Industry of united kingdom
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Industry of the UK
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- Industrial development The coal and iron North-east, the Midlands, Scotland and South Wales;
- In 1900 “The Workshop of the world”
- Heavy manufacturing industry high unemployment;
- And other Far east countries.
Industry of the United Kingdom Plan:
Main categories of industry in the UKBritain has been industralized nation for 2 centuries. It has a variety of industries which can be divided into three main categories:
Industrial developmentThe coal and iron North-east, the Midlands, Scotland and South Wales;By waterways of Newcastle and Glasgow ship-building industries flourished;Yorkshire dales provided sheep and wool;Humid climate in Lancashire good for cotton- spinning process.In 1900 “The Workshop of the world”Britain’s industrial heritage
Decline and Change
Heavy manufacturing industry high unemployment;The consumer boom of the 1980s and the increased leisure time of most Britons has led to rapid growth in service industries like banking, tourism, retailing, and information processing, and industries which distribute and repair household goodsThe consumer boom of the 1980s and the increased leisure time of most Britons has led to rapid growth in service industries like banking, tourism, retailing, and information processing, and industries which distribute and repair household goodsHigh- tech industries
In the 1970s Sir Clive Sinclair invented first cheap pocket calculators and established his company Sinclair Research, in Cambridge to continue his contact with the university there. 1983he had developed the world’s cheapest computer with sound and colour display and had sold over the one million computers worldwide. However Britain has been less successful in producing, marketing, selling it’s electronic goods. There is big competition with goods made in Japan, Hong Kong,And other Far east countries.Today’s industry in the UK
Supermarkets in the UK;
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