Delve into 20 years’ worth of UK export and import data to discover some surprising stories about the UK’s trade relations with the rest of the world.
Level: 1 Introductory
Visible Trade: A UK trade data visualisation tool
Academic insights
Leslie Budd looks at how, in the game of global trading, Germany appears to be maintaining its winning ways against the UK.
Level: 1 Introductory Matthew Hinton asks: how has Germany developed its manufacturing dominance? Level: 1 Introductory Manufacturing is still a major part of the UK economy - and even financial service jobs depend on it remaining vibrant. So how do we re-engineer a manufacturing sector?
Level: 1 Introductory Leslie Budd looks at how the UK economy pays its way in the global economy by exploiting intellectual property (IP). Level: 1 Introductory There's a changing pattern of trade in which services are being bought and sold across national boundaries. Leslie Budd explains. Level: 1 Introductory The continued shift from manufacturing to services represents a remarkable transformation in recent years. But is this good or bad news? Level: 1 Introductory
Is British manufacturing still losing on penalties?
Learning from Germany’s economic model
'We don't make anything any more': Is it true that the UK is just a giant service centre?
Can British-owned intellectual property enlighten the British economy?
The Global Trade Trap: Goods or services?
What future for the UK service economy?
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Manufacturing is still a major part of the UK economy - and even financial service jobs depend on it remaining vibrant. So how do we re-engineer a manufacturing sector?
Level: 1 Introductory In this free unit, learn how organisations manage their products and services, including how an existing portfolio of offerings is managed.
'We don't make anything any more': Is it true that the UK is just a giant service centre?
Products, services and branding
More about Made in Britain
Evan Davis takes on the belief that the UK doesn't make things any more, finding the evidence that we're still, in part, an industrialised nation.
Level: 1 Introductory
OU on the BBC: Made In Britain
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