Transcript SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND General Information • • • • ¼ of the UK, ½ of GB 30,414 sq. mi. Population : 5,094,800 GDP : £78.5 billion ($150 billion) • GDP per capita : £15,523 ($30,269) • Employment rate : 74.7% • Unemployment rate: 3.5% Economy of Scotland • 3rd largest GDP per capita of any region of the UK • An industrial powerhouse – world leader in manufacturing and shipbuilding related industries. • Produces textiles, whisky, shortbread, aeroengines, buses, computer software, ships, avionics, microprocessors. Fishing • Herring, crab, lobster, haddock and cod are all caught along the North East and West coasts. • Employment decrease due to EU restrictions • Salmon fish farms • Salmon & Trout in Inland waters • • • • • • Electronics “Silicon Glen” IBM has been in Scotland since 1950 45,000 people are employed by electronics companies Scotland produces 28% of Europe's PC’s 7% of the worlds PC’s 29% of Europe’s notebooks • Employer of 22,000 people • 7th largest Scottish exporter • 3% of all Scottish manufactured products • Scottish Borders, Shetland & Outer Hebrides Textiles Scotch Whisky • • • • Islands Speyside Highlands Islay Campbeltown Lowlands Ireland Best known export £800 million income 41,000 jobs One of the top five export earners in UK • £1.6 billion in duty • 5 whisky regions: – Lowland, Speyside, Highlands, Campbeltown, & Islay Whisky defined • aka Scotch • 4 types: single malt, vatted (pure) malt, blended and single grain • No whisky other than Scotch can be made in Scotland. Whisky Tourism • Scotland Whisky Embassy Network – – – – 66 flagship hotels Worth about £46 million to economy Staff educated on Scotch Whisky Can be booked on-line at : www.scotlandwhisky.com • “The Embassy Network is central to our plans for encouraging Whisky tourism to Scotland. Those business involved have already begun to see the benefits in increased Scotch Whisky sales. As recognition of the Embassy accreditation increases so will those benefits” – Chris Conway Fun Facts • In 1800’s --350 people owned half of Scotland. • In 1997 – 31 bottles of Scotch Whisky were sold overseas each second. • Scotch Whisky is the world’s leading spirit drink. • ABC stores carry 96 varieties of Scotch – 75 from Scotland Bridge leading to Nedpath Castle Grandparents front yard Grandparents back yard River Tweed leading into Tweedsmuir Kelsey on rock path into the glen