Pestle for UK brewing industry
Tobacco industry is a widely castigated industry, which has periodically been subject to royal disapprovals, the whims of fashionable use, medicinal studies, smuggling, trade disputes, and bans. Nevertheless, British cigarette market is known to be the most profitable market in the world. There are two main companies that dominate UK cigarette industry, which control almost 90% of the market. So, the purpose of my essay is to undertake PESTLE analysis and identify the key opportunities and threats that British tobacco industry is facing and also undertake an evaluation of competitive environment using FIVE FORCES model. POLITICAL - The current and potential influences from political pressures * Government stability - changes in government can lead to changes in taxation and legislation. Elections are a threat on tobacco industry as new legislation or governments may bring in higher taxes and higher prices * International stability - the international economy must be brought into consideration as a threat for tobacco industry sales and markets. The aftermath of 9/11 was an example of an economic downturn that affected the world market. If the world market is in a slump it is not usually the ideal time for a business to look at grand expansion. * Government policy - If taxation went up then it would increase the production costs meaning that their profit would go down *
Human Resources
Introduction: This assignment requires me to research on a company of my choice. After doing so, I need to look at a particular department in that company, which is the Human Resources department. Within Human Resources Department I will be describing the staff skill profile. I have chosen to research on Barclays Bank. History of Barclays: Barclays is a UK-based financial services group, with a large international presence in Europe, USA, Africa and Asia. It is engaged primarily in banking, investment banking and investment management. Barclays is one of the largest financial services companies in the world. It has been operating for more than 300 years with 25 million customers and 118,000 employees in over 60 countries. I have chosen Barclays Bank because it has been trading for more than 300 years in the heart of London, the financial district. The Barclays name did not come associated with the business until 1736 when James Barclays joined the partnership. Private banking businesses like this one were commonplace in the 18th and 19th Centuries. According to my research Barclays partnership was one of 20 banks that joined together to form a new venture in 1896. At the beginning of the 19th century, Barclays had 180 branches, mainly in the East and South East. To date it has expanded its branch network rapidly by taking over other banks and "amalgamating" in 1918
Closely analyse the scene where Frankenstein brings to life his creation in James Whale's 1931 horror film Frankenstein showing the techniques used to create atmosphere and tension.
Closely analyse the scene where Frankenstein brings to life his creation in James Whale's 1931 horror film Frankenstein showing the techniques used to create atmosphere and tension Mary Shelly first created the book Frankenstein in 1818 when she was only 18 years of age. Then a play was written in 1823 and in 1931 the first of many Frankenstein films was made, starring Boris Karloff. Originally the creator of the monster was called Dr Frankenstein and through the film people perceived Frankenstein as evil, which he originally wasn't, the creator and creature merged into one with one name. In the film Dr Frankenstein's monster is brutal, vengeful, violent, aggressive and evil. Dr Frankenstein makes the monster by sewing up different body parts from the bodies he had dug up from the graveyard and taken from people who had been murdered or executed. The brain that was used was an evil and deformed brain; this was their mistake in the creation of the monster because they wanted to get a clever un-deformed brain so that the monster would be clever and friendly. With the monster having an evil brain from the start, the monster would always be evil. This fitted in with contemporary science at the time because scientists at the time were investigating into biological determination. The scientists were looking into how the brain looked and worked. They thought criminals had deformed
Life is a struggle, sometimes you have to lose something in order to get something, but it's always your choice to consider what you want or need the most.
Life is a struggle, sometimes you have to lose something in order to get something, but it's always your choice to consider what you want or need the most. If education improves people's life style and social environment, it also affects our lives in an undesirable way. I know education is essential in almost every aspect of our lives, but do we really want it to entirely take our place? That is, should we give priority to education only and put everything else behind? People see education from different aspects, but one thing about education that everyone agrees on is that it has done so much, socially and politically, for us. Considering all the improvements and differences that education has made, we are unable to see what it has done to us. Today we see education simply as academic success but that's not all there is about education. Being yourself, valuing your culture and identity, and remaining in family are the key issues that we should consider when thinking of getting education. The more we are trying hard to achieve academic success, the more we are starting to grow apart from our love ones and it is changing everyone in certain way. According to Jimmy Santiago Baca in, "Working in The Dark," "Only by action, by moving out into the world and confronting and challenging the obstacles, could one learn anything worth knowing." Usually we have to go out in the world in
Information systems development literature review. Since the 1960s Methodologies, Frameworks, Approaches and CASE tools have evolved providing more effective and efficient strategies intended for systems development.
Contents .0 INTRODUCTION 3 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 3 2.1 Development Approaches 3 2.2 Structured Methods 3 2.3 Object-Oriented Approach 4 2.4 Soft Systems Methodology 5 3.0 LITERATURE REVIEW OF THE CASE TOOL 5 4.0 THE CHOSEN IS DEVELOPMENT APPROACH 7 5.0 CONDUCTING THE ANALYSIS AND DESIGN 8 6.0 EVALUATION OF THE APPLICATION OF METHOD 8 7.0 EVALUATION OF THE APPLICATION OF THE CASE 8 8.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 8 9.0 REFERENCES 8 0.0 Bibliography 8 1.0 APPENDIX A 8 Appendix B: Process Model 8 Appendix C: Context Diagram 8 Appendix D: DFD 8 Appendix E: Entity Matrix Diagram 8 Appendix F: Logical Data Model 8 Appendix G Entity Life History 8 Appendix H Research Portfolio 8 .0 INTRODUCTION A methodology can be defined as a technique, utilised to collate information employing a sequential method to store data. A framework can be defined as hypothetical outline influenced by a philosophical theory interpreted by the developer/developers, adapted to their scenario to implement a development. An approach can be defined as a Method, System or Framework used to implement a development. Since the 1960's Methodologies, Frameworks, Approaches and CASE tools have evolved providing more effective and efficient strategies intended for systems development. During the evolutionary period which is still preceding today a shift within paradigms brought forth
Write a report on how to set up a newsagents business.
Introduction I am going to write a report on how to set up a newsagents business I have 50 thousand pounds to invest into this business. I will use my knowledge and also business theory to help set up my business. The reason I am setting up this newsagents business is because running a newsagent is often a community service. Most newsagents not only sell newspapers, magazines, confectionary, drinks and tobacco, but also stock books, fresh produce, such as sandwiches, and toiletries or medical products. Many newsagents find that it is worthwhile retailing other products such as phone cards, and offering alternative services, such as the lottery, to increase revenue and to compete in an increasingly fierce market. This report looks at the issues involved in starting up and running an independent newsagent shop. Who is my market? Many of my customers will become regulars. Others will be passing trade. Types of customers are likely to be children and teenagers who mostly would buy confectionary and magazines such as chocolate sweets and teenaged magazines. My other customers would be elderly people who would mostly buy the local and regional newspaper. Elderly people treat their daily visit to the newsagent as a social outing. Other people would be such people travelling to work who pick up a newspaper to read on the bus or train I could exploit this customer base as my
The spring of 1915 saw a new frontier develop: the trenches.
The spring of 1915 saw a new frontier develop: the trenches. Trench warfare was one of the main reasons so many men died. It was a ruthless system of warfare, in which lines and lines of men were repeatedly mowed down, one after the other. Life in the trenches, on the daily, was filled with horror, and death. Death was a constant companion to those serving in the line, even when no raid or attack was launched or defended against. Life in the trenches was brutal, terrifying and sordid. Soldiers suffered from a lack of food, diseases, awful weather conditions and the long periods of constant bombardment. Life in the trenches during the First World War took many forms, and varied widely from sector to sector and from front to front. Undoubtedly, it was entirely unexpected for those eager thousands who signed up for war in August 1914. A constant fear of death was a notion felt by many men in the trenches. In busy sectors the constant shellfire directed by the enemy brought random death, whether their victims were lounging in a trench or lying in a dugout (many men were buried as a consequence of large shell-bursts). Similarly, novices were cautioned against their natural inclination to peer over the parapet of the trench into no man's land. Many men died on their first day in the trenches as a consequence of a precisely aimed sniper's bullet. It has been estimated that up to
Malaria - a detailed and descriptive review
Malaria Contents Page Contributor Introduction Description of malaria and its symptoms The illness and its relevance on both a national and international basis The mode of spread of the disease Strategy and control measures Conclusion References Appendix A: Minutes of meetings 2 2 3 6 9 2 3 5 N0193371, N0202908 N0193371 N0167754 N0202908 N0193371 N0193371,N0202908, N0167754 N0193371,N0202908, N0167754 Introduction Of all the insect borne diseases, malaria can be considered the most serious public health issue, even though deaths from malaria are generally preventable. (Perlmann, 1999: 22) This report firstly describes the malaria disease and its symptoms, the disease is then considered on a national and international basis. A detailed description of how the disease is transferred, before considering strategy and control measures. Description of malaria and its symptoms Malaria is an acute febrile illness with an incubation period of seven days or longer (Chiodini et al, 2007: 59). The most severe form is caused by Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum), in which variable clinical features include fever, chills, headache, muscular aching, weakness, vomiting, cough, diarrhoea, and abdominal pain. Other symptoms may supervene, such as acute renal failure, generalised convulsions, circulatory collapse, followed by coma and ultimately death. (WHO,
Social segregation.
The social segregation of a population and the groups within it is not a new phenomenon. Societies have segregated inhabitants for thousands of years, usually on socio-economic, religious or ethnic grounds. Segregation has both negative and positive impacts in cities, ranging from the social exclusion that makes life harder for the poor, to the strengthened social and cultural group identities, which contribute to urban diversity. Life-style differences between social groupings and cost differences make it inevitable that central cities differ demographically from suburbs. In itself, this fact does not raise serious questions of equity. When life style, economic class, ethnicity or some other group identifier is seen as a reason to limit the opportunities and services available to those groups. Segregation can easily promote disadvantages and exclusion by restricting the mobility of whole classes of people, all of who may be denied the full benefits of city life. Voluntary and involuntary Segregation The forces that contribute to urban spatial segregation are many and vary from place to place. This Complexity stems from a combination of opportunistic and voluntary forms of segregation For example, legal frameworks can cause segregation or it can be stimulated by increased land and housing prices in certain urban neighborhoods, resulting in lower-income groups being driven
This theme is prevalent in Maupassants stories which make us question if money is evil. Two stories related to this topic are The Jewels and Life in the Country.
It has been said that money is the root of all evil, but this is not always the case; in Maupassant's stories. Examine how social and historical circumstances in two of his stories make us question whether money is the root of all evil. "For the love of money is the root of all evil." -1st Timothy 6:10 This theme is prevalent in Maupassant's stories which make us question if money is evil. Two stories related to this topic are 'The Jewels' and 'Life in the Country'. The aim of these stories is to challenge our beliefs. We morally question our own judgements - this is what makes the writing so interesting and perhaps more realistic than other authors. Life in the Country is about two farming families in the Normandy countryside; the Tuvaches and the Vallins, who live in neighbouring cottages. These families have four children each, but they merge so closely that 'the two mothers were none too sure which of the heaving brood were theirs and which were not.' One day an upper class couple; Monsieur and Madame d'Hubières, stop at the cottage so Madame d'Hubières can kiss the 'pretty' children. She takes a great liking to the youngest Tuvache boy, Charlot and soon becomes a daily visitor bringing 'treats' and talking to his parents. Soon Madame d'Hubières, who is childless and spoilt, asks to buy the boy. She is refused by the Tuvaches, so turns to the Vallin family,
