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The document provides information about work culture and business in Britain. It discusses the typical British working week and intensity, with most people working a five-day week from 9am to 5pm, though 22% work over 48 hours. It also outlines the major industries in Britain like banking, finance, steel, oil and gas. Farming produces crops like cereals and livestock. The richest people in Britain are listed, led by Lakshmi Mittal with $22.45 billion from steel. The City of London is a top global center of commerce and banking.
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- 1. BRITISH AT WORK SUGIHARTO HOMY ODY HARY NURIZMA NOFI OKTAFIYA
- 2. The one thing the English will never forgive the Germans for is working too hard George Mikes
- 3. Political Union in The United Kingdom of Great Britain The United Kingdom of Great Britain that came into being on 1 May 1707 was political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland.
- 4. After The Political Union in The United Kingdom of Great Britain Over the next three centuries, The United Kingdom developed as one of the world’s leading economies, Between 1870 and the end of 20th century
- 5. Commonwealth politics Queen Elizabeth II is the head of commonwealth. The commonwealth of Nations is an intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states (2009). All but two of these countries were formerly part of the British Empire.
- 7. Faces of Business The Fastest growing business in UK are Services industries hotels, restaurants, travel, shopping, and computer and financial services.
- 8. A “Round the clock” Service The usual working day in Britain starts at 9 a.m. and finishes at 5 p.m. most people work a five-day week. But now many companies want to give their customers a “round-the-clock” service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- 9. British Working Intensity The British working week is, on average the longest of any country in Europe. In 1998 a new law was made. Workers do not have to work more than average of 48 hours a week if they don’t want to. But 22% of British workers do work more than a 48-hours a week.
- 10. British Working Intensity In most Western European countries, working time is gradually decreasing. The European Union’s working time directive imposes a 48 hour maximum working week that applies to every members expect the United Kingdom.
- 11. British Working Intensity About 45% of British workers are women, but many them are part time jobs. About 44% of women work part time. Only 9% of men work part time. About 16% of men self employed. About 7% of women self-employed.
- 12. British Working Intensity There are about 3.7 million business in UK. Many of these are large companies. About 3.000 British businesses employ more than 500 people. Of the top of 500 European companies, about 150 are British.
- 13. The Tea Break Frequent tea break are bane of office productivity. One strange custom requires you to ask everyone around whether they’d like tea or coffee whenever you go to get some for your self. Often people will try and wait each other out so that they can avoid this chore.
- 14. Meetings Generally a meeting schedule for one hour always lasts one hour. The objective of meeting are spelled out the onset and the communication is so clear and simple that the discussion hardly ever meanders.
- 15. ECONOMY The UK is fourth largest economy in the world, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US $1.93 trillion. It has second largest economy in Europe after Germany.
- 16. Britain main industries today are : Banking and finance Steel Transport equipment Oil and gas Machine tools Electric power equipment Automation equipment Railroad equipment Etc
- 17. Farming (Agriculture) industry products are : Cereals Oilseed Potatoes Vegetables Cattle Sheep Poultry Fish
- 18. In energy industry are : Coal Natural gas and Oil reserves Primary energy production accounts for 10% for GDP.
- 19. Who is the richest in Britain The top 20 1. Lakshmi Mittal and family, steel, £22,450 million, up 108 per cent. 2. Roman Abramovich, oil and Industry, £7,400 million, up six per cent. 3. Duke of Westminster, property £6,750 million, up four per cent. 4. Emesto and Kirsty Bertarelli, pharmaceuticals £5,950 million up 19 per cent. 5. David and Simons Reuben, property and internet, £5,532 million, up 121 per cent.
- 20. Who is the richest in Britain 6. Alisher Usmanov, steel and mines, £4,700 million up 213 per cent. 7. Galen and George Weston and family, retailing, £4,500 million, up 400 per cent. 8. Charlene and Michel de Carvalho, inheritance, brewing, banking, £4,400 million, up 49 percent. 9. Sir Philip and Lady Green, £4,105 million, up 7 per cent. 10. Anil Agarwal, mining, £4,100 million, up 583 per cent.
- 21. Who is the richest in Britain 11. Hans Rausing and family, packaging, £4,000 million, unchanged 12. Joseph Lau, property, £3,825 million (new entry) 13. Kristen and Jorn Rausing, inheritance and investment, £3,500, up 40 per cent 14. Vladimir Kim, mining £3,160, up 480 per cent. 15. Leonard Blavatnik, industry £3,000 million (new entry)
- 22. Who is the richest in Britain 16. John Fredriksen, shipping £2,750 million, up 10 per cent. 17. Joe Lewis, foreign exchange and investment £2,700 million, up 7 per cent. 18. Sir Richard Branson, transport, internet and mobile telephones, £2,600 million up 117 per cent. 19. Earl Cadogan and family, property £2,300 million, up 15 per cent. 20. Alan Parker, duty-free shoping, £2,074 million, up 15 per cent. Cooping, J. (2010). Sunday Times Rich List 2010: Britain’s richest see wealth rise by one third. www.telegraph.co.uk [retrieved on 22/08/10]
- 25. The City of London The Centres of Commerce Index covers 75 cities, ranking them on a range of factors including legal systems, political and economic stability, and ease of doing business. New York came second, Tokyo was third, Singapore fourth and Chicago fifth. The two north American cities in the top 10 were New York and Chicago. The top European cities after London were Madrid, up 16 to 11 globally and from six to five in Europe, and Amsterdam fourth in Europe.
- 26. What Kind business people do in the city Banking and Insurance. Banks were place where people kept their money. Insurance companies started because Britain had a lot of ship-owner. There are about six hundred banks in the city. The so called “big four” like banks the National Wesminster bank, Barclays Bank, Midland Bank, The Bank Scotland also has a very large number of branches. So does the trustee Savings (TSB)
- 27. THANK YOU
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Press and hold CTRL, and then select all of the text boxes above the pictures. On the Home tab, in the Font group, select Gill Sans MT from the Font list, and then select 26 pt. from the Font Size list. Click Font Color and select White, Background 1. Press and hold CTRL, and then select all of the text boxes above the pictures. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shapes group, click Change Shape, and then under Rectangles, click Round Diagonal Corner Rectangle. Also under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the Format Shape dialog box launcher. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the left pane, in the Fill pane, click Gradient fill, and then do the following: In the Type list, select Linear. In the Angle box, enter 0.3°. Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stop or Remove gradient stop until three stops appear in the slider. Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops as follows: Select the first stop in the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 0%. Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 77, Green: 28, and Blue: 27. Select the next stop in the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 50%. Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 136, Green: 50, and Blue: 48. Select the last stop in the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 100%. Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 77, Green: 28, and Blue: 27 Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Line Color in the left pane, in the Line Color pane, click No line. Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Shadow in the left pane, in the Shadow pane, click the button next to Presets, and then under Outer, click Offset Diagonal Bottom Left (first row). Press and hold CTRL, and then select the three text boxes below the pictures. On the Home tab, in the Font group, select Gill Sans MT from the Font list, select 24 in the Font Size box, and then click Font Color and select White, Background 1. Also on the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click Align Text Left. Press and hold CTRL, and then select the three vertical lines in the SmartArt graphic. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click the Format Shape dialog box launcher. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Line Color in the left pane, in the Line Color pane, click Gradient line, and then do the following: In the Type list, click Linear. In the Angle box, enter 90°. Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stop or Remove gradient stop until two stops appear in the slider. Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops as follows: Select the first stop in the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 46%. Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 40, Green: 15, and Blue: 14. In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Select the last stop in the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 100%. Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1 (first row). In the Transparency box, enter 100%. Press and hold CTRL, and then select all three pictures. Under SmartArt Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shapes group, click Change Shape, and then under Rectangles, click Round Single Corner Rectangle. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, point to Shadow, and then under Inner, click Inside Diagonal Top Right. Also under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Border, and then click No Outline. To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following: On the Design tab, in the Background group, click Background Styles, and then click Format Background. In the Format Background dialog box, click Gradient fill, and then do the following: In the Type list, click Radial. In the Direction list, click From Center. Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stop or Remove gradient stop until three stops appear in the slider. Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops as follows: Select the first stop in the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 0%. Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 153, Green: 57, and Blue: 55. Select the next stop in the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 50%. Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 114, Green: 42, and Blue: 40. Select the last stop in the slider, and then do the following: In the Position box, enter 100%. Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 40, Green: 15, and Blue: 14.