UK economy

Causes of economic change - ANS De-industrialisation, globalisation, government De-industrialisation - ANS the decline in manufacturing, north of the UK Globalisation - ANS The growing integration of the world's economies Globalisation causing economic change - ANS Cheaper to do certain jobs outside of the UK, e.g communication in India 1980s privatisations - ANS Some industries no longer English operating UK's post industrial economy focuses - ANS Services, finance, IT, research Percentage of UK workers in service industries - ANS 80% UK retail workers - ANS 3 Million Quaternary research sights - ANS Science and Business parks Cambridge science park location - ANS Near university UK top universities (within top 10 in the world) - ANS Cambridge, Oxford, UCL, Imperial Top universities benefit - ANS Research and Development