Meanwhile, European policymakers are starting to make very angry noises about Asian countries not doing their bit.

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Households are doing their bit, saving 9.7% of their disposable income compared with less than zero in 2004.

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The locals, at least, are doing their bit to promote this Yorkshire industry.

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He calculates there are more than 500 of these sometimes less well-known firms doing their bit to help Germany's exports.

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Those former welfare mothers are now doing their bit in the workplace.

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Handset manufacturers are also doing their bit by enabling NFC chip-based phones for NFC-enabled transactions that provide security of personal data with proper authentication.

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Meanwhile, the development institutions are doing their bit to spur innovation.

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Rich countries are also doing their bit.

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Just the citizenry doing their being a citizen bit.

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When HR hears about a manager who is doing things a little bit differently their first reaction all too often is to want to kill it outright or wrap it in a deadly python of bureaucracy.

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Meanwhile, the banks themselves are doing their best to attract the proactive customer by offering incentives to switch - with a bit of a frenzy of offers introduced in January.

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