The Treasury is currently reviewing the way it taxes private equity deals and, while changes are not imminent, the industry fears that it has to emphasize the contribution it makes to the British economy ahead of Gordon Brown's Budget on March 22.
Sanjay Lalbhai, the chairman of Arvind, a textiles maker and clothing retailer based in Ahmedabad, says such a move is "imminent" in his industry.Chinese-style, big-ticket projects are part of Gujarat's formula, including refineries and ports, but so are networks of smaller firms and foreign companies which have now achieved critical mass in industries such as cars and pharmaceuticals.
It's the moral tussle over the imminent future of industry-backed pop music that everyone's talking about – but is the BBC Sound of 2012 poll really that important and influential, or is it just a meaningless list assembled by idiots with an agenda?
Though no announcement appears to be imminent, the television-news industry is now abuzz over the possibilities.
Speaking to film students this week, Spielberg warned of an imminent "implosion" in the industry, saying several successive blockbuster box-office flops would radically alter the Hollywood business model.
Despite the prototype and the persistent rumors that a Google phone is imminent, few in the industry expect the company to go into the business of selling phones.
The news follows years of speculation over Soderbergh's future in movies, and repeated reports that his departure from the cinema industry is imminent, which until now, have always failed to materialise.
The government is understood to be planning to include gambling adverts in an imminent review of the industry that will also investigate the spread of Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) – dubbed the "crack cocaine" of gambling by campaigners.
Despite the stark warnings about an industry in imminent danger of being starved of the oxygen of talent, the formidable Massenet also turned the London rain into a positive.
