1. A Business Environment Analysis Of ‘UNITED KINGDOM’ Presenters Md Mojahid Islam Md K R Khan Manoj Agrawal
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3. It is governed by a parliamentary system with its seat of government in the capital city of London
4. UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, and the Irish Sea.
5. Continue………….. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and unitary state. It is a country consisting of four countries countriesCapitals England----------------------London Wales------------------------Cardiff Scotland---------------------Edinburgh Northern Ireland-----------Belfast National Capital - London
6. Current figures Population GDP (2010) % change 2010 estimate 62,041,708 (Q1) £ 324982 0.4 2001 census 58,789,194 (Q2) £ 328769 1.2 Per capita $408,753 (Q3) £ 331399 0.8 Currency (£) Pound (GBP) (Q4) £ 329566 -0.6
14. On 5 March 2009, the Bank of England announced that they would pump £75 billion of new capital into the British economy, through a process known as quantitative easing.
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17. The industry employs around 113,000 people directly and around 276,000 indirectly
24. MONETARY POLICY The regulation of the money supply and interest rates by a central bank The purpose of Monetary policy is: 1. Directly control the rate of inflation 2. Influence the level of economic activity 3. Influence the Exchange rate
25. There are 2 types of Monetary Policy: Direct Control of the Money Supply: This was used in the early period of Demand Management, but hasn’t been used in the UK in the 1990s. Influencing the demand for credit by using interest rates.This is the main tool of current UK monetary policy
26. The role and function of the Bank of England 1. The issuing of notes and coins. This allows the B of E to control the Supply of cash in the economy 2.The Banker of the commercial banks. E.g. Natwest will have an account at the B of E
27. Continue……… 3. Acting as a lender of last resort. If commercial banks need to give money to their customers they can always borrow from the B of E. 4. Issuing and managing government debt. The bank of England will sell Bills to the private sector to raise money for the PSNCR. 5. Set the base Interest rate which determines the Mortgage rates and other commercial interest rates
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29. Annual inflation rates - 12 month percentage change in UK CPI annual inflation – the Government’s target measure – was 4.0 per cent in January, up from 3.7 per cent in December.
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31. By the end of the recession the economy had shrunk by 4.9%
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33. India seeks to increase its bilateral trade with the UK to £ 24 billion in the next five years from £ £ 11.5 billion in 2009 and £ 12.6 bn in 2008.The UK is the largest European investor in India and the fourth largest internationally .The UK is to invest another £825 million for development in India over three years ending 2011. UK is one of the most important source of FDI for India not only amongst the EU countries but also vis-à-vis other countries in the world.UK is India’s largest trading partner in Europe with 6.4 percent market share.