Whatever the future is, unless there are firm guarantees from the Government for the next five years at least as to credit for U.C.S. there will be a recurring Cash Flow Crisis in a couple of years as other firms in different parts of the country go down.
In this context, inflation means a Massive Cash Flow Crisis.
We want the textile industry to be assisted with its Cash Flow Crisis.
Even more important, if there is not to be an added Cash Flow Crisis for site owners, further consideration must be given to recompensing them for the time and effort they will be called upon to give as agents for the local rating authority.
Talking of BP's cash flow, Mr. Fenning saidWe are suffering from a Cash Flow Crisis bigger than any other crisis.
First, there is the fact that in 1974 and 1975 industry went through the Worst Cash Flow Crisis in its history.
I am told that if the 6th April deadline is adhered to strictly it may produce a Cash Flow Crisis for certain firms, and may drive some smaller firms out of business altogether.
The Minister must agree that this creates enormous financial problems for the smaller business which already has a Cash Flow Crisis.
There is a Crisis in the Cash Flow of the EC.
But it will be impossible for any hon. Member to make a reasonable decision about the motion if he does not know whether that Cash Flow Crisis still exists.
I cannot remember the exact history of all this, but I recall that, in the early and middle 1970s, as inflation rose, there was a Cash Flow Crisis in industry.
Is the Minister aware of the Massive Cash Flow Crisis facing the hill, upland and livestock sectors?
Would my right hon. and learned Friend comment on the following phrase extracted from a letter of 2 December and repeated in a letter of 7 January:I wish to state for the record that Apex Trust is fully solvent and has over the last few weeks extracted itself from the TEC-caused Cash Flow Crisis"?
As a result, they face a Cash Flow Crisis.
It is to be welcomed, because it will alleviate part of the Current Cash Flow Crisis being experienced by farmers in Northern Ireland.
Will my right hon. Friend find time today to consider the Cash Flow Crisis that is affecting so many lorry drivers, many of whom come from small firms or are self-employed?
It is rather as if a business decided to resolve a Cash Flow Crisis by trebling its prices while at the same time giving such generous credit terms that its cash flow worsened.
If a company were in the gravest difficulty and had not paid the minimum wage simply because a Cash Flow Crisis prevented it from doing so, it would be serious if those difficulties were compounded by the release of information into the public domain, possibly for use against the company by a business rival.
Lloyds used the trick that is normal in such circumstances, returned three cheques on important suppliers, and thus changed the cash-flow problem into a Cash Flow Crisis.
They are all suffering a Cash Flow Crisis.
It is important to understand that when one is trying to deal with a Cash Flow Crisis reducing staff gives no relief in the short term.
The impact of all of this is a Cash Flow Crisis for the farming industry as a whole, and an enormous one for individual farming businesses and farming families.
Another issue the Treasury needs to look at is the Cash Flow Crisis, because it can play a part where the banks are failing.