regulation relates to laws and rules that govern what financial institutions such as banks‚ brokers and investment companies can do. These may be set though legislation or be stipulated by the relevant regulatory agency‚ for instance the FSA in the UK . Regulation is needed to ensure consumer’s confidence in the financial sector . It does this by providing smaller retail clients with protection against potential losses and by protecting consumers against monopolistic exploitation ‚ e.g. makes sure
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WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN THE UK Stănescu Maria Colegiul Național Decebal Deva Clasa a IX-a D Why I chose this subject? Women have traditionally been under-represented in UK political institutions. Although women won the right to vote in 1918 they remained less than one in ten members of parliament until 1997. Since 1997 significant improvements have been made. The number of women in parliament has roughly doubled‚ and new institutions have been established with high proportions
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Budget Setting Process within Local Governments in the UK Introduction Finance is one of the key resources available to local authorities for use in providing their services and for meeting their statutory obligations to their residents. Other resources include staff‚ systems‚ property/buildings and information. Finance is the resource that allows all the other resources to be secured and as such managing it becomes a very important activity to ensure an efficient use of all resources. Finance
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factors 2) Roles and responsibilitites I had selected the company Iceland for the following task. Iceland a supermarket having many chains in UK has been formed in the year 1970. Iceland is being considered as a busy organization across UK and Ireland. It is known as a food supermarket which mainly deals with the Refrigerated food‚ meat‚ dairy products etc. Iceland has other 682 branches all over UK and Ireland-Jan2009. Alternative strategy would be the one which I will be implementing it in my company
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relatively low. Therefore‚ if local competitors appear they are likely to take a niche segments; the more threat should be expected from overseas markets when competitors take a decision to enter the UK market or increase import volume to the UK (like Mattel or Hasbro‚ US owned companies operating in the UK). • In terms of distribution channels Internet clears up
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Outline the view that big supermarkets both provide and limit choice. In the context of our consumer society‚ the role of big supermarkets and their influence on our lives has come under much scrutiny. Broadly split into an anti-supermarket and pro-supermarket camp‚ both sides insist that their interpretation of evidence is the correct one‚ and that their conclusions are sound. In light of such contention‚ I will explore both sides of the argument‚ and attempt to explain how an answer can be
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Eneco UK - In 2008‚ Eneco opened an office in Warwick to grow a portfolio of renewable energy projects in the UK. To support this growing portfolio in Scotland‚ Eneco opened in 2013 an additional office in Dochfour‚ near Inverness. From these a dedicated UK team oversees onshore wind projects in Scotland. There is 20 Eneco staff in total and 6 of these are based in Inverness. The projects; Wind Fully operational Tullo and Twinshiels Wind Farms‚ 42MW‚ located in Laurencekirk‚ Aberdeenshire The
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Affect of Olympics on UK’s Retail sector The Olympics and its Impact on UK Retail Introduction: In 2012‚ the UK hosted the Olympic Games‚ running from July 27 to August 12‚ 2012 and the Paralympics Games from August 29 to September 9‚ 2012. This report focuses on the impact this major international event will have on United Kingdom retail (Including Clothing‚ Super Market‚ Food Sector) both during the Games and long term‚ and how retailers can exploit the opportunities. Example: Clothing
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The UK confectionery market has been forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.16% over the next five years‚ increasing from a per-capita consumption of over 8.7Kg at the start of 2012‚ to reach just over 9.4Kg by 2017. According to a recent report‚ ’The Future of the Confectionery Market in the United Kingdom to 2017‚’ in terms of categories‚ ’Chocolate’ is forecast to continue as the largest sector in the industry‚ and will see a volume of just under 400 million Kg by 2017
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Political system in the UK and USA In United Kingdom monarch is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of the government. Executive power is implemented by Her Majesty’s Government‚ on behalf of the Monarch‚ as well as by the developed governments of Scotland and Wales. Monarchy The head of state and theoretical source of executive‚ judicial and legislative power in the UK is the British monarch‚ currently Queen Elizabeth II. However‚ sovereignty in the UK no longer rests with the
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