Our public sector clients seem largely unaffected so far, as they try to spend budgets allocated last year.

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Furthermore, services revenue grew, particularly among public sector clients which increased sales 22%.

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It said it was "working very closely" with its public sector clients to help identify problems and "correct future pension payments as quickly as possible".

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In a statement, the BBC said Ms Granger was "an experienced expert in human resources issues" who, for the past four years had worked as a consultant and executive coach with a "range of public and private sector clients".

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Starting with Greece and likely to spread, markets are starting to question whether governments can maintain the size and standard of their public sector, Jennings told the audience of about 100 Renaissance clients who had gathered at the Mandarin Hotel in tony Knightsbridge to hear the investment case for Africa.

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Public-sector fundraisers have figured out that pretending to separate their clients from government helps sustain the existence of their government-connected institutions.

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