scholarly journals Economic Assessment of Marketing U.S. Sweetpotatoes in the United Kingdom

HortScience ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 765B-765
Author(s):  
David Picha* ◽  
Roger Hinson
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Transport Costs ◽  
Total Import ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Potential Market ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
Near Future

Opportunities for marketing United States (U.S.) sweetpotatoes in the United Kingdom (U.K.) are expanding, particularly within the retail sector. The U.K. import volume has steadily increased in recent years. Trade statistics indicate the U.K. imported nearly 12 thousand metric tons of sweetpotatoes in 2002, with the U.S. providing slightly over half of the total import volume. Considerable competition exists among suppliers and countries of origin in their attempts to penetrate the U.K. market. Currently, over a dozen countries supply sweetpotatoes to the U.K., and additional countries are planning on sending product in the near future. An economic assessment of production and transport costs was made among the principal supplying nations to estimate their comparative market advantages. Price histories for sweetpotatoes in various U.K. market destinations were compiled to determine seasonality patterns. Comparisons of net profit (or loss) between U.S. and U.K. market destinations were made to determine appropriate marketing strategies for U.S. sweetpotato growers/shippers. Results indicated the U.K. to be a profitable and increasingly important potential market for U.S. sweetpotatoes.

scholarly journals Possible Impact of Long and Heavy Vehicles in the United Kingdom—A Commodity Level Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2754
Author(s):  
Heikki Liimatainen ◽  
Phil Greening ◽  
Pratyush Dadhich ◽  
Anna Keyes
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Traffic Volume ◽  
Heavy Vehicles ◽  
Transport Costs ◽  
Modal Shift ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Road Freight ◽  
Transport Vehicle

The potential effects of implementing longer and heavier vehicles (LHVs) in road freight transport have been studied in various countries, nationally and internationally, in Europe. These studies have focused on the implementation of LHVs on certain types of commodities and the experience from countries like Finland and Sweden, which have a long tradition of using LHVs, and in which LHVs used for all types of commodities have not been widely utilised. This study aimed to assess the impacts of long and heavy vehicles on various commodities in the United Kingdom based on the Finnish experiences in order to estimate the possible savings in road freight transport vehicle kilometres, costs, and CO2 emissions in the United Kingdom if LHVs would be introduced and used similarly to in Finland in the transport of various commodities. The study shows that the savings of introducing longer and heavier vehicles in the United Kingdom would be 1.5–2.6 billion vehicle kms, £0.7–1.5 billion in transport costs, and 0.35–0.72 Mt in CO2 emissions. These findings are well in line with previous findings in other countries. The results confirm that considerable savings in traffic volume and emissions can be achieved and the savings are very likely to outweigh possible effects of modal shift from rail to road.

scholarly journals Immigration Into the United Kingdom

2015 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 957-967
Author(s):  
Lukáš Nevěděl ◽  
Michaela Novotná
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Identity Cards ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Strong System

Migration is a process which results in an increase or a decrease of population. When analysing the immigration policy of the United Kingdom, it is important to be aware of two key factors which influenced it: the country’s location and its colonial history. As an island, the UK has developed a very strong system of border control while at the same time there is limited control within its borders which can be demonstrated e.g. by the absence of identity cards. The aim of this article is to evaluate immigration into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland based on available statistical data between 2004 and 2012. The data will be also used for a forecast of development of the numbers of immigrants from different countries and for illustrating possible immigration trends in the future. The article will mainly focus on a question whether in the near future the UK will experience an increase or a decrease in immigration or whether the number of immigrants will stay constant. Convergence analysis will be used to evaluate the data for individual administrative regions at the NUTS II level. The article will also detail numbers of immigrants per 1,000 inhabitants and it will answer a question whether there is convergence or divergence in the number of immigrants among different regions.

PP206 Health Technology Assessment Guidance In The United Kingdom: Addressing Issues Specific To Medical Devices

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (S1) ◽  
pp. 26-26
Author(s):  
Scott Gibson ◽  
Sita Saunders ◽  
Amanda Hansson Hedblom ◽  
Maximilian Blüher ◽  
Rafael Torrejon Torres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Training Costs ◽  
Medical Technologies ◽  
The United Kingdom

IntroductionThe United Kingdom spends approximately GBP4.2 billion (USD5.6 billion; EUR4.7 billion) each year on medical devices, but healthcare providers receive little health technology assessment (HTA) guidance on cost-effective device procurement. Our objective was to assess the availability of HTA guidance for medical technologies and to identify key challenges related to the economic assessment of these technologies.MethodsNational Institute for Health and Care Excellence technology appraisal (TA) and Medical Technologies Evaluation Programme (MTEP) appraisals published online between November 2009 and October 2020 were identified. The “case for adoption” recommendation, type of devices, and critiques of economic analyses for each MTEP appraisal were extracted and categorized.ResultsIn comparison to 415 publicly available TAs for pharmaceuticals, only 45 medical technologies have been appraised through the MTEP. MTEP-submitted technologies can be categorized into diagnostic (7), monitoring (3), prophylaxis (5), therapeutic (28), and other (2). Furthermore, 11 were implants, seven were used by patients, and 27 had provider interaction. Major points of MTEP criticism were a failure to model cost consequences, training costs, and organizational impact. There was also the barrier of transferring costs across budgeting divisions.ConclusionsIn comparison to HTA guidance for pharmaceuticals, there is a dearth of medical device guidance. Therapeutic and implantable devices appear to be disproportionately overrepresented in the MTEP process. This may be because their appraisal is most akin to pharmaceuticals, for which HTA processes are well established. To encourage more HTAs of medical devices, HTA guidance should elaborate on issues specifically related to medical devices.

scholarly journals Statistical review of a motor insurance portfolio

1972 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 222-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. D. Johnson ◽  
G. B. Hey
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Risk Category ◽  
Statistical System ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Continuous Review ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Insurance Portfolio ◽  
Motor Insurance ◽  
Gains And Losses

Motor insurers in the United Kingdom are not subject to Government control over the rating structures they use or the levels of premiums they charge. The market is highly competitive, and each insurer therefore needs to make the best estimate he can of the premium required for each category of risk, to produce a given level of profit. He also needs to estimate the extent to which departures from such premium levels can be justified, for example in order to have a simple rating structure or to meet competition.The purpose of this note is to give some examples of the statistical tabulations being produced in one insurance office in the United Kingdom. The statistical system which has been developed covers many aspects of motor insurance management, but in this note we shall direct attention to just two, namely(i) continuous review of the variations in the claims experience from one risk category to another, as a guide to the relative premiums required for the different categories; and(ii) continuous review of the changing composition of the portfolio and of the movements in and out, to try to assess the extent to which gains and losses of business can be attributed to pricing differences, marketing strategies, etc.

Removable Prostheses Revisited: Challenges for Primary Dental Care. 2. Partial Dentures

2007 ◽  
Vol os14 (3) ◽  
pp. 85-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antony J Preston
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Dental Care ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Removable Partial Denture ◽  
Partial Denture ◽  
Significant Aspect ◽  
Clinical Procedures ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Near Future

This is the second in a series of three papers. Its topic, the provision of removable prostheses, remains a significant aspect of primary dental care. In the recent past and in the near future, there have been and will be significant influences on how removable prostheses are provided for patients in the United Kingdom (UK). In this paper, the trends in partial edentulousness in the UK will be summarised and the important changes that are likely to influence removable partial denture provision will be outlined. The paper will then provide an update of clinical procedures in the provision of removable partial dentures. A third paper will consider overdentures.

International risks dampen Ireland's growth outlook

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Services ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Near Future

Significance The Commission's decision is one of several recent international developments that could have a severe impact on Ireland's economic growth. Without continued high growth, Ireland will not be able to move away from deficit budgets in the near future. Impacts Dublin may attract some companies looking for an EU base or seeking to move out of the United Kingdom after Brexit. The government's room for manoeuvre in balancing public-sector pay and public services in the 2017 budget will be severely constrained. Continued austerity will boost the populist opposition.

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