defence_informatio
n_infras.aspx National Audit Office Value for Money Report, July 2008
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Patricia Hewitt - Secretary of State for Health
1 He said that The better services GPs provide, the more pay they will
receive, as rewards will be directly linked with patients' experiences.
[http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=40740 New GP Contract Combines Better Patient Care And Good Value For
Money] Medical News Today, 2 April 2006
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Andrew Roberts (historian) - Support for the Iraq War and the Fourth World War
1 and the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001 and the victory over Saddam Hussein two years later were won at an
incredibly low cost in historical terms.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-
2408040/andrew-roberts-hideously-amoral-little-england-stepped-looking-glass.html#ixzz3059IqJFv He has also commented on the financial costs of these two conflicts, arguing that they were cost effective interventions rarely
can the British tax payer have received such excellent value for money from their public
services.books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0297865242 He has made no comment on the lack of weapons of mass destruction found nor on the hundreds of thousands of
Afghans and Iraqis killed since the invasion.
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Disabled students allowance - Background
1 Assessment Centres (which are audited for this work) are also
charged with ensuring value for money.
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Economic appraisal
1 Economic Appraisal is a key tool for achieving value for money and
satisfying requirements for decision accountability
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Economic appraisal
1 Economic appraisal is a methodology designed to assist in defining
problems and finding solutions that offer the best value for money (VFM).
This is especially important in relation to public expenditure and is often used as a vehicle for planning and approval of public investment
relating to policies, programmes and projects.
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Food and Agricultural Organization - 1970s, 80s, 90s
1 In 1990, the US State Department expressed the view that The Food and Agriculture
Organization has lagged behind other UN organizations in responding to US desires for
improvements in program and budget processes to enhance value for money
spent.Statement by John R. Bolton, Assistant Secretary for International Organizations,19
September 1990 [http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/briefing/dispatc
h/1990/html/Dispatchv1no05.html]
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Service fulfillment - Subscriber expectations
1 Customer satisfaction in the telecommunications industry stems from adequate service provisioning,
value for money, loyalty and relationship management.[http://www.atypon-link.com/POMS/doi/abs/10.5555/ijop.2003.12.2.224 Modeling Customer Satisfaction in Telecommunications: Assessing the
Effects of Multiple Transaction Points on the Perceived Overall Performance of the Provider, The Production Operations Management Society] An efficient service fulfillment platform automates
service order processing to gain speed via flowthrough capabilities and to reduce the service order fallout that results from manual processes
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Le Roy Froom - Critical reception to The Prophetic Faith Of Our Fathers
1 When published, the first volume was praised for its value for money,
the scope of its research, and its documentation
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Business partnering - Examples
1 One example is the Strategic Partnering Arrangement in the aviation sector which was
put together by the UK Ministry of Defence and AgustaWestland. Both Partners share an
agreed common objective to improve helicopter services and support to the Front Line. The MOD also wishes to provide the
best value for money to the taxpayer while AgustaWestland seeks to provide the best
returns to its shareholders via a stable, long-term income stream.
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Public-private partnerships - Controversy
1 The underlying framework was one in which value for money was achieved by an appropriate allocation of risk
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Edward Leigh
1 He served as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (United
Kingdom)|Public Accounts Committee for 10 years between 2001 and 2010, investigating government waste and
seeking value for money in government expenditure
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Edward Leigh - Political career
1 From 2001 until 2010, Edward Leigh served as Chairman of the Public
Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)|Public Accounts Committee, the primary
parliamentary body auditing the budget, investigating government
waste, and seeking value for money in government expenditure
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Apollo Applications Program - Development
1 When procurement of Saturn Vs other than those required for the lunar landing was
stopped in 1968, focus shifted to AAP. Aside from attempting to show that Apollo
presented value for money, NASA and the main contractors of Boeing, Grumman, North
American Aviation and Rockwell International|Rockwell also hoped to put off
the inevitable scaling down of staff and facilities following the completion of the first
Moon landing.
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Constitution of the Netherlands - Chapter 4: Council of State, Court of Audit, National Ombudsman and Permanent Advisory Colleges
1 In fact the Court of Auditnot only performs financial audits but also
value for money Economic efficiency|efficiency analyses; it also reports on the effectiveness of all governmental
policy via performance audits
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Eric Pickles - Parliamentary career
1 The Times reported that under the plans dozens of council chiefs who earn more than Cabinet ministers would lose their jobs as clusters of councils merged their frontline services and
backroom operations to provide better value for money.[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5416096.ece Tories plan purge of town hall ‘fat cats’, The Times, 30 December 2008] Of the eight highest earning chief executives listed
in The Times' report, six were employed by councils run by the Conservative party, one by
Labour and one by the Liberal Democrats.
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Sony Alpha 58 - Reception
1 Amy Davies of TechRadar gave the camera four stars out on five, describing it this way: Sony
has produced a very good camera in the Alpha a58, and we're sure that anybody who buys one will be very pleased with its performance, [...] it also offers excellent value for money, especially
compared with its closest rivals.Techradar, [http://www.techradar.com/reviews/cameras-and-camcorders/cameras/digital-slrs-hybrids/
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In the Summertime (Mungo Jerry song) - Background
1 As the record was sold in a picture sleeve (which was not standard at the time), and only sold at a few
pence more than the normal 45 rpm two-track single, it was considered
value for money
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Byzantine army - Structural weaknesses
1 The other key advantage of the theme system was that it had offered
the Byzantine state good value for money
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Comparative effectiveness research - Quality-Adjusted Life Year
1 It is used in assessing the value
for money of a medical intervention
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The Clash - Politics
1 These VFM (value for money) principles meant that they were
constantly in debt to CBS, and only started to break even around 1982.
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Andrew Mitchell - International Development Secretary
1 Both in Opposition and Government, Mitchell asserted the need for
transparency and value for money in British aid contributions to the
developing world, with resources concentrated on the world's poorest
and most troubled countries.
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Andrew Mitchell - Aid transparency
1 He made clear that value for money in aid donations was of critical
importance and provided a guarantee that British legislation would be amended to ensure that Britain's aid contributions will be
maintained at 0.7 per cent of UK GNI (Gross National Income) by 2013
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National Programme for IT - Costs
1 Similarly, the British Computer Society (2006) concluded that ...the central costs incurred by NHS are
such that, so far, the value for money from services deployed is poor
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MG Rover Group - Official reports
1 The UK Government commissioned reports into the collapse of the company. The National Audit
Office (United Kingdom)|National Audit Office reported in March 2006 on the financial support
provided to the company. It commended the DTI's contingency planning in 2004, but questioned whether the loan made in April 2005 achieved
value for money.[http://www.nao.org.uk/whats_new/0506/0506961.aspx?alreadysearchfor=yes The closure
of MG Rover], National Audit Office, 10 March 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2009
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Amstrad PCW - Impact on the computer market
1 Although competitors' systems generally had more sophisticated features, including colour Visual display unit|monitors, Whitehead
thought the Amstrad PCW offered the best value for money.
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Glued to the Box - Programmes reviewed
1 *Loretta Lynn|Loretta – country music, for all its rhinestones and sentiment, is a real tradition that holds its performers within fruitful
limits. She sang melodically, articulated cleanly, gave value for money and left you wanting more.
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Leicestershire - Food and drink
1 The annual Leicestershire Rutland Restaurant Awards has several categories
including Leicestershire Rutland Restaurant of the Year, Best Asian Restaurant, Best
Service, Best Newcomer, Best Fine Dining Restaurant, Best Value for Money, Best
Drinks/Wine List, Best Local Produce Menu, Best Gastro Pub, Best Neighbourhood Restaurant, Best Business Lunch, and
Leicestershire Rutland Young Chef of the Year.
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Clerk of works - The role
1 The role, to this day, is based on the impartiality of the clerk of works in
ensuring that value for money for the client - rather than the contractor - is
achieved through rigorous and detailed inspection of materials and
workmanship throughout the building process
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Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Canadian procurement - October 2010
1 It provides the best value for money, the best platform to address the
security needs of Canada through to 2050, which is probably how long
we’ll have this airplane
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Callebaut - Awards and decorations
1 :* Callebaut’s CalletsTM Sensation, shiny chocolate pearls, are awarded
the Ruban Bleu award in the chocolate category at the Europain-
Intersuc trade fair in Paris, acknowledging Callebaut’s sense of
innovation and progress, market knowledge and value for money
products.
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Diversion program - Diversion in the United Kingdom
1 In the UK, Centre for Mental Health has shown that such diversion represents good value for money, with well-designed intervention helping to reduce reoffending by a third .http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/pdfs/Diversion_business_case.pdf The
need for joined-up services was the focus of a Centre for Mental Health lecture in 2011, in which NHS Confederation chairman Sir Keith Pearson emphasised the need
to use custody more effectively and divert those who need it into treatment .http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/criminal_justice/Centre_lecture_pearson.as
px In February 2012, the UK government pledged to roll out a national liaison and diversion service by 2014, with 101 sites were duly announced by the Department of
Health .http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wms/?id=2012-01-12a.22WS.1s=mental+health#g22WS.2 Diversion has also been found to be a key
element of a more effective approach for young adults in the criminal justice process .http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/news/2012_diversion_young_people_CJ-system.aspx A two-year UK pilot organised by the Centre for Mental health, with
support and funding from the Department of Health the Youth Justice Board, looked into how to ensure that children and young people with mental health and other
problems get the help they need as soon as they enter the youth justice system .http://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/criminal_justice/youngpeople.aspx
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Barclays Africa Group - History
1 To cement the union achieved in 1998, Absa decided to adopt a single
brand and provide an array of financial services offering simple,
uncomplicated banking relationships, value for money, stability,
convenience and superior customer service.http://www.absa.co.za/Absaco
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Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School - OFSTED
1 This very effective school provides
excellent value for money
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EasyMusic - Legal action
1 In 2012, a Northwich-based gym called Easy Exercise was challenged that it could not use the Easy name,
with EasyGroup citing “The easy name is synonymous with quality, value for money services and we have a duty to protect the public
from its unauthorised use.”
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Ready (2011 film) - Critical response
1 Raja Sen of Rediff.com awarded the film one and a half stars saying, Ready doesn't even try to make
sense and therefore falls flat.....only it's more extortionate than value for
money
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Mobile by Sainsbury's - Reception
1 Cable.co.uk were critical of the poor value for money offered and
Sainsbury's lack of experience in mobile phones, while praising the coverage and offer of emergency credit. This review was before the new bundles launched in February
2014.
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Moto G (2nd generation) - Critical reception
1 The Moto G 2nd Generation received generally positive reviews from
critics with several websites calling it one of the best budget smartphones
of 2014. Michael Sawh of trustedreviews.com gave it 9 out of 10 stars, praising its camera, strong battery life and excellent value for
money.http://www.trustedreviews.com/moto-g-2-2014-review-4
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Nissan Micra - Australia
1 A poor exchange rate between the UK and Australia meant the Micra's
pricing was rather steep and Australian buyers saw the cheaper
Koreans and more established Japanese-sourced superminis, such as the Suzuki Swift and Daihatsu
Charade, as offering better value for money
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Nissan Micra - K12
1 In 2003, the BBC's Top Gear (current format)|Top Gear programme
featured a segment on cars that gave value for money, highlighting
specification that could be purchased for £9,000
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Mazda RX-8 - Evolve
1 The Evolve Special Edition with its enhanced specification was great
value for money the same price as a standard RX-8 231 PS model with
leather trim.
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Kay Kendall - Career
1 She was under contract to the Rank Organisation but was unhappy with
the parts offered, turning down Value For Money (1955), As Long As You're
Happy (1955) and Doctor at Sea (film)|Doctor at Sea (1955)
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Holden Ute - VB (1978–1980)
1 In face of these issues, VB was praised for its value for money and sophistication, especially in regards
to the steering, ride quality, Automobile handling|handling and
brakes,#Tuckey (1999)|Tuckey (1999), p
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A-side and B-side - Significance
1 B-side songs may be released on the same record as a single to provide extra value for money. There are several types
of material commonly released in this way, including a different version (e.g.,
instrumental, a cappella, live album|live, acoustic instrument|acoustic, remixed
version or in another language/text), or, in a Concept album|concept record, a
song that does not fit into the story line.
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United Kingdom Census 2011
1 In the run-up to the census both the main UK political parties expressed concerns about the increasing cost and value for money of the census and it was mooted that the 2011 census might be the last of the
decennial censuses to take place.
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Radio Telefís Éireann - RTÉ personality salaries
1 I have to repeat that they were set at a different time in a different
competitive reality where some of this talent might be up for poaching by other organisations and in RTÉ's
view at the time, they delivered value for money
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Enda Kenny - 2007 general election
1 Its policy initiatives have concentrated on value for money,
consumer rights, civil partnerships, reform of public spending, reward and enterprise, and preventative
health care policy
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Batley - In popular culture
1 Batley was used for location filming of the fictional town of Barfield in the 1955 film Value for Money, starring
John Gregson and Diana Dors.
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Your Sinclair - Reviews
1 In Screen Shots, games were still rated out of ten, but they were also given separate ratings for graphics,
playability, value for money and addictiveness
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Official state car - Prime Minister
1 In 2013, BMW was selected to provide a fleet BMW 7 Series (F01)|7-
Series High Security as part of a tender to replace the present range
of chauffeur vehicles. The Commercial off-the-shelf|off-the-shelf replacements offer greater protection
and better value for money.
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European Car of the Year - Current rules
1 Nominees are judged on the following criteria: design, comfort,
safety, economy, handling, performance, functionality,
environmental requirements, driver satisfaction and price. Technical
innovation and value for money are also important factors.
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Lego Racers 2 - Reception
1 An additional note is that a copy cost $20 for PC, but $40 for PS2; the reviewer thought the latter to be
poor value for money, while the PC version, at half the cost, was
acceptable.http://uk.ps2.ign.com/articles/167/167110p1.html Lego Racers
2 - PS2 review at IGN
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Sony Ericsson W200 - Reception
1 Many reviewers criticized the lack of Bluetooth, since it was a music
phone, but acknowledged the high quality music output and the value
for money
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Opel (Olympia) Rekord P1 - Commercial
1 The Rekord P1 won a reputation as a reliable car representing good value for money
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Call of Duty: Black Ops – Declassified - Reception
1 Daniel Rutledge of 3 News said that the single player campaign was less than an hour long, describing it as
terrible value for money
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Rail franchising in Great Britain - Operation
1 In the [http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/strate
gyfinance/valueformoney/interim/pdf/interimreport.pdf interim McNulty
report] in September 2010 [Rail Value for Money Study] the Net
(annual) Cost to government (£m) and Net Cost to government as % of
total cost were shown as:
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Chrysler Australia - Chrysler returns to Australia
1 Initially, the attraction of the Jeep range was value for money although the first cars became known for poor
quality of construction.
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Rover 200 - Rover 200 (R8; 1989–1995)
1 The Rover 200 was produced alongside the basically equipped Austin Maestro|Maestro, giving
buyers a choice of a refined and up to date diesel or a less refined, but
competent value for money car. Because the R8 diesel used Lucas
fuel injection rather than Bosch, it is less suitable for vegetable oil fuel,
even though the XUD itself is one of the best engines for it.
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Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland - The Financial Regulator
1 The operations of the Financial Regulator were severely criticised in a report marked strictly confidential
and not for publication, as being poor value for money
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High Speed 2 - High Speed 1
1 hellip;the new British high speed rail network should be connected to the
wider European high speed rail network via High Speed One and the Channel Tunnel, subject to cost and
value for money. This could be achieved through either or both of a
dedicated rapid transport system linking Euston and St Pancras and a
direct rail link to High Speed One.#Dft2010|DfT (2010), page 9.
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High Speed 2 - Carbon emissions
1 The paper questioned the value for money of high-speed rail as a
method of reducing carbon emissions, but noted that with a switch to carbon-free or neutral
energy production the case becomes much more favourable.
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Record Mirror - Later years, 1982–1991
1 *Sonia's Best Buys – value for money purchases apparently made by late
80's singer Sonia (singer)|Sonia
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Scooby-Doo (video game) - Review
1 Addiction is almost certainly to be found, and the game represents very good value for
money
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List of EastEnders characters (2007) - Development
1 As the BBC strives to deliver value for money across all its productions, travel costs are a factor that must be
considered.
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Ford S-MAX - Media
1 Overall, they praised the car and declared it to be the best value for money out of the
three.
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Opel Speedster - Production
1 The car was hailed by the motoring press as a great drivers' car and won several
accolades, including Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear's Car of the Year in 2003.
The 2.2 NA (naturally aspirated) version was considered the easier drive of the two
standard variants, and some journalists recommended that the Opel/Vauxhall car
was better value for money than the Lotus (such as Jeremy Clarkson in his 2003 DVD
Shoot Out).
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Liam Fox - Expenses
1 Fox stated that his decision to remortgage his second home to pay
for redecorations and claim the higher interest repayments on his expenses represented value for money because he could have charged the taxpayer for the
decorating bills directly
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Prospekt's March/Poppyfields - Writing and composition
1 The track has two different songs, like many others on the Viva la Vida album, such as Lovers in Japan/Reign of Love. Prospekt's
March is the main song and Poppyfields is a short, ambient instrumental piece. The
songs are often considered to be a single-song medley as one unit. The band once
explained that one of the reasons to put two songs in the same track was to add a bit of value, so it would have enough value for
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Chainat Province - Local Products
1 Chai Nat’s handicraft products are unique, good quality, and value for money. Each district offers different
products as follows:
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Opel P4 - Commercial
1 The value for money that the Opel P4 offered will have been a cause for
concern to supporters of the government sponsored Volkswagen
Type 1|Volkswagen programme which was already well advanced and which was a pet project of Adolf
Hitler
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London congestion charge - Immediate impact
1 The London Assembly Budget Committee 2003 report on the company criticised the contract
with Capita as not providing value for money. It was reported in July 2003 that TfL agreed to
subsidise Capita by paying it £31million because it was making no profits from the project, and
that the most critical problem was the 103,000 outstanding penalty notices not paid. Capita
was also the company that won the 'Most Invasive Company' award in the Privacy International 2003 'Big Brother Awards'.
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No Name (brand) - Launch
1 Available at Loblaws’ 135 stores across Ontario, full-page ads claimed that No Name offered the best value for money as a combination of price
and quality – the result of cost controls associated with using
standard instead of custom packaging and the efforts of its own
task force in negotiating lower priced, bulk orders from suppliers
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Ford Contour - Sales
1 Customers in the Contour's price range were instead drawn to the Ford
Taurus (second generation)|Taurus which was larger and offered better
value for money; large factory incentives on the outgoing Taurus throughout 1995 in anticipation of
Ford Taurus (third generation)|a completely redesigned model due to
launch later that year helped the Taurus cut into the Contour's initial
market
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SS Cars Ltd - SS 1 and SS 2
1 Under the guidance of the chairman, William Lyons, the company survived the
depression years of the 1930s by making a series of beautifully styled cars offering
exceptional value for money although some enthusiasts criticised them at the time for
being more show than go. The engines and chassis supplied by the Standard Motor
Company were fitted with Swallow bodies styled under Lyons supervision.
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Gaming PC - Gaming laptop computers
1 Due to the relatively small size that the hardware has to fit in, cooling the heat
intensive components is a major problem affecting the performance of such
laptops, usually causing degraded value for money performance wise. Attempts at using the same performance hardware as desktops usually end in a decreased clock
frequency of graphics chips to reduce heat, causing the poor value for money.
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Nothing but Love World Tour - Public criticism
1 Houston's promoter commented that Houston smokes cigarettes and
stated It is what it is. She's comfortable with the show she's performing. She knows she's not
hitting every note like she used to. But it's value for money; it's Whitney
Houston warts and all.
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