Acknowledgements Executive Summary 1. 2. 3. 4. Introduction Business Services in the UK The Globalisation of Business Services Policy Developments and Conclusions ii iv v vi 1 9 25 43 49 53 55 57 References Annex A New statistical classification proposals Annex B UK industrial cleaning – historical case study DTI Economics Papers i List of Tables and Figures Table 1.1: Table 2.1: Table 2.2: The structure of the UK economy by industry Overview of Business service industries (SIC 72-74)‚ 2004 Cost
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Vlad Gordeev To what extent is the UK a Liberal Democracy? [25] Liberal democracy is a political ideology and a form of government in which representative democracy operates under the principles of liberalism. The liberal aspect of the term is derived from the fact that elections as well as political processes are done freely and in a fair form. The democratic aspect of the term is derived from the idea of people power‚ the citizens having the right to choose representatives and participate in political
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democratic is the UK? Democracy is a difficult concept to define‚ but as a simplification and a conventional definition‚ it is the people’s right to choose and the right to say how the country is run. Democracy falls into many categories and comes in various different forms. One form is when power is in the hands of the population as a whole and political decisions are made themselves‚ this is known as direct democracy. An example of a direct democracy currently present in the UK is a referendum
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American society has evolved from the one depicted in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ today’s society needs to be reminded that social and racial inequality is still present. Lee illustrates the prevalence of discrimination and racial profiling in America’s 1930’s. That is still the case in world today. Attitudes towards inequality in a negative way can bring out an ugly side of a person‚ one message Lee shows in her novel. An example of a negative attitudes towards minorities are racial
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POVERTY‚ INEQUALITY‚ AND CRIME "Poverty is the normal condition of man" (Robert Heinlein) Poverty‚ or stratification by social class‚ was the first sociological variable ever looked into as a possible cause of crime. Some sociologists would say religion was the first sociological variable‚ but the field of criminology claims a slightly different heritage. There are two reasons why social class and poverty came to be of particular interest: (1) it was an enduring social problem in all societies
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relations‚ stereotyping and sources of inequality. The purpose of this essay is to fundamentally consider how organisational culture‚ norms of work‚ stereotypes and so on may impact on the opportunities people have. I am going to focus on the inequalities and who does what sort of work in the general workforce and more particularly‚ on women’s roles. The given tv programmes are Dr Ken and Age discrimination from channel 4 (Diane Parsley) and Shortland Street‚ I will critically be observing and state
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Taxation: 2012/13 Lecture 1 - The framework of UK taxation Lecturer: Sara Closs-Stacey FCCA CTA Email contact: abs614@bangor.ac.uk Essential text “Taxation –policy and practice 2012/13” Lymer and Oats. ACCA Paper F6 Taxation complete text FA2012 Course text can be obtained from: www.taxstudent.com ; amazon university bookshop and Kaplan publishing website. Outline of lecture Discuss historical background of taxation Main features of UK tax today Collection systems‚ legal framework and
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Introduction This policy paper’s main objective is to attempt to answer the question‚ " to what extent does income inequality relates to federal minimum wage". Though it is obvious that income inequality exists in every State‚ ethnicity‚ and generation‚ what makes it an important topic to discuss is the growing infliction of unequal distribution of household or individual income across the various participants in an American economy. Therefore‚ even with an existing policy that was passed in 1938
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SE-6021M European Political Economy Level 3 2012/13 Student Number: 09018133 Submission Date: Before 3pm‚ 30 April 2013 Words Total: The UK and the EU: in or out? Advantages and disadvantages of EU membership for the UK. How would a UK outside the EU look like? Introduction Since the first stage of the nation’s participation in the EU‚ Britain has viewed membership as a means to an end-namely‚ securing the upside of the welfare-enhancing trade
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in UK economy. The sector provides £18.4 billion to the UK Gross National Product and currently employs over 234‚000 workers across the nation (Prowse‚ 2012). Factors such as inexpensive price ticket and growth of low cost airlines play a big role in the increasing number of passengers in UK aviation sector. Aviation sector provides international connectivity that UK needs in order to succeed in a competitive global economy. Heathrow as a major UK airport is not only act as a prime hub in UK aviation
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