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9、olvedintheeconomythroughintroductionofsocialwelfarepoliciesandlawstoregulateindustrialrelations.Foreign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide to English-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries Foreign Language Teaching and Research Pre

10、ssForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide to English-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries Butitunderwentaparticularlybadperiodin1970s,withhighratesofinflationanddevaluationofthepound.Result:BritainseconomicgrowthfellbehindthatofwesternEuropeancountries Foreign Language

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18、ductionvCoalfieldsaremostlylocatedinCentralScotland,CentralEnglandandSouthWales.v3Bigproducers:Shell,BritishPetroleum(BP),BritishGas(BG)Foreign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide to English-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries Se

19、rvices industriesvServicesindustries,especially,businessandfinancialservicesthestrongestperformingsectorintheUKeconomyvLondonthestrongestperformingregionintheUKLondonEye Foreign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teaching and Research PressA Guide toA Guide to English-Speaking Engl

20、ish-Speaking CountriesCountries FinancevImportanceofinstitutionsofCityofLondoncannotbeover-emphasizedvknownastheworldsleadinginternationalfinancialcentrevOver550internationalbanksand170globalsecuritieshouseshaveofficesinLondonvBANKING Foreign Language Teaching and Research PressForeign Language Teac

21、hing and Research PressA Guide toA Guide to English-Speaking English-Speaking CountriesCountries Finance(Cont.)vTheBankofEnglandthe central bank of the UKa nationalized industry operated on behalf of the government.controls the currency and acts as banker both to the government and to the commercial

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