london nuked

[Steve]

(5 December 2014, 09:20)NorthernRaider Wrote: No Steve that's a fallacy, What actually happens is most of the wealth creating jobs in manufacturing, farming, industry, fishing, tourism etc are spread right across the UK but the companies registered offices are located and registered in London

Sadly you're wrong.

Here's a summary of the ONS report:

http://www.theguardian.com/business/econ...now-ons-g7

In particular:

Quote:There has been a marked postwar shift in economic power from manufacturing to services. In 1948, British industry (including manufacturing, oil and gas extraction, and utilities) accounted for 41% of the British economy. By 2013, it was just 14%.

At the same time the services sector's share of the economy has risen from 46% to 79%. Construction, meanwhile, has remained stable at about 6% of GDP, and the role of agriculture has dwindledfrom 6% to 1% over the postwar years.