Managing Business Risks

BSc. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

CEWM 09005 – Managing Business Risks












ASSIGNMENT – ZEH 2008-09


Tutor: Zaki El Hassan


















Plagiarism:
“I certify that all material in this assignment which is not my own is duly acknowledged.   I have read and understand the section in the course handbook dealing with plagiarism”

TABLE OF CONTENTS


CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION: 3
Geography 3
Climate 3
Population 3
Government 4
LAND USE: 4
Primary Sector 4
Farming 4
Mining and Extraction 4
Fishing 5
      Secondary Sector 5
Industrial 5
      Tertiary Sector 5
Banking and Finance 5
Tourism 5
Disputes 6
THE UK ECONOMY: 6
2008 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 6
UK GDP World Statistics 7
Economic Overview 8
Economic Relations 9
Exchange Rate Trends 9
Economic Growth 9
Inflation 10
Investments and Trends 10
ECONOMIC FORECASTS 11
Averaged forecast Graphs 11
UK Economic forecasts 2009 12
UK Economic forecasts 2010 12
Income levels 12
Poverty 12
Communications 13
Transportation 13
BIBLIOGRAPHY: 15













INTRODUCTION:

Geography:

Great Britain is made from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.   The group of countries, which form Great Britain is a group of islands (Northern Ireland forming the northern section of the Island of Eire) located to the north of France and to the west of Belgium and the Netherlands on the mainland of Western Europe.   To the North are Norway and Sweden and to the north-west Iceland.

Climate:

The country’s climate is generally ‘changeable’ the more north you travel with a sizeable amount of the year, particularly spring and autumn and a significant part of the summer months, overcast and encountering precipitation.   Winter is generally frosty with snow mostly on the high ground.   In the southern part of the country the climate is generally warmer, approximately 3 or 4 degrees difference,...