of the UK manufacturing? http://www.themanufacturer.com/uk-manufacturing-statistics/ SECTORS: Aerospace Industry: UK has 17% global market share (largest in Europe) This industry contributes about £11.4 billion to the UK’s GDP Turnover: £24.2 billion (2011) (Title: The Aerospace Industry‚ Author: John Bardens and Chris Rhodes‚ Last Updated: 20 November 2012) Automotive Industry: makes 1.58 million cars and commercial vehicles annually Turnover: £59 billion 10% of total UK exports
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The UK economy reached the peak since 2008. Thanks to the euro crisis which has affected more than 50 countries in 2008‚ the economy of the UK had dropped to the trough immediately during the period of 2008-2009. Not only the UK economy was affected‚ a lot of European countries were affected by it too. The UK government had realized this problem. So they have produced different policies to help their economy. In this essay‚ 5 economic indicators which are the Balance of Payment‚ currency exchange
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Has Constitutional reform in the UK since 1997 made a difference? 1997 saw the political landscape of the United Kingdom changing radically with Labour’s landslide victory ‚ the greatest since 1945. Led by Tony Blair‚ the party promised an ambitious programme of constitutional reforms which they themselves claimed would lead to “the most ambitious and far reaching changes to the constitution undertaken by any government in this century” (Hazell‚ Sinclair‚ 1999‚ p42)These reforms were also pioneered
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Immigration remains a widely debated issue in the UK‚ which is not surprising since the average gross annual inflow of immigrants into the UK has grown rapidly since the middle of the 1990s. According to the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS’s) International Passenger Survey (IPS) (2012)‚ the number of people immigrating to the UK has risen from around 50‚000 per annum at the beginning of the 1990s to 524‚000 per annum‚ on average‚ between 2004 and 2011(Mitchell‚ J. et al.‚ 2011). A flexible
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Gender and cultural differences in Internet use: A study of China and the UK Nai Li a‚ Gill Kirkup a b‚* Faculty of Education and Language Studies‚ The Open University‚ Walton Hall‚ Milton Keynes MK7 6AA‚ UK b Institute of Educational Technology‚ The Open University‚ Walton Hall‚ Milton Keynes MK7 6AA‚ UK Abstract This study investigates differences in use of‚ and attitudes toward the Internet and computers generally for Chinese and British students‚ and gender differences in this cross-cultural
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Connor Thatcher The UK is a poor exporter of goods and runs at a trade deficit‚ something that hinders its long term growth. In order to combat this‚ the UK government is undertaking a variety of new policies to increase its competitiveness and therefore improve its balance of trade. One of these policies is increasing the investment in infrastructure; the government has pledged over £100bn investment by 2020 and has given guarantees for lenders financing infrastructure projects. More than 200 projects
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the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain‚ is a centralized government or we can call sovereign state that located off the north-western coast of Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain‚ the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland‚ and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state the Republic of Ireland. UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean‚ the North Sea‚ the English Channel and the Irish Sea. The UK is a developed
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demonstrate hat trust in the correctness of our action is the same faith that fuels our intentions and makes us want to doing something good. Not only do we place that faith in the people around us‚ we place it in ourselves. HIV Awareness in UK Introduction HIV is one of the major issues in all parts of the world. This disease is responsible for deaths of thousands of patients since its discovery and worst thing is that there is no cure till this day. Almost 70 million people have been
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Assignment#2 The UK Economy Done by: Saira The economy of the United Kingdom is the world’s sixth-largest national economy measured by both nominal GDP and purchasing power parity (PPP). The UK has the third-largest national economy in Europe measured by nominal GDP (after Germany and France) and the second-largest measured by PPP (after Germany). Its GDP per capita is ranked the 20th highest in the world in nominal terms and the 17th highest in PPP terms. The UK is a member of the Commonwealth
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Starbucks * U.S. Income Inequality Worse Now than In 1774: Study Believe it or not; income inequality in the United States is worse today than it was back in 1774. That’s what a recent report from the National Bureau of Economic Research has found. In “American Incomes 1774 to 1860‚” authors Peter H. Lindert and Jeffrey G. Williamson argue that the American colonies were exceptionally egalitarian‚ compared to both other nations at the time and the U.S. today. (http://www
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