office can be found across 36 countries and regions worldwide. Retrieved from http://www.orix.co.jp/grp/en/company/ In Year 1972‚ Orix Leasing Singapore Limited “ORIX SINGAPORE” was incorporated in Singapore providing corporate financing to industries such as Shipping‚ Medical‚ Retail and Transportation etc. Being a trusted finance provider company with a long history‚ ORIX also went into a joint venture with DBS Bank Limited and United Overseas Bank Limited with ORIX being the major shareholder
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UK is a small country.The domestic market is small.UK can improve its economy only through increasing it market ‚through international trade.The flourishing economy of UK during colonial rule was due to its large market‚UK procured raw materials at cheap rates from colonies and sold finished products in colonies.Now the share of UK in international trade is at rock bottom.It has lost its markets.Once popular brands like Phillips‚BSA etc are not wanted in market and they have been replaced by cheap
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Case 5 Tesla Motors and U.S. Auto Industry As a pioneer of green technology car manufactory‚ Tesla Motors has placed himself in the U.S. automotive industry. Tesla Roadster is considered to be a cash cow in 2009‚ and it is the only electric cars have been mass product. However‚ after the competitors had entered the market‚ alternatives joined the battle of green technology car‚ such as hybrids‚ fuel cell ‚etc. Furthermore external environment has changed. Elon Musk‚ the co-founder and head of
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Legislation and Regulations Outline of legislation in relation to Unit and assessment criteria Children Act 1989 This Act allocates duties to ensure children are safeguarded and their welfare is promoted‚ with an emphasis on children being best looked after within their family. Schools have a greater duty of care‚ including ensuring there is no risk from the adult supervision within schools‚ one method to help ensure this is the data barring checks (DBS‚ formerly criminal records bureau‚ CRB). School
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THE CONDOM MARKET IN THE UK. “A condom is a barrier device commonly used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy and spreading sexually transmitted diseases. It is put on a man’s erect penis and physically blocks ejaculated semen from entering the body of a sexual partner”. Condoms are therefore medical devices which are used to maintain a good health care. It is in the government’s best interest to subsidise or provide them entirely free so that consumption is not limited
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Size of UK Food Industry The food and drink industry is the largest of the manufacturing sectors accounting for 15% of manufacturing overall‚ with a total turnover of £70bn. The industry employs some 500‚000 people‚ equating to 13% of the UK manufacturing workforce. Food and drink remains the biggest spending category. In 2005‚ consumer spending on food and drink was nearly £153.8bn‚ 20% of total UK consumer expenditure.1 Page 2 Year on year UK consumer expenditure on food is increasing across
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Lifelong Learning UK is the Sector Skills Council responsible for the professional development of all those working in community learning and development; further education; higher education; libraries‚ archives and information services; and work-based learning. (Since January 2005‚ LLUK has taken over the work of three former national training organisations‚ FENTO‚ PAULO and isNTO‚ together with the NTO responsibilities of HESDA.) The role of Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) is to increase the skills
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In what way should the UK CAP Codes (CAP/BCAP Codes) be reformed? “The alcohol industry spends more than £800 million annually in the UK on promotion” (Cabinet Office‚ 2003). This is one example why the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) codes and the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) codes are important in order to protect the vulnerable from this vast industry and maintain the public’s confidence in advertising. Consistent changes to our media and methods of communications
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Corporate Governance in UK Table of Contents 1. history 3 1.1 Developments since 1979 6 2. evolution of corporate governance 8 2.1 Cadbury Report (1992) 8 2.2 Greenbury Report (1995) 9 2.3 Hampel Report (1998) 9 2.4 Combined Code (1998) 10 2.5 Turnbull Report (1999) 11 2.6 Myners: Review of Institutional Investment (2001) 11 2.7 Higgs Report (2003) 12 2.8 Smith Report (2003) 12 2.9 Revised Combined Code (2003) 13 2.10 Myners Report (2004) 14 2.11 Financial
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Changes in “Old” and “New” Industries in the UK Economy‚ 1870 – 1939. Compare and contrast the economic performance and regional impact of the Lancashire cotton industry before World War 1 and during the inter-war era (1918-1939). From the time of the coronation of Queen Victoria and the outbreak of World War One‚ Britain stood in a period of economic transition. There are several observations on whom or what caused the rise and fall of the cotton industry. The late 1840s saw Britain enter
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