Regional Patterns of Small Firm Development in the Business Services: Evidence from the United Kingdom

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 677-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
P A Wood ◽  
J Bryson ◽  
D Keeble
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Regional Patterns ◽  
Interregional Trade ◽  
North West ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Management Consultancy

The growth of business services in the United Kingdom during the 1980s is reviewed, and especially the role of small firms. Reports the results of an intensive questionnaire survey, undertaken in 1991, of a sample of small management consultancy and market research companies in three areas; inner London, the outer south east, and north west England. In interpreting the demand and supply characteristics of these firms, emphasis is placed on their interactions with the internal labour market strategies of predominantly large client organisations. Generally, the sample firms offer consultancy and marketing expertise which such clients do not provide from their own skill resources. Their founders were also often originally employees of such organisations, especially outside London. Regional economic and social characteristics mould the activities of these firms, even though many engage in a significant degree of interregional trade. The markets served, types of specialisation, the originating process, and the ages of founders show marked differences between the two sectors and the three areas.

Collisions in Western European Rivers

1967 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-29
Author(s):  
A. Wepster
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Inland Waterways ◽  
North West ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Western European ◽  
Published Paper

In the following paper, which was presented to a meeting of the Institute held in London on 30 March 1966 Captain Wepster describes the results of an investigation undertaken by the Holland-America Line into collisions on the main navigable rivers and inland waterways of north-west Europe, including the United Kingdom. On the basis of a previously published paper by Beattie, it was estimated that the main rivers worth investigating were the Schelde, the Thames, the Elbe, the New Waterway and the Weser. A speed analysis and plot of casualties of these rivers is presented.

Manifest Dominion

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Huzzey
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Travel Writing ◽  
Slave Trade ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
North West ◽  
Imperial Authority ◽  
Competing Interests ◽  
Political Commentary ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Pacific

This chapter analyses how Britons responded to the febrile political and social crises of the Americas in the 1860s. Although the American Civil War created a particular challenge – and great confusion – to observers in the United Kingdom, that conflict was one of a wider range of concerns in balancing the demands of rival imperial and new post-colonial powers to preserve British influence. Considering opinions expressed travel writing and political commentary, the chapter argues that Britons struggled to balance competing interests – in economic affairs, in geopolitical strategy, in imperial authority, and in suppression of the slave trade – to maintain a manifestly uncertain dominion over the Americas. Touching on British concerns stretching from the Mosquito Coast to the Pacific north--west, the chapter suggests that crises in the Americas illuminated diverse priorities and anxieties.

scholarly journals The changing epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in North West England

2005 ◽  
Vol 133 (5) ◽  
pp. 785-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. SOPWITH ◽  
K. OSBORN ◽  
R. CHALMERS ◽  
M. REGAN
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Foot And Mouth Disease ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Genotype 2

Between 1996 and 2000, rates of cryptosporidiosis in North West England were significantly higher than overall in England and Wales, particularly during the first half of each year. In addition, during the second quarter of each year in this period, up to 40% of all cases recorded in England and Wales were from the North West Region. In 2001, cryptosporidiosis dramatically decreased throughout the United Kingdom and the springtime excess of cases formerly seen in the North West was no longer apparent. This changed epidemiology was due to a decline in cases of Cryptosporidium parvum (formerly genotype 2), associated with zoonotic transmission. Although the initial loss of a spring peak of infection corresponded with the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease throughout the United Kingdom, its continued absence relates to major structural changes in the North West public water supply. This study highlights the far-reaching public health benefit of local working relationships in addressing re-occurring disease issues.

scholarly journals Demographic and social characteristics of adults with cystic fibrosis in the United Kingdom.

BMJ ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 306 (6877) ◽  
pp. 549-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Walters ◽  
J Britton ◽  
M E Hodson
Keyword(s):  
Cystic Fibrosis ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
The United Kingdom

Mature SMEs and Technological Innovation: Entrepreneurial Networks in the United Kingdom and Portugal

1997 ◽  
Vol 01 (03) ◽  
pp. 201-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oswald Jones ◽  
Carlos Cabral Cardoso ◽  
Martin Beckinsale
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Entrepreneurial Networks ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Innovative Capacity

This research examines the links between national culture, entrepreneurship, networks and innovation. Both networking and entrepreneurship are seen as central to the innovative capacity of smaller firms. At the same time, the cultural environment in which such firms operate will influence the ability of entrepreneurs to develop new products and processes. We consider these problems by examining five SMEs in the United Kingdom (UK) and five in Portugal. All 10 companies are manufacturing-based and operate in "traditional" (low-technology) sectors. The case studies are utilised as a means of identifying the problems confronting owner/managers in such companies as they try to access newer technologies. We conclude that Portuguese managers are less likely to have been exposed to management education and tend to place greater reliance on family members for creating networks. Hence the options for innovation tend to be much narrower than small firms in the UK.

Women and the IT Workplace in North West England

2011 ◽  
pp. 1252-1257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Tattersall ◽  
Claire Keogh ◽  
Helen J. Richardson ◽  
Alison Adam
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
It Strategy ◽  
It Industry ◽  
Educational Statistics ◽  
North West ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Managerial Roles ◽  
Vertical Segregation ◽  
It Workplace

The United Kingdom (UK) information technology (IT) industry is highly male dominated, and women are reported to account for an estimated 15% of the sector’s workforce (EOC, 2004). In Spring 2003 it was estimated that there were 151,000 women working in IT occupations compared to 834,000 men (EOC, 2004) Additionally, it has been reported that these numbers are rapidly declining, as women are haemorrhaging from the industry in disproportionate numbers (George, 2003). Although they are making inroads into senior and technical roles, “vertical segregation” is observable. Overall, women tend to be represented in lower-level IT jobs, with the majority, 30%, in operator and clerical roles; and the minority in technical and managerial roles, 15% of ICT management and 11% of IT strategy and planning professionals (EOC, 2004). This renders a “feminisation” of lower-level IT occupations. Educational statistics have also shown that fewer women are enrolling onto computer-related courses; there was a drop from 24% in 2000 to 20% in 2003 (E-Skills, 2004a)

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