The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland also known as United Kingdom or UK is a sovereign state located off north-western coast of Europe. It consists of four countries- Wales‚ Northern Ireland‚ Scotland and England. It is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. It has the world’s sixth largest economy by nominal GDP and eight largest economy by purchasing power parity. The country has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council since its first session
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How Democratic is the UK? Democracy is a very general term used to describe various political systems that are organised on the basis that the government should serve the interests of the people. It is expected in a democracy that citizens should influence decisions‚ make decisions themselves and that the government is accountable to the people. It is also expected that the freedoms of citizen’s are protected‚ minorities are protected‚ governmental power is controlled and dispersed more widely
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Migration into UK cities The UK now has many migrants living and moving here‚ as net migration - the difference between the number of people emigrating and the number of immigrants arriving in Britain - was 182‚000 in year ending June 2013 (Office of National Statistics). The amount of people who are migrating to the UK are causing some political problems‚ however they can also benefit the UK and themselves. There are some main reasons that migrants choose to move to the UK. Economic migration
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Conservative Party‚ and the Liberal Democrats‚ who won between them 616 out of the 646 seats available in the House of Commons at the 2005 general election. Most of the remaining seats were won by parties that only contest elections in one part of the UK such as the Scottish National Party (Scotland only)‚ Plaid Cymru (Wales only)‚ and the Democratic Unionist Party‚ Social Democratic and Labour Party‚ Ulster Unionist Party‚ and Sinn Féin (Northern Ireland only. A political party must also select its
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In relation to offences which are triable either way‚ (e.g. Theft and Burglary) explain the role of the magistrates court in determining the appropriate venue for the trial to take place. There are over 12‚000 different criminal offences1‚ which can be classified under 3 different categories. The first category is summary offences‚ which are defined by statute and are usually minor offences such as traffic violations and common assault and are all dealt with at the magistrates court
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The Body Shop Table of contents Introduction : 2 Section A 3 A comprehensive strategic analysis of the industry : 3 Question 1 3 1) The external strategic analysis of The Body Shop 3 1.1° Synopsis of the beauty industry: Macroenvironement and trends 3 1.2° The competition: immediate industry and competitive environment 5 1.3°The key success factors of the beauty industry and The Body Shop 7 1.4) The SW(OT) analysis of The Body Shop 8 Question 2:
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Coffee Chain in UK Costa coffee founded in 1971 in London‚ UK. Now‚ it has become the biggest top coffee shop chain in UK. However‚ Costa should be prepared for danger in times of peace. In this report‚ some suggestions will be proposed to improve Costa coffee’s marketing mix over the next three years. We begin with a brief description of the data we collected‚ then go on to analyses coffee shop market environment in UK; the next section looks at Costa coffee’s current statement of marketing mix
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Strategy Field Project The Body Shop EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Today "The Body Shop" is one of the best and well-known brands available in the Cosmetics industry especially in the natural product category. The company founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick‚ has presence in 51 countries with 2000 stores worldwide in the year 2004. The company operates in 4 markets; Americas‚ Europe‚ Middle East/Africa and Asia. The company is into the industry that is on the verge of maturing though it throws the opportunity
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Makhirev Artem 111 Education in the UK and in Russia. Education in the United Kingdom is different between countries. Countries of the United Kingdom have separate education systems under separate governments: the UK Government is responsible for England; the Scottish Government‚ the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Executive are responsible for Scotland‚ Wales and Northern Ireland‚ respectively. In Russia education is the same in every region of the country. However‚ there may be a few
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Economics Question: In the light of the change that have occurred in the structure of the UK economy in the recent years‚ discuss better is it still correct to describe UK economy as a mixed economy. Generally‚ the British economy is also known as the Anglo-Saxon economy and is the second largest economy in Europe after Germany. It is also the fifth largest economy in the world in terms of market exchange rates. In the early history‚ the country’s most dominated sector is the agriculture
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