Types of Activities

Business Activities

Manufacturing

Sales

Services

Manufacturing

Producing (making) goods which are then sold, called capital goods or consumer goods.

Capital goods: goods sold and used by a business

Consumer goods: goods sold to and used by individuals for their personal

use.

Sales

Shops

Wholesale

Mail Order

Internet

Catalogues

Markets

Services

Internet Service Providers

Financial Services

Health Care

Leisure and Sport

Communications

Transport

Trends that affect business activities

  New legislation and standards introduced by the government.

   Levels of spending by households and business.

   Social trends – which affect how people spend their

money and time. 

  Technological changes and advances. 

  Competitors entering and leaving the market. 

  The type of staff they can attract and wage rates.

TERTIARY SECTOR includes businesses involved in providing services, I.e. shops, mobile phone service provider and a hairdresser.

INDUSTRIAL SECTORS

PRIMARY SECTOR includes those businesses involved with growing or extracting materials from natural resources, i.e. farming, mining and forestry.

SECONDARY SECTOR includes businesses involved in

manufacturing and construction, perhaps using the products of the

primary sector.

Industrial Sector (Supply Chain)

PRIMARY SECTOR

SECONDARY SECTOR

TERTIARY

SECTOR

STRUCTURE OF EMPLOYMENT 2003

2%

1%

14%

8%

20%

7%16%

26%

6%

Agriculture & Fishing

Energy & Water

Manufacturing

Construction

Distribution, Hotels & Rest.

Transport & Comms

Banking & Insurance

Public Admin, Health & Education

Other Services

Taken from: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/emp_by_occ_ind.pdf