For companies working on AI in the United Kingdom the lack of knowledge and networks in the international markets constitutes the largest barrier to expanding abroad. Following closely behind is the lack of finance or insurance for exporting and competition from other countries. There is a chance that all of these do coincide with a shortage of foreign labor options in the UK as post-Brexit options to expand abroad have been hampered by additional red tape. Tariffs imposed by other countries accounted for the least amount of perceived barriers, with barely **** percent of companies, it as an issue.

In 2023, 1.5 million hectoliters of wine were released for consumption by HM Revenue and Customs. In August of 2023 a new Alcohol Duty tax regime began.Wine in the UKThe data includes both, wine produced in the UK and wine imported from other countries. Wine production in the UK has been ongoing since Roman times. In recent years conditions have improved for growing wine in the UK and production has increased significantly compared to the early 2000s. Wine imports reached new heights in 2021, with imports being worth over three billion British Pounds. In 2024, this had declined by almost four percent.Wine consumptionWine drinkers in the United Kingdom consumed about 244 milliliters of wine per week in 2021. This too dropped sharply to 185 milliliters in 2023. Spending also declined from an average of about 204 pence in 2021 to 154 in 2023. Most purchases were done in off-trade channels.

Over the five years through 2024-25, meat processing revenue is forecast to climb at a compound annual rate of 3.7% to £12.1 billion. Following Brexit's stringent working visa requirement, a labour supply shortage has dampened growth and weakened productivity, as most workers in the Meat Processing industry were from the EU. In 2024-25, revenue is anticipated to climb by 2%. Shrinking incomes and steep food inflation will weigh on meat sales. Processors have been forced to hike selling prices to offset the rising cost of livestock, boosting revenue despite weak sales. According to Defra, public grants made up 7.8% of British farmers' revenue in 2023. Since the loss of funding from the EU Common Agricultural Policy, the UK government has launched its own Sustainable Farming Incentive, which is replacing the EU scheme. Starting in 2022, the government began a 7-year phase of new sustainability incentives, which will allocate funding based on environmental targets for farms. The policy is replacing the current system, which allocates funding based on output. The new policy is set to cut funding for some big farms, which will hoist prices for meat processors in the coming years. Over the five years through 2029-30, revenue is forecast to swell at a compound annual rate of 1.4% to £13 billion. In the short term, Brexit-driven labour shortages are easing, with a higher focus on automation and more help from government short-term visa policies like seasonal worker visas. The continued export of British red meats to countries like China and France will drive revenue growth, thanks to the premium reputation of British-produced meat, particularly beef and lamb. Domestically, demand for British red meat will expand with greater meat consumption, with consumers more willing to pay a premium price for local beef, pork or lamb. However, a hike in meat-free diets threatens the downstream market for meat in the long term.

Abstract

Young Lives: An International Study of Childhood Poverty is a collaborative project investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in selected developing countries. The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is funding the first three-year phase of the project.

Young Lives involves collaboration between Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and the academic sector. In the UK, the project is being run by Save the Children-UK together with an academic consortium that comprises the University of Reading, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South Bank University, the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University and the South African Medical Research Council.

The study is being conducted in Ethiopia, India (in Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vietnam. These countries were selected because they reflect a range of cultural, geographical and social contexts and experience differing issues facing the developing world; high debt burden, emergence from conflict, and vulnerability to environmental conditions such as drought and flood.

Objectives of the study The Young Lives study has three broad objectives: • producing good quality panel data about the changing nature of the lives of children in poverty. • trace linkages between key policy changes and child poverty • informing and responding to the needs of policy makers, planners and other stakeholders There will also be a strong education and media element, both in the countries where the project takes place, and in the UK.

The study takes a broad approach to child poverty, exploring not only household economic indicators such as assets and wealth, but also child centred poverty measures such as the child’s physical and mental health, growth, development and education. These child centred measures are age specific so the information collected by the study will change as the children get older.

Further information about the survey, including publications, can be downloaded from the Young Lives website.

Constructed Files: The Rounds 1-3 Constructed Files, 2002-2009 are combined sub-sets of selected variables from Round 1, 2 and 3 of the Young Lives survey. One main constructed data file is available for each of the four countries. These are presented in a panel format and contain approximately 200 original and constructed variables, with the majority comparable across all three rounds.

Geographic coverage

Young Lives is an international study of childhood poverty, involving 12,000 children in 4 countries. - Ethiopia (20 communities in Addis Ababa, Amhara, Oromia, and Southern National, Nationalities and People's Regions) - India (20 sites across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) - Peru (74 communities across Peru) - Vietnam (20 communities in the communes of Lao Cai in the north-west, Hung Yen province in the Red River Delta, the city of Danang on the coast, Phu Yen province from the South Central Coast and Ben Tre province on the Mekong River Delta)

Analysis unit

Individuals; Families/households

Universe

Location of Units of Observation: Cross-national; Subnational Population: Young Lives children and their households, in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru and Vietnam, in 2002-2009.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

Sampling Procedures: Purposive selection/case studies Number of Units: Ethiopia: 8,997 children; India: 9,057 children; Peru: 8,298 children; Vietnam: 9,000 children

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face interview

Cleaning operations

The constructed files are combined sub-sets of selected variables from Round 1, 2 and 3 of the Young Lives survey. The files contain about 200 original and constructed variables, most of them comparable across the three rounds, presented in a panel format and classified in four broad groups: panel information, general characteristics, household characteristics, and child characteristics.

The United Kingdom recorded a trade deficit of 7026 GBP Million in April of 2025. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Balance of Trade - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

As of 2018, a significant amount of Italian red wine was exported abroad. Germany was the country where the the highest value of PDO red wine from Tuscany was exported (62.8 million euros), followed by the UK (28.3 million euros) and France (13.0 million euros). Germany also imported the most PDO red wine from Veneto and Piedmont. By contrast, the value of red wine exported to Czechia was found to be the lowest in comparison with the other countries.

Private companies were responsible for most of the new homes built in the United Kingdom (UK), amounting to ******* units in 2023. Housing completions in the UK decreased for three years in a row between 2007 and 2010. This was followed by several years of fluctuation and a gradual increase from 2013 to 2019. The number of homes completed in England remained relatively stable in 2021 and 2022, after reaching a low point in the second quarter of 2020 due to the restrictions implemented to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Construction starts and completions Comparing the number of starts and completions in London side-by-side shows that whenever there is a significant growth or fall in the number of projects started, that peak or valley tends to be reflected in the number of buildings completed a couple of years later. Nevertheless, disruptions, delays, and other obstacles may affect that correlation. Still, observing how many home construction projects started in the UK can provide some insight into the level of activity that construction companies may have in the near future. Given that the number of housing starts is forecast to fall in 2023, there might be slightly less work to be carried out the following year. Nevertheless, housing starts are expected to pick up again by 2024 and 2025. Housing associations in the UK Housing associations are not-for-profit organizations created to develop and rent homes for a lower price than in the private market. They have acquired certain relevance in the UK, although this type of organization also exists in other countries. On several occasions during the past decade, over a fifth of housing starts in London were developed by housing associations. Meanwhile, the number of new homes completed in Scotland by housing associations has increased a lot throughout the years, with several thousand units constructed every year during the past decades.

Over the course of the Second World War approximately 127.2 million people were mobilized. The world's population in 1940 was roughly 2.3 billion, meaning that between five and six percent of the world was drafted into the military in some capacity. Approximately one in every 25 people mobilized were women, who generally served in an administrative or medical role, although hundreds of thousands of women did see active combat. Largest armies In absolute numbers, the Soviet Union mobilized the largest number of people at just under 34.5 million, and this included roughly 35 percent of the USSR's male population. By the war's end, more Soviets were mobilized than all European Axis powers combined. However, in relative terms, it was Germany who mobilized the largest share of its male population, with approximately 42 percent of men serving. The USSR was forced to find a balance between reinforcing its frontlines and maintaining agricultural and military production to supply its army (in addition to those in annexed territory after 1941), whereas a large share of soldiers taken from the German workforce were replaced by workers drafted or forcibly taken from other countries (including concentration camp prisoners and PoWs). Studying the figures The figures given in these statistics are a very simplified and rounded overview - in reality, there were many nuances in the number of people who were effectively mobilized for each country, their roles, and their status as auxiliary, collaborative, or resistance forces. The British Empire is the only power where distinctions are made between the metropole and its colonies or territories, whereas breakdowns of those who fought in other parts of Asia or Africa remains unclear. Additionally, when comparing this data with total fatalities, it is important to account for the civilian death toll, i.e. those who were not mobilized.

Growth in the sector is attributed to the popularity of Wine among the Indonesian consumers, especially Red Wine The sector is led by the Still Wine market in value terms, while Fortified Wine is expected to register the fastest value growth during 2016-2021. Hypermarkets & Supermarkets is the leading distribution channel by volume in the country. Glass is the most commonly used package material, is also expected to register the fastest growth during 2016-2021. Bacardi Limited,Davide Campari-Milano S.p.A.,Hatten Wines,LVMH Moet Hennessy – Louis Vuitton,Orang Tua Group are the leading market players in the country Read More

During the Second World War, the three Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Finland mobilized the largest share of their male population. For the Allies, the Soviet Union mobilized the largest share of men, as well as the largest total army of any country, but it was restricted in its ability to mobilize more due to the impact this would have on its economy. Other notable statistics come from the British Empire, where a larger share of men were drafted from Dominions than from the metropole, and there is also a discrepancy between the share of the black and white populations from South Africa.

However, it should be noted that there were many external factors from the war that influenced these figures. For example, gender ratios among the adult populations of many European countries was already skewed due to previous conflicts of the 20th century (namely WWI and the Russian Revolution), whereas the share of the male population eligible to fight in many Asian and African countries was lower than more demographically developed societies, as high child mortality rates meant that the average age of the population was much lower.

As of February 2025, India was the country with the largest YouTube audience by far, with approximately 491 million users engaging with the popular social video platform. The United States followed, with around 253 million YouTube viewers. Brazil came in third, with 144 million users watching content on YouTube. The United Kingdom saw around 54.8 million internet users engaging with the platform in the examined period. What country has the highest percentage of YouTube users? In July 2024, the United Arab Emirates was the country with the highest YouTube penetration worldwide, as around 94 percent of the country's digital population engaged with the service. In 2024, YouTube counted around 100 million paid subscribers for its YouTube Music and YouTube Premium services. YouTube mobile markets In 2024, YouTube was among the most popular social media platforms worldwide. In terms of revenues, the YouTube app generated approximately 28 million U.S. dollars in revenues in the United States in January 2024, as well as 19 million U.S. dollars in Japan.

The per-capita meat consumption in Germany increased from an estimated 46 kilograms in 2018 to 47.9 kg by 2022. Consumption in Italy and Spain also increased. Poland saw the largest rise in meat consumption in this time period. Consumption of meat in France remained mostly stable.

Meat consumption in Germany

German meat consumption is currently decreasing. Pork consumption especially, the biggest meat category by consumption volume, has declined since 2014. For 2022, the per capita consumption of pork is estimated to be under 30 kilograms for the first time. Germany has the highest share of young individuals who consider themselves to be vegetarian among European countries. With the growing importance of these younger generations, meat consumption is likely to keep declining.

Meat consumption in the UK

The generational shift in consumption habits is also visible in the United Kingdom. Meat-free nutrition is the goal for over a quarter of millennials in 2023. The share of Generation Z consumers that aimed for a meat-free diet in 2023 was 43 percent. Beef and veal are on the chopping block. From 2006 to 2019/20, consumption per person per week declined from 128 to 97 grams per person.