its three brands‚ BMW‚ Mini and Rolls-Royce‚ the BMW group is competing in the industry of luxury automotive and motorcycles. This industry is performing well ; while the motorcycle market has been relatively flat these last years‚ the automotive market shows a positive increase with a strong growth in China (+17.4%) and Europe (+6.6%). In this industry‚ BMW faces the competition of two major rivals‚ Audi and Mercedes-Benz. As these three groups represent an important part of the market‚ competition
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TYPES OF SCHOOLS IN UK The school system in United Kingdom is divided in to two main groups‚ which is divided into different stages it starts from early years education‚ primary‚ secondary‚ higher and further education. The children progress from nursery‚ reception‚ key stages 1‚2‚3 and 4. The two main groups of schools are: Maintained schools/ State schools Independent schools/ Private schools 1. Community schools: These state schools are also known as county schools in England and Wales and are
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My design mission began with a series of focus groups to gather as much information possible. Focus groups were used as “a data collection method used to reveal people’s thoughts‚ perceptions‚ and experiences” related to this project (Wayne 2013‚ 264). We returned to the homes of the families that opted into the focus group and asked them to meet us at certain locations based on whether they were men‚ women or children. The women were to meet in my quarters on that Friday night while the children
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the now 40-year old Keefe Group has been the nation leading supplier of cutting edge communication to our correctional facilties. Through several of its affiliates‚ Keefe Group took notice of the gap and has been able to position themselves with a major share of the prisons system. Through its companies ICSolutions‚ Keefe Commissary Network and Advanced Technologies Group‚ the company provides phones services to inmates and created a niche. From the initiation‚ Keefe Group had been committed to ensure
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percent of its population is over 60‚ according to the United Nations. Moreover‚ estimates say that by 2050 1/3 of China’s population will be over 60 what creates good present and future potential buying power for the product offered by the Palace Group. · The company has experience of operating overseas‚ since it already has one unit opened in Tel-Aviv‚ Israel. · A phenomenon known as “4-2-1”—where a family consists of four grandparents‚ two parents‚ and a single child—has led to a situation
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INTRODUCTION Capital Mortgage Insurance Corporation (CMI) sells insurance to lenders protecting against mortgage default losses. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwest Equipment Corporation. Following their acquisition in 1978‚ CMI’s goal has been to rebuild their business and diversify their services. Mortgage insurance is used to protect mortgage lenders (ie originators and/or underwriters) by transferring mortgage risk‚ and notably tail risk‚ from lenders to insurers. Insurers by their
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GENDER AND EDUCATION IN THE UK 1. GENDER TRENDS IN EDUCATION. ‘Of all the educational inequalities which form the terrain of policy-making since the Second World War‚ gender has shown the most dramatic shift. Specifically‚ in England and Wales‚ the closure of the gender gap up to age sixteen and changing patterns of achievement in post-compulsory education and training stands as a testimony to this transformation.’ (Arnot et al‚ 1999: 30). The UK has enjoyed formal ‘gender parity’
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years ago‚ Sainsbury ’s used to have the top spot but their loyal shoppers started turning their heads towards Tesco and better value for money later on in the nineties. I will analyse the United Kingdom ’s grocery industry‚ involving a P.E.S.T. analysis‚ which is a way of evaluating different parts of a business. (Political‚ Economical‚ Social‚ and Technological.) Political The government can basically decide how a business is run; by all the laws and safety acts it can impose. Nowadays there
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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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The courtroom workgroup is made up of people in the criminal justice system such as judges and prosecutors. They decide what happens in every case that is presented in the system and use their discretion on whether to deny or accept a case. The way that cases are identified as serious depends on the evidence that is available. Other factors such as witnesses‚ prior record‚ and criminal activity is all taken into account. If the courtroom workgroup decides that there isn’t enough information for the
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