10 FACTS ABOUT UK ECONOMY

1. The UK is the world’s sixth largest economy and one of the world’s top ten manufacturers
2. The UK is the world’s second largest services exporter and the world’s sixth largest trading nation.
3. The World Bank rated the UK first in Europe and fourth in the world on its “Ease of Doing Business Ranking”.
4. The UK is the number one location for European headquarters: more overseas companies have their European headquarters in the UK than in France and Germany put together.
5. Six of the world’s top ten vehicle makers are based in the UK – the industry accounts for eleven per cent of the UK’s manufactured exports.
   
6. The UK has the world’s second-largest aerospace market share, with an annual turnover of £20 billion each year.
   
   
7. London’s global financial centre was ranked in first place in the 2011 Global Financial Centres Index. Across the UK, there are over one million people employed in financial services.
8. UK academic institutions include four of the world’s top ten universities.
9. The UK has created five of the world’s top twenty best-selling medicines.
10. The UK’s low carbon industry is worth £112 billion a year and employs 910,000 people.