Country Analysis Report - United Kingdom - In-depth PESTLE Insights

Introduction

The country analysis report on United Kingdom provides a wide array of analytical inputs to analyze the country’s performance, and the objective is to help the reader to make business decisions and prepare for the future. The report on United Kingdom analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure of United Kingdom. The report provides a holistic view of United Kingdom from historical, current and future perspective. Insightful analysis on critical current and future issues is presented through detailed SCPT (strengths, challenges, prospects and threats /risks) analysis for each of the PESTLE segments. In addition, the PESTLE segments are supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis. The PESTLE country analysis report series provides an in-depth analysis of 50 major countries.

Features and Benefits

• Understanding gained from the country analysis report on United Kingdom can be used to plan business investments or market entry apart from a holistic view of the country.
• Political section on United Kingdom provides inputs about the political system, key figures in the country, and governance indicators.
• Economic section on United Kingdom outlines the economic story of the country to provide a balanced assessment on core macro-economic issues.
• Social section on United Kingdom enables understanding of customer demographics through the income distribution, rural-urban segmentation and centres of affluence, healthcare and educational scenario in the country.
• Technological section on United Kingdom provides strategic inputs on information communications and technology, technological laws and policies, technological gaps, patents data and relevant laws.
• Legal section on United Kingdom provides information about the legal structure, corporate laws, business set-up procedures and the tax regime.
• Environmental section provides information on environmental policies in United Kingdom and the performance in terms of important environmental indicators.

Highlights

PESTLE analysis of United Kingdom identifies issues that affect the country’s performance through the prism of current strengths (strengths), current challenges (weaknesses), future prospects (opportunities) and future risks (threats).

The political landscape discusses the evolution of the political scenario in United Kingdom in different periods. The economic, social, foreign and defence policies are considered in the political landscape section. It also discusses the performance of the country as per World Bank Governance Indicators.

The economic landscape describes the evolution of the economy of United Kingdom in different periods. It also examines the country’s performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector and employment. The economic landscape also explains the financial system in the country, especially with regard to financial authorities/regulators.

The social landscape covers the demographics, education and healthcare scenario in United Kingdom. The social welfare policies of the government along with the country’s performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution and education are also provided.

The technological landscape discusses the structure and policies in terms of Intellectual property, research & development, technology agreements/pacts; and policies related to the promotion of technology in United Kingdom.

The legal landscape examines the structure of the judicial system, legislation affecting businesses, tax regulations, labor laws, trade regulations and corporate governance in United Kingdom.

The environmental landscape in United Kingdom discusses the environmental regulations and policies of the country. The performance of the country in terms of in terms of environmental indicators and impact of environmental policies is also examined.

'Since the 1990s, the economy of the UK has made a pronounced shift from its traditional dependence on its industrial sector. The services sphere has come to the forefront and successive governments have promoted this trend. The 2000s saw an annual average growth rate (AAGR) of around 1.6%. However, due to the global financial crisis, the country’s GDP contracted by 0.06% and 4.9% in 2008 and 2009, respectively. The country’s economy recovered in 2010 to register growth of 1.6%.'

Your key questions answered

• What is the outlook in terms of political stability, policies towards businesses, external front and popularity of government in United Kingdom?
• What is the economic performance of United Kingdom in terms of GDP growth, fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, and employment among other economic indicators?
• What is the performance of United Kingdom in terms of healthcare, income distribution and education?
• What is the performance of United Kingdom in technology intensive sectors like telecommunications and information technology, patents and R&D expenditure trends?
• What is the legal structure in United Kingdom and are the laws conducive for investment?
• What is the performance of United Kingdom in terms of environmental indicators and impact of environmental policies?

Contents

Overview
Catalyst
Summary
Key Facts and Geographical Location
Key facts
Geographical location
PESTLE Analysis
Summary
Political analysis
Economic analysis
Social analysis
Technology analysis
Legal analysis
Environmental analysis
Political Landscape
Summary
Evolution
Structure and policies
Performance
Outlook
Economic Landscape
Summary
Evolution
Structure and policies
Performance
Monetary situation
Outlook
Social Landscape
Summary
Evolution
Structure and policies
Performance
Outlook
Technological Landscape
Summary
Evolution
Structure and policies
Performance
Outlook
Legal Landscape
Summary
Evolution
Structure and policies
Performance
Outlook
Environmental Landscape
Summary
Evolution
Structure and policies
Performance
Outlook
Appendix
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TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Map of the UK
Figure 2: The UK – political events timeline
Figure 3: Key political figures
Figure 4: Composition of legislature
Figure 5: Historical GDP growth, 1991–2010
Figure 6: GDP and GDP growth rate, 2004–14
Figure 7: Sector-specific contribution to GDP, 2010
Figure 8: Agricultural output (£bn), 2005–10
Figure 9: Industrial output (£bn), 2005–10
Figure 10: Service sector output (£bn), 2005–10
Figure 11: The UK's external trade position, 2006–10
Figure 12: Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation, 2004–14
Figure 13: Unemployment in the UK, 2004–14
Figure 14: Major religions in the UK, 2001
Figure 15: Expenditure on education in the UK ($bn), 2002–12
Figure 16: Carbon dioxide emissions (million metric tonnes) and growth (%), 2004–14

TABLES

Table 1: The UK – key fundamentals
Table 2: The UK – key facts
Table 3: Analysis of the UK’s political landscape
Table 4: Analysis of the UK’s economy
Table 5: Analysis of the UK’s social system
Table 6: Analysis of the UK’s technology landscape
Table 7: Analysis of the UK’s legal landscape
Table 8: Analysis of the UK’s environmental landscape
Table 9: Year of ratification of fundamental labor rights conventions
Table 10: Year of ratification of major international environmental treaties
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