• These advances, as well as a government subsidized, reduced working hour scheme, help explain the relatively modest increase in unemployment during the 2008-09 recession - the deepest since World War II - and its decrease to 6.0% in 2011.

    FORBES: Germany

  • The Pensions Regulator has not yet approved this cut in Trinity Mirror's reduced contributions to the scheme.

    BBC: Three pension tales: BT, Royal Mail and Trinity Mirror

  • They have reduced their player bonus scheme and renegotiated new sponsorship deals while there has been increased revenue from Champions League and Premier League television rights, plus a rise in ticket prices.

    BBC: Uefa warns clubs after deadline-day transfer spree

  • The researchers found that incentive schemes based solely on origination resulted in a 16 percent increase in lending compared with a high-powered incentive scheme, and reduced profitability by 5 percent.

    FORBES: The Problem With Incentives

  • Shadow Cabinet Office minister Tessa Jowell agreed that the cost of the redundancy scheme needed to be reduced and currently provides "overly generous and disproportionate benefits for some very highly-paid people".

    BBC: Superannuation Bill part 1

  • More mobile speed cameras are to be used in North Yorkshire after a pilot scheme saw fatal road crashes reduced by nearly half, according to police.

    BBC: Additional mobile speed cameras for North Yorkshire

  • Other transport workers had joined the striking metro workers in solidarity on Friday and a big rally was planned to protest against a public sector unified wage scheme that would see their salaries reduced by up to 25%.

    BBC: Greece crisis: Athens 10-day metro strike ends

  • The review, due to begin next month, will look at a current residents' permit scheme, new charges for coaches and reduced evening charges.

    BBC: Derbyshire dales parking review goes to consultation

  • In Britain, oil giant BP set up a trading scheme among its own companies in 1998 and in three years reduced emissions by one-fifth.

    ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

  • For example, in India, another major polluter, a PURE scheme in Malavali has provided renewable energy to 10, 000 people and reduced CO2 emissions by 20, 000 tonnes using money from UK carbon offsetters.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | China climate stance challenges UK

  • But while the level of fraud has increased overall, the scheme found that in the area of housing benefit, the value of overpayments has reduced.

    BBC: Fraud detection scheme nets ?4.5m

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