There were other changes, such as increased budgets, improved technology, especially in IT, and increases in staff.
"We're not seeing big amounts of new money from increased budgets coming into the market, but in this climate you don't have to spend more to get more," he added.
Both Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil, for example, have increased budgets and stretched timetables for their respective developments on Russia's Sakhalin Island.Mr Hayward's elevation will not change any of this.
The morning after the victories of Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah and Greg Rutherford in front of the prime minister in the Olympic stadium, Moynihan stepped up his demands for increased budgets for school sports starting in primary schools and said that after the Games, Team GB's medal winning stars will join the campaign.
Increased budgets also mean that more decisions must be made.
The top priorities for increased budgets in 2013 are commerce experiences, social and mobile marketing, and content creation and management, according to the survey.
While the party had yet to set out detailed spending plans after 2016, Mr Cameron said it could turn out that total spending was frozen between 2015 and 2020 and there was scope for increased budgets in some areas.
With the economy improving and pent-up demand I would expect increased budgets for technological expenditures as it tends to improve efficiency, productivity and margins having a direct impact on earnings.
Former Lib Dem defence minister Sir Nick Harvey said the government had made "unpalatable" decisions such as axing the Harrier jump jet during a "quick and dirty" review of defence spending, in the understanding "sunny uplands" and increased budgets would follow.
There's an argument that sustained public interest in NASA's day-to-day activities should add up to increased budgets.
The current budget environment makes this problem harder, and realizing greater security and military investment, through increased budgets and/or more aggressive institutional reforms and infrastructure cost cuts, should be pursued.
