Pearce said that the condition of some rented accommodation would not be tolerated in other sectors, citing reports of mouldy walls in privately rented properties.
Sonia Felipe Larios, a spokeswoman for Triodos Spain, described its core business as financing "companies and organizations from the social, cultural and environmental sectors," citing organic farming, sustainable tourism, welfare and fair trade organizations as examples.
She explained that the future of innovation remains in the intersection of technologies and individual sectors, citing the potential of combining health care and data storage technology as an example.
Approximately 7.4% of citations from the health sector were systematic reviews, while the transport sector cited none.
The proportion of midwives working in the public sector cited by one study remained consistently high (93%) between 1993 and 2000, as compared to only 50% of doctors [ 13].
He said BBC bosses were overpaid relative to others in the public sector, citing the example of Neil MacGregor, head of the British Museum, who earns £180,000.
There was the announcement that a top-notch researcher was leaving academia for the private sector, citing lack of job security and pay as the reasons.
In 2012 it was revealed that less than 4% of this funding came from the private sector but Defra now refuses to say how much is from the private sector, citing "commercial confidentiality".
Still, the bank said it was not certain it would join the Treasury Department's initiative to buy swaths of troubled assets from bank balance sheets in partnership with the private sector, citing political uncertainty.
