Industry

Industry

Primary
1. Refers to extraction of materials from land/sea
2. eg. mining/quarrying/fishing/farming
secondary
1. Use of raw materials to manufacture new product
2. furniture production/trainers/car manufacture/oil refinery
3. Reebok Lancaster: founder from nearby Bolton/good road network M6/skilled workers/university/good premises for manufacture/storage/port Heysham/inpor
4. Nissan factory in UK Washington/newcastle
  1. Ideal site/air field
  2. UK government offered £100million grant
  3. good transport links
    1. airport
    2. trains
    3. ports
  4. skilled workforce
  5. universities
  6. As in EU, avoid import taxes
  7. Boosts local economy
Tertiary= service industry
1. Retail or sevice/selling services or skills
  1. egTrafford Centre/Tescos
    1. Good transport links for goods and for shoppers
    2. Large area
    3. large catchment area
    4. great location
    5. Leisure facilities
    6. Restaurants
    7. space to develop and expand
    8. not affected by weather
  2. health service
  3. tourism
  4. Finance
  5. Education
2. Fastest growing sector/industry
Quaternary
1. eg ICT/research/consultancy
2. Also a service so can include in tertiary sector
3. 70% of workforce is in tertiary and quaternary
Poor country eg Nepal most people in primary industry
Rich country eg usa, most workforce in tertiary and quaternary
Changes in employment structure
1. Mechanisation/machinery
  1. Import goods
    1. Industrial revolution: ship building lots employed in secondary industry
      1. Increased demand in tertiary industry, people move away from rural areas into town
Industry Location
1. Different industries require different inputs and this determines location: readily available and cheap inputs!
2. Labour/availability of workers with right skills
3. Transportation links
4. Power supply
5. Telecommunications
6. Government assistance/grant
7. Raw materials
8. Access to markets
Changes in retail industry
1. online shopping
  1. from home/delivered home/good price
  2. can't see goods/delivery charges/wait for delivery/
2. giant supermarkets/smaller stores closing down
  1. some small shops making a comeback with horsemeat scandal!
3. out of town retail parks with good parking facilities
4. town centre trade decreasing/shops closing down

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