housebuilding market. Output value of UK housebuilding in 2012 reached £35.02bn and representing increase 2.3% by last year (Key Note). The value of housebuilding is devised into two main activities: new building‚ and repair‚ maintenance and improvement (RM&I) in both sectors: private and public sectors. Demands of both social and individual house in UK still increased slightly outstrip supply in recently years. From 2009‚ nearly 50% house demand in UK was decreased. However‚ private sector
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Olympics on the UK Economy Introduction Until 16th July 2012‚ there are only 11 days left for the Olympics games held in London‚ on 27th July 2012. Beside the games‚ people also focus on how this momentous event will affect the UK’s economy as UK’s economy is currently suffering from the recession. Will the games attract world attention as well as huge economical benefits to UK? The objective of this essay is to investigate the economic impact of the London 2012 Olympics on the UK economy in short-term
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Investigation into Accessibility of Health Services in the UK Contents Abstract………………………………………………………..…P. 3 Introduction…………………………………………………...…P. 4-7 Method………………………………………………………..….P. 8-9 Results………………………………………………………....…P. 10-13 Discussion…………………………………………………….….P. 14-15 Appendix …………………………………………………..….....P. 16-21 References………………………………………………………..P. 22-23
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Should the death penalty be reinstated in the UK? The restoration of the death penalty for serious crimes is an issue of debate in the UK because of the recent rise in violent crime. It is said that at least 17‚833 people are under the sentence of the death penalty worldwide as of 31 December 2010. The death penalty or otherwise known as the capital punishment is a legal process where a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. Currently it is only allowed in 32 states and
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referendums held in the UK? Referendums are a popular vote where the people are asked to decide on an important or constitutional issue directly. The key features of a referendum are that they the questions usually asked are single questions and are put forward by the government. In a referendum the citizens make the decision and it is always a YES/NO answer. However the conclusive answer is not binding on Parliament. There are 4 main reasons why referendums are held in the UK. Firstly one reason
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Language is not the only problem faced by international students in UK. Nowadays with the growth of global economy‚ rising people are aware of the importance of education as well. As stated by Coughlan‚ there are a significant increasing number of students who are studying abroad in countries like UK where people think that they can receive high-quality education. Meanwhile‚ their study career in UK‚ although language probably will be a principal problem for international students to face‚ there
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There are five types of elections in the United Kingdom: • General elections • Elections to devolved parliaments and assemblies • Elections to the European Parliament • Local elections and mayoral elections Elections are held on Election Day‚ which is conventionally a Thursday. General elections have fixed dates‚ and must be called within five years of the opening of parliament following the last election. Other elections are held on fixed and well as well dates though
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The Effectiveness of UK Air Passenger Duty Introduction Came into effect on 1994‚ Air Passenger Duty (APD) is an excise duty which is levied on the carriage of chargeable passengers departure from a United Kingdom airport on an aircraft that has chargeable weight of more than ten tonnes or more than twenty seats for passengers (HM Revenue & Customs‚ 2010a). This essay is to evaluate whether APD is an effective tax by using the theory of ‘canons of Taxation’. Main body Adam Smith’s the wealth
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‘Capital punishment should be used in the UK to prevent the most serious of crimes’ Capital punishment offers the ultimate form of deterrence‚ retribution and protection. The death penalty makes the criminal pay for his or her crime with their life even though that may not always be the right thing to do. It is no longer used in the UK but it is still used in many countries and in the USA as a punishment for murder or other serious crimes. Some Christians would agree with the statement and follow
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Hanze University of Applied Sciences Hofstede’s Individualism in Crimestoppers Focus on UK-Canadian Programs International Communication January 6‚ 2013 Word Count: 2598 - There are many vast differences among the numerous cultural value systems‚ as most “value systems are rooted strongly in history and appear to be resistant to change” (De Mooij‚ 2003). However‚ if a culture has a significant influence on the development of another nation’s culture‚ is it surprising that those same values
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