UK case study

Question 1

How much do financial and business services count for in UK exports?

Answer 1

1/3

Question 2

What has globalisation forced many firms to do?

Answer 2

Specialise in areas where they have a comparative advantage

Question 3

How much of the world’s financial exports was the UK responsible for in 2006?

Answer 3

25%

Question 4

How much of the world’s computer services exports was the UK responsible for in 2006?

Answer 4

14%

Question 5

Who tops the league of inward and outward investment?

Answer 5

Europe and North America

Question 6

Where is the UK placed in the world in terms of FDI?

Answer 6

2nd most attractive in world for FDI

Question 7

In 2006 how much did foreign TNC’s account for the turnover in manufacturing firms?

Answer 7

35%

Question 8

In 2006 what percentage of people did foreign TNC’s employ?

Answer 8

20%

Question 9

In 2006, what percentage of the UK’s workforce was foreign born?

Answer 9

12.5%

Question 10

In 2003 how much did the 15-24 and 25-44 age groups account for in migration?

Answer 10

in = 84%
out = 25%

Question 11

What does offshoring affect?

Answer 11

Affects service industries e.g transfer of back office and customer service jobs to India

Question 12

In 2005 how many people in India worked in outsourced customer services?

Answer 12

100,000

Question 13

How many are employed by the IT industry in India?

Answer 13

1.5million

Question 14

During the 70’s and 80’s, which countries TNC’s made large investments?

Answer 14

Japan, Korea, and US

Question 15

In 2004 what brought an influx of immigrants?

Answer 15

Enlargement of the EU

Question 16

Between 2004 and 2006 how many people migrated to the UK from eastern Europe?

Answer 16

600,000

Question 17

Who was affected by the closure of Port Talbort in 2016?

Answer 17

3000 directly employed
3000 contractors
6000 in supply chain

Question 18

How many migrants are there in London?

Answer 18

200,000

Question 19

How many communities of foreign nationals are there?

Answer 19

34 with over 10,000 in each

Question 20

In Hackney how many city councilors are from ethnic minority groups?

Answer 20

1/2

Question 21

In the Tower Hamlets, what percentage of councilors are Bangladeshi?

Answer 21

65%

Question 22

What has made London easy to visit?

Answer 22

Communications and air travel

Question 23

What is there a strain on in London?

Answer 23

public services e.g schools

Question 24

How many 16-18 year olds are unemployed or not in education in London?

Answer 24

1 out of 10

Question 25

How many immigrants were in low paid employment in 2005 in London?

Answer 25

9 out of 10

Question 26

How much of London’s waste has to be sent to China?

Answer 26

1/3

Question 27

How many degrees higher is London’s photo chemical smog than the rest of England?

Answer 27

2-5 degrees

Question 28

How is London managed on a strategic level?

Answer 28

Large development that’s subsidised through the state

Question 29

How is London managed on a neighborhood level?

Answer 29

Participation - ‘voice’ - engaging
Local authorities
Behavior change
Environmental recycling

Question 30

What is Westham’s football club doing?

Answer 30

‘Asians in football’ to encourage ethnic group participation

Question 31

In Telford, what had deindustrialisation in the 1950’s caused?

Answer 31

Resulted in high levels of unemployment and out-migration

Question 32

In 1968, what did the Telford Development Corporation decide to do?

Answer 32

Decided to revive the industrial fortunes of the area

Question 33

Near Telford what was opened in the 1980’s?

Answer 33

M54

Question 34

What was created in Telford in the 1980’s?

Answer 34

Created an Enterprise Zone - financial incentives were available to persuade industrialists to move into the area

Question 35

What did Telford create to attract foreign investment?

Answer 35

Created two up market campus sites

Question 36

By 2000, what % of Telford’s workforce were in the manufacturing centre?

Answer 36

40%

Question 37

By 1998, what was FDI like in Telford?

Answer 37

Telford had the highest concentration of foreign owned companies in the UK

Question 38

How many foreign companies were in Telford by 2005?

Answer 38

152