1. What is the difference between micro and macro economics? Give an example of a microeconomic phenomenon and an example of a macroeconomic one. Microeconomics is the study of how an individual‚ group or a company makes their decisions while macroeconomics is the study of how decisions are made on a whole‚ which involves growth‚ inflation‚ use of country resources and unemployment; focusing on broad issues. Microeconomics and macroeconomics goes hand in hand‚ they compliment each other. The decisions
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Is there a participation crisis in the UK? Whether there is a participation crisis in the UK or not is one of the major questions surrounding UK politics in the present day. The ever shrinking overall voter turnout in UK general elections suggests we do have a problem. However‚ the recent referendum on Scottish Independence that saw 84% of the Scottish electorate vote including 16 year olds‚ begs to differ. There are many arguments for and against this question. A reason for agreeing that there
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Main Factors affecting product pricing in the UK In the UK‚ there are factors which affect how a company chooses to price their products. This is known as product pricing. Having a good product pricing strategy is essential to maintain a high profit margin‚ creating brand loyalty or superiority and remaining competitive. We will discuss the factors affecting product pricing‚ to see why it is so important for firms to take into different factors and variables when deciding their product price.
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4 The 51st US state? Labour relations in the UK fast-food industry Tony Royle Politicians of most political persuasions have at different times emphasized the importance of the UK’s ‘special relationship’ with the US‚ something that was arguably at its peak during World War II and under the Conservative Thatcher governments of the 1980s and early 1990s. Under the Thatcher administrations‚ government policy appeared to be drawing strongly on the US economic model and trying to move away
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Exchange rate Housing issues Private and public consumption Investments opportunities: pros and cons EXCHANGE RATE Sterling has been floating since the UK withdraw from membership of the ERM in September 1992. Since that moment‚ the Bank of England has not intervened to influence the pound’s value‚ as it became independent from the UK government. With a free floating exchange rate‚ the value of the currency is simply determined by supply and demand of the market. The Central Bank cannot set
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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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The UK taxation system relevant to the typical tax paying resident within the UK consists of Income tax‚ Corporation tax and Capital Gains tax. In the past tax payers have tried to ‘evade’ paying tax‚ with some ludicrous plans to keep their own personal taxes to a minimum‚ if not have a tax liability in the negative. This is partly why the UK Government has had to implement tax laws to maintain and clarify the structure of the taxation system within its policies. The system relies on a number of
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Macro-Environmental Factors Vietnam is a peninsula‚ which located in the Southeast Asia monsoon zone. Its long narrow territory stretches 1700km from north to south and in the center a mere 50km from east to west‚ the territory looks like a dragon stand at east of the Indo-Chinese peninsula. The coastline‚ which extends for 3260km‚ has fine beaches and archipelagos. It not only has beautiful landscape attracts countless tourists and also can get rich seafood‚ provided favorable conditions for raw
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UK Personal Statement for Business Management ‘No price is too high for a bull or too low for a bear.’ As a naïve student of science this statement left me completely baffled. But my unyielding thirst for knowledge and analytical mind compelled me to probe into the depth of this statement‚ and this triggered my interest in the dynamic yet exciting world of business. A visit to my father’s real estate office had me intrigued by the amount of planning‚ organization and effort that goes into running
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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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