Private schools Private schools (also known as ‘independent schools’) charge fees to attend instead of being funded by the government. Pupils don’t have to follow the national curriculum. All private schools must be registered with the government and are inspected regularly. State boarding schools State boarding schools provide free education but charge fees for boarding. Some state boarding schools are run by local councils‚ and some are run as academies or free schools. State boarding
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Oligopoly Market Structure Under Perfect Competition or Monopolistic system there are so many firms in the industry. None of the firms worry about the effect of their actions on their rival firms. The type of market structure describe in this question is Oligopoly. Oligopoly is the market structure where few large market firms compete with each other. Supermarkets (Tesco‚ Morrison’s and Asda) and cars are the perfect example for oligopoly market structure in the UK. In oligopoly market structure
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Effects of devaluation of a sterling pound on business in UK Introduction Devaluation is the reduction of a country’s currency compared to that of other countries. It makes the domestic currency less valuable and reduces its power of exchange against foreign currencies and can thus buy a smaller amount of foreign currency (Isard‚ 1995). This consequently reduces its real value. Devaluation has both negative and positive economic implications (Edwards‚ 1989). According to Ghosh‚ Gulde‚ and Wolf
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Contemporary history of Japan and UK Japan is the first Asian country to industrialise its economy and become on par with the advanced west. This is all down to a very strong and determined work ethic and their technological aptitude. They place very high emphasis on education and with a comparatively small defence allocation (1% GDP) they have one of the most technologically advanced economies in the world. Japan enjoyed real economic growth for three decades with a 10% average in the 1960s‚ 5%
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CHAPTER 13 Financial Statement Analysis OVERVIEW OF EXERCISES‚ PROBLEMS‚ AND CASES Estimated Time in Learning Outcomes Exercises Minutes Level 1. Explain the various limitations and considerations in financial statement analysis. 2. Use comparative financial statements to analyze a company 12* 45 Mod over time (horizontal analysis). 13* 30 Mod 3. Use common-size financial statements to compare various 12* 45 Mod financial statement items (vertical analysis)
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Youth justice system In the last hundred years‚ juvenile justice is concentrating on punishment and welfare both. England earlier had the unfortunate system of juvenile justice of imprisonment‚ transportation and even death penalty‚ regardless of the age of the offender. Now children and adults are treated differently and juveniles have their own courts to try their offences. A large number of them are considered to be suffering from behavioural disorders and in such cases‚ they are sent for psychiatric
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Misrepresentation A false statement made to induce a party to enter into a contract. Misprepresentation -- if proved -- renders a contract voidable (see: VoidableContract). Three (perhaps four) factors must be established to succeed in a claim of mispresentation. (i) there must be an unambiguous false statement of existing fact (or perhaps law); (ii) it must be addressed to the party misled; (iii) it must induce the contract; (iv) (perhaps) it must be material‚ that is‚ one which would induce a
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ESP World‚ Issue 2 (28)‚ Volume 9‚ 2010‚ http://www.esp-world.info WRITING FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES: PROBLEMS FACED BY ARAB POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS‚ UUM Fadi Maher Saleh Al-Khasawneh ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating the academic writing problems of the Arab postgraduate students of the College of Business at Universiti Utara Malaysia and to provide solutions to these problems. For this purpose‚ four research questions were posed and the answers to these questions
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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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Market Failure Government plays a vital role in creating the basic framework which fair and open for competitors in the market because competition plays a vital role in the economy. Competition is good but it also has to be fair. There are many benefits to competitions especially in the private sectors. However there are some markets that monopolise the economy which excruciating the price fixing and customer spending powers. Example; Gas and Electricity‚ Transport services and Oil and etc.
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