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The Industrial Revolution began in England , and Britain was the first country to have an industrial structure. Later it lost its industrial supremacy but was able to modernize its plants and adapt them to meet changing needs. Although the service sector now dominates the UK economy, Britain is still one of the world’s leading nations in the field of industry , of high technology and of electronics applied to production and services.
The main centres of manufacturing are located in central and northern England ( Birmingham,
Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, etc…) , in the area around London, in South Wales and central Scotland. Britain’s most important industries include:
food and drinks , the largest industry in terms of annual output and number of employees.
Whisky for drinks , and confectionery and savoury snacks for food are the main products;
paper , printing and publishing , mainly centred in London;
engineering , which makes all kinds of machinery , from tractors and machine tools to construction equipment and scientific instruments;
chemicals and petrochemicals , with such big companies as Shell UK, BP ( British
Petroleum ) and GSK ( GlaxoSmithKline, a pharmaceutical company). Imperial Chemical
Industries (ICI), one of the largest chemical manufacturers in the world, was taken over by the Dutch conglomerate Akzo Nobel in 2008 and then sold off mostly to Henkel , a German company;
electrical and electronic engineering , which produces high -tech electrical devices telecommunications equipment, as well a wide range of electrical appliances and components;
the textile industry , which is based mainly on wool, linen, cotton and synthetic fibres and has to face stiff competition from the cheaper imports. It is chiefly located in Lancashire,
Yorkshire, Scotland and Northern Ireland;
furniture and furnishings manufacturing , with many small and medium-sized businesses spread across the country;
the pottery industry , which, though struggling with cheap Asian imports, still enjoys a very high reputation ( for example , Wedgwood);
iron and steel production , which is found chiefly in Yorkshire (Sheffield) , the Midlands,
South Wales and Scotland;
the aircraft industry , the second largest in the world after the US ( BAE System , Rolls
Royce and Agusta Westland );
car manufacturing , which is now dominated by a few large groups owned by foreign capital, including Japan’s big three carmakers Nissan, Toyota, and Honda, Vauxhall/GM and Jaguar Land Rover;
shipbuilding , formerly a key industry for the British economy , which has been in strong decline for some decades and has suffered severely from foreign competition;
entertainment and media industry ( E&M), which covers a wide range of subsectors related to music , TV and film production, computer and video games, the performing arts, leisure activities , etc…The boom in digital services has largely contributed to the rapid growth of the sector. The Edinburgh Festival and the Glastonbury Festival in Somerset are the best examples of this flourishing “creative industry”.
1. What are the main centres of the manufacturing industry?
2. Which is the largest British industry in terms of annual output and number of employees?
3. What are the products of the British textile industry and what are the principal areas of production?

4. Where is the iron and steel industry mostly located?
5. What does the engineering industry produce?
6. What do you know about car manufacturing in Britain?
7. What other important sectors does British industry include?
8. What do you know about the entertainment and media industry in Britain?
1. What are the main factors of production ?
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2. What is the difference between commerce and trade?
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3. What is the green economy?
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4.What is an enquiry?
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