...its high-profile 'Leading Ladies’ campaign within six weeks. However, if M&S is to put its clothing arm on a permanently firmer footing, it could still learn lessons from the extraordinary success of its upstart rival Primark. The discount retailer Primark only arrived in the UK in 1973, 89 years after M&S, but if present trends continue then it will have as many clothing customers as M&S within two years. The first lesson from Primark is that price really matters. This sounds obvious, but it is worth restating. Any questions about whether the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh would lower sales for Primark have been comprehensively answered by the latest results from the retailer’s parent company Associated British Foods. British consumers are still cash-strapped and want a bargain. However, their focus is not necessarily what is the cheapest, but what is the...
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...Not many people have heard of Associated British Foods, but nearly everyone has heard of Primark. The fast-growing discount fashion chain is owned by ABF, and after taking the UK by storm has its sights set on the rest of Europe. Primark – described by City analysts as ABF's "jewel in the crown" – has gone from strength to strength in the face of the decline of high street stalwarts and could be worth £19 billion, says investment bank UBS. How did the 'cheap and cheerful' retailer make it thus far from its humble Irish origins? When Primark opened at the Marble Arch end of London's Oxford Street in 2007, thousands of people queued outside the store and as soon as the doors opened there was a stampede and staff were injured. The retailer took no chances at the opening of a second 'posh Primark' shop at the other end of Oxford Street in 2012 – bosses cleverly decided to open an hour earlier than advertised to avoid a repeat of the near riot. They also tried to move the brand more upmarket – the four-storey flagship store has exposed brick walls and giant LED screens; 111 cash tills and 92 fitting rooms. The 268-store chain is taking its winning formula to continental Europe. It launched in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Austria and the Netherlands in recent years and is now busy trying to sell its cut-price T-shirts and skinny jeans to the fashion-conscious French, after opening in Marseille in December. Origins Primark started out as Penneys in Ireland (where...
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...2013/2014 Anglia Ruskin University SID: 1232963 Marketing plan for Online Shopping service for Primark Contents: Swot Analysis 2 An idea for the new service 4 Future Marketing Strategies 6 3-year Financial Forcast 8 Reference List 9 1. Primark SWOT Analysis Marketing planning involves looking at all angles, the best strategy that will enable a company utilize it resources efficiently. Organizational resources are scarce and thus planning become inevitable. Analyzing the marketing requires adequate knowledge with proper strategies to seize opportunities that exist. Market planning requires that organization understand their internal and external environment. Internal environment involves matters under within the company’s control and these can be understood effectively with the use of SWOT analysis. This is a technique of profound importance to any organization. It involves analyzing the Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. SWOT analysis can also be used to analyze the external environment, particularly as regards to the threats and opportunities analysis. External environment involves matters outside the company’s jurisdiction where the company has little control over. In these areas, the company has no control over them. However, a company should put up measures that minimize the impact of these external factors on the company. Strengths A major strength of Primark is offering its product...
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...English food and the qualities it is often criticized for It is accepted that Britain and good food are the two things that can’t be associated. Moreover, it is really very difficult to find English food in England. In Greece you can eat Greek food, in France—French, in Italy—Italian, but in England in any High Street it is easier to find Indian or Chinese restaurants than English ones. Besides, it is not only in restaurant that foreign dishes are replacing traditional British food. Go to any supermarket and you will see that sales of pasta and pizza are booming there. Why has this happened? What is wrong with the English cooks that they prefer cooking lasagna to shepherd’s pie? Anyway, English food was not always disgusting and tasteless; it was not boiled to death or swimming in fat. Actually, the British have always imported food from abroad and foreign trade has become the major influence on British cooking. English cuisine like English language absorbed ingredients from allover the world—chicken, rabbit, apples and tea. All of these and more were successfully incorporated into British dishes. Another important influence on English cooking is certainly weather. The good old British rain gives them rich soil and green grass, which means that the Englishmen are able to produce some of the finest varieties of meat, fruit and vegetables. And there’s no need to fancy sauces or complicated recipes to disguise their taste. For comparison, abroad poor soils mean...
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...British cuisine British cuisine is the specific set of cooking traditions and practices associated with the United Kingdom. Historically, British cuisine means "unfussy dishes made with quality local ingredients, matched with simple sauces to accentuate flavour, rather than disguise it." However, British cuisine has absorbed the cultural influence of those that have settled in Britain, producing hybrid dishes, such as the Anglo-Indian chicken tikka masala, hailed as "Britain's true national dish". Vilified as "unimaginative and heavy", British cuisine has traditionally been limited in its international recognition to the full breakfast and the Christmas dinner. However, Celtic agriculture and animal breeding produced a wide variety of foodstuffs for indigenous Celts and Britons. Anglo-Saxon England developed meat and savory herb stewing techniques before the practice became common in Europe. The Norman Conquest introduced exotic spices into Great Britain in the Middle Ages. The British Empire facilitated knowledge of India's elaborate food tradition of "strong, penetrating spices and herbs". Food rationing policies, put in place by the British government during wartime periods of the 20th century, are said to have been the stimulus for British cuisine's poor international reputation. British dishes include fish and chips, the Sunday roast, and bangers and mash. British cuisine has several national and regional varieties, including English, Scottish and Welsh cuisine,...
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...Business Environment Student Name Student ID Purpose of Submission Submission Date Introduction 3 1.1 Identify the purposes of different types of organization. 4 1.2 Describe the extent to which an organization meets the objectives of different stakeholders 5 1.3 Explain the responsibilities of an organization and strategies employed to meet them. 6 2.1 Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate resources effectively. 7 2.2 Assess the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on business organizations and their activities 8 2.3 Evaluate the impact of competition policy and other regulatory mechanisms on the activities of a selected organization. 9 3.1 Explain how market structures determine the pricing and output decisions of businesses. 10 3.2 Illustrate the way in which market forces shape organizational responses using a range of examples. 10 3.3 Judge how the business and cultural environments shape the behavior of a selected organization 11 4.1 Discuss the significance of international trade to UK business organizations. 11 4.2 Analyze the impact of global factors on UK business organizations. 12 4.3 Evaluate the impact of policies of the European Union on UK business organizations. 12 Conclusion 13 References: 14 Introduction Every field regarding inquiry goes by using a life cycle; a fresh idea emerges, it develops into a growing body regarding literature along with either will keep for you to grow as well...
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...being made in India and Bangladesh by factories using child labour. Hundreds of people had been protesting outside Primark’s Oxford Street store in London to claim that Primark has been using Child Labour. Primark sacked three of its clothing suppliers in India after being told that the programme has evidence of its suppliers subcontracted the work to the factories using child labour. George Weston who is a chief executive of Associated British Foods and which owns Primark said the company's Indian contractors were guilty of ‘wholesale deception’. According to my research children as young as 11 were working in a squalid conditions, sewing tiny beads and sequins onto cheap T-shirts and also Primark’ s fashion sweatshops pay them just 60p a day which is lower than a minimum wage. Primark was alerted to the use of child labour in southern India by a BBC Panorama investigation. A spokesman from Primark said that ‘Primark is an ethical organisation and take its responsibilities seriously’. So at this point, I would say that it can be improved if the British government introduce regulation to prevent using child labour. Primark is working overtime to gain back its reputation and try to avoid any illegal labour practices and poor working conditions in its supply chain. Another issue was that one of Primark’s UK suppliers was found to be employing illegal workers and paying staff less than the minimum wage. Ethical Trading Initiative investigation was launched after a BBC report claimed...
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...expectation are met or exceeded. Quality is ever changing and dynamic phenomenon; a product may have been a quality product in past but no more a quality product today. Elements of Quality The key elements of total quality consist of strategically based, customer focus, obsession with quality, scientific approach, long-term commitment, teamwork, continual process improvement, education and training, and freedom control.( (Goetsch, 2010) Other elements include unity and purpose and employee involvement and empowerment. Strategically focus means that organization should have a vision, mission and objective and all activities must be carried out to achieve these objectives. Quality goods should be focused towards customers and people associated with it. Obsession with quality requires all employees to always be focused on bringing the organization to higher level. The scientific approach relates to the structure of the work and being able to make decisions and solve problems that relate to the organization. Freedom through control ensures that employees use their full potential to solve issues. Teamwork can improve processes or products and create competitive advantages within the organization. Long-term commitment to the total quality management system is important as it explores a new way of doing business to be successful. Continual process improvement, education, and training are essential to improve systems...
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...Ovaltine is a brand of milk flavoring product made with malt extract (except the blue packaging in the US), sugar (except in Switzerland), and whey. Some flavors also have cocoa. Ovaltine, a registered trademark of Associated British Foods, is made by Wander AG, a subsidiary of Twinings which acquired the brand from Novartis in 2003, except in the United States, where Nestlé acquired the rights separately from Novartis later on. History Ovaltine was developed in Berne, Switzerland, where it is known by its original name, Ovomaltine (from ovum, Latin for "egg", and malt, originally its main ingredients). Soon after invention the factory moved out to the village of Neuenegg a few kilometers west of Berne, where it is still produced. Ovomaltine was exported to Britain in 1909; it was a misspelling in the trademark registration that led to the name being shortened to Ovaltine in English-speaking markets. A factory was built in Kings Langley which exported to the United States as well. By 1915 Ovaltine was being manufactured in Villa Park, Illinois, for the US market. Originally advertised as consisting solely of "malt, milk, eggs, flavored with cocoa", the formulation has changed over the decades, and today several formulations are sold in different parts of the world. The popular chocolate malt version is a powder which is mixed with hot or cold milk as a beverage. Malt Ovaltine (a version without cocoa) and Rich Chocolate Ovaltine (a version without malt) are also available...
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...up of liver cells called hepatocytes; these cells take in nutrients, destroy and remove harmful substances from the blood. The liver is important for survival, it has many functions, and according to the British Liver Trust (2007) it has over five hundred functions. Here is a brief summary of some of the functions of the liver. It processes digested food from the intestine, it controls the levels of fats, amino acids and glucose in the blood, fights infections, produces bile, breaks down food and turns it into energy as well as produces quick energy. It produces, breaks down and controls most hormones in the body, it also makes enzymes and proteins, and these are responsible for most chemical reactions in the body, British Liver Trust (2007). There are many conditions that can affect the functions of the liver. One of these is alcohol abuse. Alcohol is developed from the fermentation of sugar by yeast. It is a drug. The liver cannot store alcohol so it breaks down the alcohol into water, carbon dioxide and fat, then processes about ninety percent of the alcohol and removes around five percent from the body through urine and sweat, Paton (2005) as cited by Sargent (2005). The liver can only deal with a certain amount of alcohol at a time, which is one unit per hour, British Liver Trust (2007). If more than that is consumed, the liver cells will have to work harder to process the alcohol. When this is more than the liver can deal with, the rest is then transfered to the rest...
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...intentionally left blank Nutrition A Handbook for Community Nurses JUDY BUTTRISS PhD, SRD, RPHNutr Science Director, British Nutrition Foundation AMANDA WYNNE BSc, MSc, PGDipDiet, SRD and SARA STANNER BSc(Hons), MSc, RPHNutr Nutrition Scientist British Nutrition Foundation SERIES EDITOR MARILYN EDWARDS BSC(Hons), SRN, FETC Specialist Practitioner, General Practice Nursing, Bilbrook Medical Centre, Staffordshire W WHURR PUBLISHERS LONDON AND PHILADELPHIA © 2001 Whurr Publishers Ltd First published 2001 by Whurr Publishers Ltd 19b Compton Terrace London N1 2UN England and 325 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia PA 19106 USA All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Whurr Publishers Limited. This publication is sold subject to the conditions that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed upon any subsequent purchaser. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 1 86156 216 0 Printed and bound in the UK by Athenaeum Press Ltd, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear. Contents ...
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...Contents Introduction -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 History of the Canadian Border until 1914------------------------------------------------3 The role of the US and Canada in the Great War-----------------------------------------5 World war and its outcome ------------------------------------------------------------------7 Impact of the war on the US –Canadian relations-----------------------------------------8 Modern day relations between US and Canada--------------------------------------------10 American –Canadian economic relations --------------------------------------------------11 Conclusion--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 First World War and Canada-US Relations Introduction The First World War or the Great War was a remarkable event in the history of the humanity. It influenced and shaped our modern world to an extent like none else, and the reflections of today’s development traces its route back to the decisions taken during and post-World War I. No one had any idea about the huge armies that would be involved, the amount of ammunition that will be expended, and how many people would die. However, the role of Canada in the war is noteworthy, considering the fact that the nation decided to stand by the Britain’s side during the war with the only aim of opposing aggression. It neither fought for anything for itself...
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...Great Britain, but it is also part of the UK. There has been violence in Northern Ireland for centuries because of religious and political conflict there. Because ocean waters surround the UK, it has a mild, rainy climate. The country's farmers produce about 60 percent of the food the UK needs. From 1980–90 the farming became more mechanized, with farmers using machinery to plant and harvest crops. The productivity of UK farms increased during that period by about 10 percent. More farmers raise livestock than crops, and some of the world's best beef and lamb is raised in the UK Location: Western Europe Land Area: 241,590 sq km British Coastline: 12,429 Km Regions in United Kingdom: England: 47 boroughs, 36 counties, 29 London boroughs, 12 cities and boroughs, 10 districts, 12 cities, 3 royal boroughs Northern Ireland: 24 districts, 2 cities, 6 counties Scotland: 32 council areas Wales: 11 county boroughs, 9 counties, 2 cities and counties Bordering Countries to United Kingdom: Republic of Ireland History and Food The United Kingdom (UK) has also been called the British Isles or Great Britain at different times in history. Great Britain is an island located within the British Isles and it is the ninth largest island in the world and the largest in Europe. It is located to the northwest of continental Europe and it is home to the United Kingdom which includes Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland (not actually on the island of Great Britain)...
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...Friction skin will remain on the fingers, palms, toes and soles until the skin decomposes after death (the foundation of uniqueness) and in addition understand the subsurface structure of human friction skin (the basis for permanence). This requires some fundamental study of human biological sciences. Thus, the basis for fingerprint identification is firmly rooted in science. Standards for Payroll Systems http://www.payroll-help.com/articles-UK/art0016.html - July 2000 According to Ian Congreave These days there are standards for everything, for buildings, for labelling foods, for technology, and so on. The British Standards Institute (BSI) produces and maintains some 36,000 British, European and international standards in conjunction with manufacturing and service industries, businesses and governments. Among these standards is BS7799, the British Standard Code of Practice for Information Security Management, which defines the arrangements that all organisations should have in place to protect their computer systems and the business-critical information they contain. Payroll processing is a business-critical system and deserves the full protection defined by BS7799. Organisations can obtain...
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...Flag: The Flag of England Anthem: The Full version of the British National Anthem: ‘God Save The Queen’. 1. God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us; God save the Queen! 2. O Lord our God arise, Scatter her enemies And make them fall; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On Thee our hopes we fix, God save us all! 3. Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour; Long may she reign; May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen! 4. Not in this land alone, But be God's mercies known, From shore to shore! Lord make the nations see, That men should brothers be, And form one family, The wide world over. 5. From every latent foe, From the assassins blow, God save the Queen! O'er her thine arm extend, For Britain's sake defend, Our mother, prince, and friend, God save the Queen! National animal: Lion National flower: Rose National tree: Oak tree Currency: Pound (rate £1 = R11.13) Leader of country: David William Donald Cameron was born on 9 October 1966 and is the current Prime Minister of England. He is aged 43. David was narrowly elected PM in 2010 after A first candidacy for Parliament at Stafford in 1997 ended in defeat, but Cameron was elected in 2001 as the Member of Parliament for the Oxfordshire constituency...
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