All major government functions – national security, foreign aid, basic research, emergency relief, and education, to name a few salient examples – would experience an immediate and sizeable funding hit.
So it seems that six years after the recession, the economy is still unable to survive without ultra low interest rates, soaring household borrowing and a government running a sizeable funding deficit.
With a sizeable funding amount of £9,353.27 up for grabs, a UK student would be left with a spare £5,234.11 to spend as they wished on travelling around the country, visiting home, books, or other expenses.
Before, banks "had just-in-time capital available, just-in-time funding…a lot of liquidity," Vikram Pandit, Citigroup's chief executive, said this week, "We've gone from that to, if you really need sizeable funding, you have got to go to a central bank.
Whilst Glossier has raised an enormous $86m, many other brands have also attracted sizeable funding rounds such as Drunk Elephant ($8m), and newly minted Typology ($10m).
The second is the fact that there is still a sizeable funding gap in Europe for startups that are looking for their next stage of growth.
Initial soundings indicated that Terra Firma still has backers for a sizeable fund, Hands added.
Sizeable funds came from the regional development agencies – now defunct – and from local councils.
He has also recouped sizeable funds already, most notably £18.6m from the transfer of Michael Carrick to Manchester United two years ago.
Stuart Bayliss, at specialist IFA firm Annuity Direct, says some policyholders could be in line for a substantial windfall: "Quite a lot of these people leaving Equitable had sizeable funds".
However, despite Van Gaal's ill-fated predecessor failing to secure United Champions League football, which cost the club around £50m in revenue, there are still sizeable funds available to the Dutchman.
