large problem in the UK. According to BBC News (2003)‚ binge drinking is costing the NHS around £1.7 billion a year. In addition‚ 17 million working days are lost each year due to hangovers and the government is spending billions clearing up crime and damage caused by anti-social behaviour due to drinking (BBC News‚ 2003). The UK government is considering increasing alcohol
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and the EU Britain have had a long and complicated relationship to the EU since it was established‚ to Britain joined the EU and until today. Britain joined the EU or the European Community as it was called then in 1973. Two years after there was a referendum in Britain about whether they should stay in the union or not. 66% voted to stay‚ and this was the last referendum Britain have had about staying or leaving the EU. In 1991 the Maastrict Treaty was signed‚ this treaty said that the EU should
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BIS ECONOMICS PAPER NO. 17 UK trade performance across markets and sectors FEBRUARY 2012 1 BIS ECONOMICS PAPER NO. 17 UK trade performance across markets and sectors FEBRUARY 2012 The Views expressed within BIS Economics Papers are those of the authors and should not be treated as Government policy UK trade performance across markets and sectors CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ................................................................. vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...
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ETHICS AND PERFORMANCE: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF BUSINESS ETHICS ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY. HSBC HOLDING PLC AS THE CASE STUDY. CONTENTS List of figures and tables ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Executive summary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Acknowledgement ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6
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Turkey: The eternal candidate to the European Union Geographical aspects concerning TURKEY: Turkey is situated in Anatolia and the Balkans‚ bordering the Black Sea‚ between Bulgaria and Georgia‚ and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea‚ between Greece and Syria. Other neighbours include Iran‚ Iraq‚ Azerbaijan‚ Bulgaria and Armenia The area of Turkey is 783‚562 km (land-98%) and 9‚820 km (water-2%). The country of Turkey straddles two continents: Asia and Europe. The European
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The Impact of the Internet on Business Current Uses of the Internet The Internet has a wide variety of uses. It provides an excellent means for disseminating information and communicating with other people in all regions of the world. While the greatest use of the Internet has been sharing information‚ other sources of use are rapidly developing. For instance‚ chat rooms‚ a space where people can go to discuss an assortment of issues‚ and Internet Commerce‚ which connects buyers and sellers online
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Eu Yan Sang was founded in 1879 and specializes in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It evolved from a small shop in Malaya selling traditional Chinese herbal remedies‚ to a global healthcare company manufacturing and retailing traditional Chinese medicines and herbs. It was listed on SGX in 2000 with operations in Hong Kong‚ Malaysia‚ Singapore‚ Australia‚ Macau and China‚ giving it a strong foothold all over the Asia Pacific region. Ranked 16th in consumer health in Singapore in 2011 and 7th in
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activities‚ an accelerated raising of standard of living and closer relations between the states belonging to it. The principal mean to concrete these objectives was to establish a Common Market by allowing goods and services to move freely within EU States. This free movement of goods promote efficiency in production because it has permitted producers in different countries to compete directly with each other. To concretize this single market‚ it was necessary to remove all internal trade barriers;
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commitment‚ divisions over economic priorities and turbulence in international markets all played their role in frustrating progress towards EMU. Despite these obstacles‚ the second half of the 20th century saw a constant search by the growing number of EU Member States for deeper economic integration as a means of strengthening the political bonds between them and protecting the common market. The road towards today’s Economic and Monetary Union and the euro area can be divided into four phases:
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evidence must show that the student is able to: Task no. Evidence P1 Locate major Long-haul tourist destinations in different continents 1 P2 Outline different types of holidays available in long-haul destinations that meet specific UK visitor motivations 2 Learner declaration I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own and research sources are fully acknowledged. Learner signature: Date: Assignment brief
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