Valtech subcontracts the manufacturing of its Magna-Tiles to the factory of a major toy maker in the suburbs of Bangkok.

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True, George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer, is guile incarnate, a Tory Talleyrand to whom Mr Cameron subcontracts his strategic thinking.

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The first minister said 118 of the 155 subcontracts on the project had gone to firms in Scotland, while Scottish companies would benefit from 870 of the 1, 041 supply orders.

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Either the donor works this out and subcontracts to a grantee, or the grantee attracts money from donors that support its own well thought out strategy, or donor and grantee jointly develop a strategy.

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Brokers already take big bits of business and split them between individual companies, Lloyd's and other markets such as Bermuda (where rather than using a subscription model, the lead insurer often subcontracts risk to peers).

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The answer is that the lion's share of any tax saving is often taken by the agency and any company to which it subcontracts to manage its payroll - sometimes known as an "umbrella" company.

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Not through subcontracts from an existing Prime.

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Armor Holdings, for example, subcontracts its business in Russia (protecting multinationals such as Philip Morris, a food and tobacco company) to a local security company formed by veterans of the Alpha commando force, one of the Kremlin's crack military units before its disbandment.

ECONOMIST: Corporate security

The agency-specific goaling requirements are implemented through goaling letters and guidance issued to the agencies by SBA. Goals are calculated as the result of a negotiation between SBA and a procuring agency based on what is intended to realistically reflect the potential of small businesses to perform contracts and subcontracts of the agency.

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