Well They Had To Make Up The Difference Some How

[cassa333]

Rather than rely on the cash cow that is the UK

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40406542

[mikey4444]

£2.1BN sounds an awful lot of money to me !

[youngmafbog]

Back pocket change to them. If you had ever worked in a super large corporation Mickey you would probably see it is not such a big sum. Most reports remove the first 6 zeros as a matter of course as it makes the page unreadable.

[mikey4444]

YMB....I bet it sounded a lot of money to Arleen Foster !

[youngmafbog]

Maybe not:
In FY 2017, total UK public spending, central and local, is “guesstimated” to be £784.1 billion, with central £611.3 billion; local £172.8 billion.

Kind of puts it in perspective.