The business model did transfer risk away from the taxpayer, the MPs said, with firms only getting the bulk of their fee if someone remained in a job for a set period of time.

BBC: Job centre

The company also plans to hold a marketing event Friday night in New York for its Lexus luxury brand, fueling speculation that it plans to transfer production of a Lexus model from Japan to Kentucky.

WSJ: Toyota to produce luxury Lexus model at Ky. plant

Professor Adam Tickell, pro-vice-chancellor for research and knowledge transfer at the University of Birmingham said that universities were hugely supportive of the move toward the new model of scientific publishing.

BBC: Report calls on government to back open access science