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Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Scottish Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0215556283

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Video games industry in Scotland by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Scottish Affairs Committee Pdf

The Committee urges the Government to make the future of the sector a priority in the face of emerging barriers for growth. This is a golden age of opportunity the Committee says for the industry and proper support for small companies accessing global audiences is vital, it is potentially a world leader for the UK. It warns that overseas government subsidies, cheaper labour markets and skills shortages have created an uneven international playing field and more encouragement for development and growth is needed. The possibility of a games industry tax relief should be kept under review and a comprehensive assessment of the benefits of a games tax relief should be carried out, along with an examination of countries whose industries flourish without such support. A shortage of adequately qualified graduates to sustain the industry is also a real concern, skills like maths and computer science being needed and the brain drain of graduates to countries offering better incentives. The creation and retention of intellectual property is seen as a priority issue for the UK video games industry and the Government's review of intellectual property taxation will be monitored. The failure of the creative industries Minister to lobby the Treasury directly on games tax relief is both surprising and disappointing and the Committee asks the Government to explain how the industry's voice will be heard properly in future.

Author : David Bremner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Industrial arts
ISBN : UOM:39015063860624

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The Industries of Scotland by David Bremner Pdf

Author : Christopher A. Whatley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521576431

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The Industrial Revolution in Scotland by Christopher A. Whatley Pdf

A succinct and accessible account of the nature and impact of industrialisation in Scotland.

Author : David Bremner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1899
Category : Business enterprises
ISBN : OCLC:1110827122

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The Industries of Scotland by David Bremner Pdf

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Scottish Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 021552117X

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Employment and Skills for the Defence Industry in Scotland by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Scottish Affairs Committee Pdf

Defence and aerospace industries in Scotland generate nearly £2.31 billion in sales and together with the MoD support almost 50,000 jobs and a record number of apprentices. As well as a recognised expertise in naval ship building, Scotland also has a strong defence electronics industry and a strong aerospace industry based around Prestwick. This report examines the delay in the signing of the contract for two new aircraft carriers: the Committee is concerned that similar delays during the construction phase could lead to job losses and damage the ship-building skills base the UK needs to support if it wishes to retain sovereign capability in key areas. The Committee also comments on the Government's decision to treat the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) vessels as commercial rather than naval vessels, making them subject to EU competition law. There is confusion over the status of these vessels. The report also looks at the supply of skilled, semi-skilled and graduate workers, the Modern Apprenticeship programme, and the funding for adult apprentices. It is vital for Scottish industry to look at upskilling throughout the workforce, including mature workers who were not able to access apprenticeships as school leavers. The issue of constitutional change also affects the future sustainability of the Scottish defence industry. In the long term it is unclear what naval requirement an independent Scotland would have and whether this would make up for the potential loss of UK MoD orders. Government and industry need to work effectively together to ensure that Scotland's engineering and manufacturing base continues to be world class.

Author : Bill Bell
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780748628810

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Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 3: Ambition and Industry 1800-1880 by Bill Bell Pdf

Throughout the nineteenth century Scotland was transformed from an agricultural nation on the periphery of Europe to become an industrial force with international significance. A landmark in its field, this volume explores the changes in the Scottish book trade as it moved from a small-scale manufacturing process to a mass-production industry. This book brings together the work of over thirty leading experts to explore a broad range of topics that include production technology, bookselling and distribution, the literary market, reading and libraries, and Scotland's international relations.

Author : Ian D. Whyte
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317900023

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Scotland before the Industrial Revolution by Ian D. Whyte Pdf

This splendid portrait of medieval and early modern Scotland through to the Union and its aftermath has no current rival in chronological range, thematic scope and richness of detail. Ian Whyte pays due attention to the wide regional variations within Scotland itself and to the distinctive elements of her economy and society; but he also highlights the many parallels between the Scottish experience and that of her neighbours, especially England. The result sets the development of Scotland within its British context and beyond, in a book that will interest and delight far more than Scottish specialists alone.

Author : William H Marwick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136935503

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Scotland in Modern Times by William H Marwick Pdf

First Published in 1964. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Daniel Gray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1849173095

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A Life of Industry by Daniel Gray Pdf

John R Hume is Scotland's foremost expert on industrial heritage. John's greatest passion was - and is - industry. Over the course of the 1960s, 70s and 80s, he took over 25,000 photographs of late-industrial and post-industrial Scotland. His collection is a remarkable portrait of a way of life that has now all but vanished. His drive to act as a witness to Scotland's industrial empire, and its steady disintegration, took him to every corner of the country.John's photography produces an exhaustive and objective record. Yet it also reveals remarkable and poignant glimpses of domestic life - children playing in factory ruins, high-rises emerging on the city skylines, working men and women dwarfed by the incredible scale of an already crumbling industrial infrastructure.In A Life of Industry, author Daniel Gray tells John's story, and the story of what has been lost - and preserved.

Author : David Turnock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0521892295

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The Historical Geography of Scotland Since 1707 by David Turnock Pdf

This is the first book to take a comprehensive view of the historical geography of Scotland since the Union. The period is divided into sections separated by the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War, and each section offers a general view followed by detailed studies giving a balanced coverage of regional and urban-rural criteria, and the economic infrastructure. The book contains a number of original researches and Dr Turnock attempts to set the Scottish experience in a framework of general ideas on modernisation.

Author : Ewen Cameron
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748628254

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Impaled Upon a Thistle: Scotland since 1880 by Ewen Cameron Pdf

Ewen Cameron explores the political debate between unionism, liberalism, socialism and nationalism, and the changing political relationship between Scotland and the United Kingdom. He sets Scottish experience alongside the Irish, Welsh and European, and considers British dimensions of historical change--involvement in two world wars, imperial growth and decline, for example - from a Scottish perspective. He relates political events to trends and movements in the economy, culture and society of the nation's regions--borders, lowlands, highlands, and islands. Underlying the history, and sometimes impelling its ambitions, are the evolution and growth of national self-confidence and identity which fundamentally affected Scotland's destiny in the last century. Dr Cameron ends by considering how such forces may transform it in this one. Like the period it describes this book has politics at its heart. The recent upsurge of scholarship and publication, backed by the author's extensive primary research, underpin its vivid and well-paced narrative.

Author : Peter Buckley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317982937

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Business History and International Business by Peter Buckley Pdf

Business History and International Business are cognate subjects. There are few, if any, studies of international business that do not require a proper study of context. International business decision making must be made relevant by a considered evaluation of the circumstances surrounding that decision. This often means putting it into its historical context. The contributions that the study of international business can make to business history are the input of appropriate theory and appropriate research methods. The best international business theory can illuminate the seemingly disparate strategies of firms in given historical circumstances and can provide an integrated, overarching conceptual structure of the study of business history. The research methods used in international business are also worthy of scrutiny by business historians. The proposition of this book is that international business theory and method can complement business history. This cross-fertilization has been occurring with increasing regularity over the past few decades and this book brings together some of the fruits of this conjunction of two important intellectual domains. This book was published as a special issue of Business History.

Author : W. Hamish Fraser,R. J. Morris
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788854436

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People and Society in Scotland, 1830–1914 by W. Hamish Fraser,R. J. Morris Pdf

This is the second volume of a three-volume study of Scottish social change and development from the eighteenth century to the present day, originally published by John Donald in association with the Economic and Social History Society of Scotland. The series covers the history of industrialisation and urbanisation in Scottish society and records many experiences which Scotland shared in common with other societies, looking at the impact of those changes throughout the spectrum of society from croft, bothy and hunting lodge to mines, foundries and urban poor houses. The series is intended to illustrate the identity and distinctiveness of Scotland through its separate institutions and through areas such as language, law and religion and recognises Scotland as a multi-cultured society, the highland and lowland cultures being only two among several.

Author : John Paxton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349014156

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Statesman's Yearbook World Gazetteer by John Paxton Pdf

Author : Michael Pacione
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317400844

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Glasgow by Michael Pacione Pdf

First published in 1995, this book employs a historical-geographical approach to illuminate the interaction between the multifarious social and spatial forces which have conditioned the processes and patterns of urban growth and change over time in Scotland’s principle city. The book is organised into two complementary parts. In the first part, a chronological approach is adopted to examine the main agents, processes and patterns underlying the development of the city from its pre-urban origins until the close of the nineteenth century. In the second part, the major issues relating to the socio-spatial development of Glasgow in the twentieth century are the subject of systematic examination. The book uses the geographical approach to synthesise relevant information from a plethora of sources to illuminate the changing geography of the city in a multi-perspective format. This volume will assist those who are interested to understand the geography of Scotland’s principle city, and is an ideal book for students and researchers of urban studies, geography, social science and Scottish studies. It provides a fascinating insight into the structure of a vibrant, dynamic and often misunderstood city.