Overview:

United Kingdom Country Analysis Report analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure of United Kingdom. The report provides a holistic view of the country from historical, current and future perspectives. 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.

Uses of Country Analysis Reports:

Understanding gained from country profiles can be used to plan business investment or market entry in a particular country. The insights provide ideas about key business opportunities. The profiles also provide an overview of the legal and regulatory framework to start or operate a business in the country. Typical uses of each PESTLE segment are:
• Political section provides understanding about the political system and key figures relevant to business in the country and governance indicators.
• Economic section deals with the economic story of a country that provides a balanced assessment of significant macro-economic issues.
• Social section enables understanding of customer demographics through income distribution, rural-urban segmentation and centres of affluence, healthcare and educational scenario.
• Technological section provides strategic information on technology and telecom, technological laws and policies, technological gaps, patents and opportunity sectors in the country.
• Legal section provides information about the legal structure, corporate laws, laws to start a new business and the tax regime.
• Environmental section provides information on the country’s performance on environmental indicators and policies.

Overview 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
Key facts and geographical location 9
Key facts 9
Geographical location 10
PESTLE analysis 11
Summary 11
Political analysis 12
Economic analysis 15
Social analysis 19
Technology analysis 22
Legal analysis 25
Environmental analysis 28
Political landscape 30
Summary 30
Evolution 30
Structure and policies 32
Performance 37
Outlook 38
Economic landscape 39
Summary 39
Evolution 39
Structure and policies 40
Performance 43
Outlook 53
Social landscape 55
Summary 55
Evolution 55
Structure and policies 56
Performance 60
Outlook 62
Technological landscape 64
Summary 64
Evolution 64
Structure and Policies 64
Performance 65
Outlook 67
Legal landscape 68
Summary 68
Evolution 68
Structure and policies 68
Performance 71
Outlook 71
Environmental landscape 73
Summary 73
Evolution 73
Structure and policies 73
Performance 75
Outlook 77
APPENDIX 78
Ask the analyst 78
Datamonitor consulting 78
Disclaimer 78

TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Map of the UK 10
Figure 2: Unemployment in the United Kingdom, 2002–13 18
Figure 3: The UK – political events timeline 32
Figure 4: Key political figures 33
Figure 5: Historical GDP growth 1970–2009 40
Figure 6: LSE market capitalization, 2001–08 42
Figure 7: GDP and GDP growth rate, 2002–13 44
Figure 8: Sector-specific evolution of GDP 2009 45
Figure 9: Agriculture output, 2001–09 46
Figure 10: Industrial output, 2001–09 47
Figure 11: Service sector output, 2001–09 48
Figure 12: Current account balance, 2001–08 49
Figure 13: The UK's external trade position 50
Figure 14: FDI inflows in the UK, 2001–08 51
Figure 15: Consumer price index and CPI-based inflation, 2002–13 52
Figure 16: Major religions in the UK 57
Figure 17: Expenditure on healthcare, 2002–13 61
Figure 18: Expenditure on education in the UK, 2002–12 62
Figure 19: Telecommunications in the UK 66
Figure 20: Carbon dioxide emissions, 2002–13 76

TABLES
Table 1: The UK – key fundamentals 4
Table 2: United Kingdom – key facts 9
Table 3: Analysis of the UK’s political landscape 12
Table 4: Analysis of the UK’s economy 15
Table 5: Analysis of the UK’s social system 19
Table 6: Analysis of the UK’s technology landscape 22
Table 7: Analysis of the UK’s legal landscape 25
Table 8: Analysis of the UK’s environmental landscape 28
Table 9: Year of ratification of fundamental labor rights conventions 70
Table 10: Year of ratification of major international environmental treaties 75