UK Case Study

Question 1

Give 4 Facts about Exeter Science park

Answer 1

• near M5/motorway
• helps innovative STEM businesses develop growth
• includes engineering, digital and AI, health and life sciences, defense and security, net 0
• 25 Hectares, 3000 jobs

Question 2

Give 2 benefits of Exeter science park

Answer 2

• Innovation and development
• Sustainable - LED lighting and advanced insulation - minimizes energy consumption

Question 3

Give a potential problem of Exeter Science Park

Answer 3

Development could hurt environment

Question 4

Give an example business at Exeter science park

Answer 4

Treeconomics

Question 5

Give 5 facts about Sky Park

Answer 5

• Near M5 and Exeter Airport
• 40 Hectares, 6500 jobs
• high quality business park
  -combines industrial, office and distribution space
• allows investment in research and development and other improvements in logistics, communications and productivity

Question 6

Give 2 benefits of Sky Park

Answer 6

• provides state of the art manufacturing facilities
  sustainable - designed to BREEAM excellent sustainable standard

Question 7

Give 1 potential problem with Sky Park

Answer 7

business can be unethical

Question 8

Give an example Sky Park business

Answer 8

Storax

Question 9

Give 4 facts about Power Park

Answer 9

• Near Exeter airport
• 8 hectares, 6500 jobs
  -ideal for aviation related businesses
• mix of office, workshop and storage space

Question 10

Give 2 benefits of Power Park

Answer 10

• better aviation facilities, goof trading opportunities
• sustainable - improved access by public transport

Question 11

Give 1 downside to Power Park

Answer 11

• aviation can produce fossil fuels

Question 12

Give a Power Park example business

Answer 12

Exeter aerospace

Question 13

Give 3 facts about Cranbrook Town centre

Answer 13

• near primary and secondary schools, and Younghayes community centre
• 5 hectares, 500 jobs
• will be a community space - retail, health and wellbeing hub, leisure centre, day nursery

Question 14

Give 2 Benefits to Cranbrook Town Centre

Answer 14

• established community, better facilities
• sustainable - good cycling and walking routes, simple planning style

Question 15

Give 1 potential problem of Cranbrook Town Centre

Answer 15

Could replace previous local shops

Question 16

Give a Cranbrook Town Centre example business

Answer 16

Cranberry farm

Question 17

Give 4 facts about Torr Quarry, Somerset

Answer 17

• Quarry owned by Aggregate industries and generated £15 mill a year to local economy
• for limestone extraction in Mendip hills + produces 7.5 mill tonnes of limestone each year
• limestone transported from quarry by rail
  -site 250 hectares with 250 people employed

Question 18

Give 5 actions being taken by Torr Quarry to reduce impact of quarry

Answer 18

• 60 acres of site landscaped to blend in with surrounding environment (including planting grass and trees and the creation of wildlife lakes)
• characteristic limestone features will be created to mimic natural limestone scenery
• limestone transported by rail rather than road via Mendip rail station - reduced congestion
• Strict environmental targets introduced - regular monitoring of noise, vibrations, dust emissions and water quality is carried out
• in 2010, a planning decision was made to deepen rather than widen the quarry for extraction

Question 19

Describe how deindustrialization in the North fuels the North- South divide

Answer 19

• industrial revolution created prosperous cities in the midlands and north - near to resources such as coal
• globalization caused a decline in coal mining and heavy industry
  -Alternative energy has increased decline

Question 20

Describe how tertiary and quaternary growth in the south fuels the north - south divide

Answer 20

• deregulation of London’s financial services have seen London become globally powerful
• technology, the European market, the knowledge economy and growing populations have increased services and new opportunities in the south

Question 21

What do local enterprise partnerships do?

Answer 21

• established 2011, voluntary partnerships between local authorities and businesses
• currently 38 LEPS in England
• aim to identify business needs in local areas + encourage companies to invest - creating local jobs and boosting local economy

Question 22

Give the UK’s 2 biggest import and export partners in 2022

Answer 22

EXPORT
- USA (18.4%) - colonial link, shared language, shared culture and history
- NETHERLANDS (12%) - geographically close
IMPORT
- GERMANY (14.57%) - close by, stable economy, rich
- CHINA (14.44%) - globalization - one of the worlds leading manufacturers

Question 23

Give UK’s 3 biggest exports and imports

Answer 23

EXPORT
- machinery and transport (£136,755 mill)
- chemicals (eg pharmaceuticals)
- fuels - mainly refined oils
-IMPORT
- machinery and transport (£208,562 mill)
- Fuels

Question 24

Give 5 facts about the UK’s tertiary creative industries

Answer 24

• reputation for high quality music, TV and film production
• £35.6Bill - value of service exports a year
  -12% of total Uk exports are service exports
• 8.9% growth in UK creative service exports
• £18,789 - IT software and games - largest service exports

Question 25

Give 4 facts about the UK's cultural importance

Answer 25

- UK - centre of commonwealth - 56 countries around the world - one of the worlds most successful multi - cultural countries - London one of the most multi-cultural cities - Digital development - allows the share of culture - as a more multi - cultural world

Question 26

Give 3 facts about the south west 'Super Highway'

Answer 26

- A303 is main route to south west - traffic can be 'stop start' due to alternating single and dual carriageway stretches - congestion - £2 bill road widening project- will take 15 years - hundreds of construction jobs

Question 27

Give 2 facts about Felixstowe port

Answer 27

- biggest port - deals with 48% of container trade - new rail terminal enables 47 trains to run through port daily - improvements to road connections to the midlands are also planned

Question 28

Give 3 facts about Southampton port

Answer 28

- popular passenger port - 1.7 mill annual passengers - home to cruise companies - Uk's second largest container terminal - usually 820,00 cars transported annually

Question 29

Give 3 benefits to the Heathrow expansion

Answer 29

- will boost regional economy - 77,000 local jobs - Heathrow can manage more customers - benefits passengers

Question 30

Give 2 costs of Heathrow expansion

Answer 30

-noise for people nearby - homes will have to be demolished

Question 31

Give 3 facts about the Crossrail project, London

Answer 31

- new railway across London, linking Reading and Heathrow to Sheffield and Abbey - will be completed in 2022 - cost 19 bill - improved journey times, decrease congestion and helped commuters

Question 32

Give 2 facts about HS2 project

Answer 32

- £19 bill plan for a high speed rail line - connect London with Birmingham and then east midlands and Manchester - due to open 2028 - 2031