During the next nine months, battling the perfect storm of financial crunch and a slowdown of placements from local authorities, we had to face reality about making our business work.

After the financial crunch in 2008, risk became anathema.

In 1924, a financial crunch meant that the station might be forced to close down.

In 2006, a huge financial crunch kept the co-operative society from undertaking renovation of the coffee house.

A year later, future awards were canceled indefinitely, due to falling sales of their titles caused by the financial crunch in many schools and libraries.