The United Kingdom - PESTLE Insights: Macroeconomic Outlook Report

The United Kingdom - PESTLE Insights: Macroeconomic Outlook Report

Summary

Financial intermediation, real estate and business activities contributed 32.9% to the gross value added (GVA) in 2019 followed by wholesale, retail and hotels (13.5%) and mining, manufacturing and utilities (13.3%). In nominal terms, the three sectors are forecasted to grow by 3.6%, 2.9% and 2.3%, respectively in 2020

The FTSE100 index had fallen to 5,960.2 on March 10th 2020, compared to 7,104.3 on March 8th 2019, due to the combined effect of oil price crash and coronavirus outbreak

London, South East UK, North West UK, and East of England contributed 56.3% to the country’s GDP and were home to 47.5% of the UK’s population, as of 2018, according to Eurostat

The US, Canada, Spain, and Germany were the top investors in the country in 2018

Scope

- According to World Bank's logistics performance index (LPI), the transport and logistic infrastructure in the UK has deteriorated over the last four years, with a decline in rank from 4th out of 160 countries in 2014, to 8th in 2016, and further to 9th in 2018.

Reasons to Buy

- Macroeconomic Outlook Report identifies the potentials of the country as an investment destination by analyzing the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure.
- PESTLE Insights provides 360 degree view of the economy which can be used as a strategic tool to understand the market dynamics, business potentials and direction of operations
- Along with providing the country’s snapshot, the report captures the risk factors pertaining to the macroeconomic risks, political environment, legal environment, demographic and social structure effectiveness, technology & infrastructure and natural and geographic aspects that might impact business.
- This report also highlights key clusters/cities which contribute significantly to the country GDP and population along with major companies’ presence in these areas.