The UK political system The United Kingdom is a parliamentary democracy: government is voted into power by the people‚ to act in the interests of the people. Every adult has the right to vote - known as ’universal suffrage’. Alongside this system‚ the UK is also a constitutional monarchy. This is a situation where there is an established monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth II)‚ who remains politically impartial and with limited powers. General election: In a general election the adult population
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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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Children obesity in the UK Obesity‚ which is defined as ‘abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health’‚ nowadays is a growing problem in most developed countries and is responsible for a significant degree of morbidity and mortality in the world. This phenomenon‚ in last decade‚ widely spread especially in the United States of America‚ has recently affected western part of Europe as well. Obesity in adults has been an increasing problem for many years. However
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England that put microchips on people’s garbage bins to k check if they are throwing out the right stuff. Scotland’s National Party’s long term plans to split off from the UK are on indefinite hold due to the economic downturn. Economically‚ the UK had too many eggs in one basket--too much of their economy is based on complex financial services--read U.S. sub-prime mortgages... and they are taking a worse hit to their economy than most developed countries. The recession will bit deeper and last longer
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Marketing Mobile TV in India A Case study Introduction – Executive Summary India represents a unique opportunity in direct mobility due to its huge potential customer base and the relatively moderate penetration rate of services across this customer base. Paradoxically‚ the market is fragmented and price wars on voice services have reduced the margins on voice services to a minimum. In this context‚ with the upcoming advent of 3G‚ the possibility of generating more revenue than ever before from
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12/31/08 425‚071‚000.00 (Thomson One‚ 2013) In the year 2008 Exxon Mobil’s sales was $425‚071‚000 but the next year the trend was negative as the 2009 sales decreased to $275‚564‚000. The next two years the sales trend was positive. In 2010 Exxon Mobile saw an increase in its sales which was $341‚578‚000 and 2011 the sales was
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companiesandmarkets.com/News/Leisure/UK-cinema-market-led-by-Cineworld/NI6625 UK cinema market led by Cineworld The UK cinema market has traditionally proved fairly resilient to recessionary forces. However‚ with consumers being squeezed by a combination of higher taxes‚ low earnings growth and high inflation‚ they are being forced to look again at all areas of their discretionary spending and cinema is bound to come under threat. January saw admissions to UK cinemas hit a total of 17‚081‚70
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Clothing Company Ltd. N.A. Rs. 12000 Mr. Naresh Gujral Non-Executive Director (Independent) N.A. N.A. Rs. 6000 The number of Board Meetings and the attendance of Directors as well as their attendance at the last AGM during the financial year 2004-2005 were as below :— Board Meeting Dates & Attendance AGM Date & Attendance
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ABSTRACT The British mobile phone market has grown considerably over the previous years and is regarded to be one of the largest mobile markets in Europe in terms of both the number of subscribers and the revenue of mobiles which exceeded £15.4 billion in 2008. With the rapid growth of the market and due to the high competition amongst the mobile networks in the UK‚ customer satisfaction is required to be considered by those companies in order to retain their customers satisfied
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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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