cost-cutting exercise

And we didn't have to go through a cost-cutting exercise like many companies do.

It will not be a cost-cutting exercise by any means.

This move has been seen by some as a cost-cutting exercise.

The cost-cutting exercise is expected to save around £22 million a year.

If this is the case then it’s a council cost-cutting exercise.

I have worked in a school that became part of a federation as a cost-cutting exercise.

In that respect, it is not a cost-cutting exercise, he said.

He was released as part of a cost-cutting exercise in December 2000.

'I think this is a decision based on a cost-cutting exercise.

In the meantime, specific cost-cutting exercises need to be considered to bring the cost for the next six months down to about £9,000.

She said the move was not a cost-cutting exercise and no jobs would be lost as a result of the move.

This stand was closed earlier this season in a cost-cutting exercise.

Ms Mayer saw it as a cost-cutting exercise too, according to the source.

Officials have denied it would be a cost-cutting exercise.

In a cost-cutting exercise, the management is thinking of staffing the centre with just this minimum number.

The company said its own cost-cutting exercise had allowed it to defer this payment.

The minister said it was "not a cost-cutting exercise but about improving service delivery and making better use of the available resources".

In a further cost-cutting exercise, Russell has volunteered to play a pub drunk.

However, there had been a fall in profits necessitating a cost-cutting exercise.

He claims that this will help to create a 'deeper' production facility and is not a cost-cutting exercise.

He eventually left the club in January 2006 in a cost-cutting exercise.

The cost-cutting exercise will save the Tyneside-based group about £50m a year, according to analysts.

In practice it may become a cost-cutting exercise.

The closure is part of a cost-cutting exercise to make the carmaker more efficient.

And with cost-cutting exercises slashing government budgets, the opportunities for private companies to get in on the action are growing.