... which is encouraging for the UK government. During the 19th century the UK had a booming industrial production i.e. the UK coal industry and the textile industries were peaking. During this period in time the UK manufacturing industry was also thriving with many foreign countries coming to the UK to set up factories to manufacture and produce their goods here. The reason being was that the UK had made strong advances in technology in comparison with many other leading manufacturing countries. This would suggest that the UK were looking to the future and planning ahead for years to come. Below is the table, which outlines the changes in out put for manufacturing and industrial production. Manufacture Output Industry Output Year 1995=100 % change 1995=100 % change 1990 97.8 -0.1 94.1 -0.3 1991 92.8 -5.1 91.0 -3.3 1992 92.8 0.0 91.3 0.3 1993 94.1 1.4 93.3 2.2 1994 98.5 4.7 98.3 5.4 1995 100.0 1.5 100.0 1.7 1996 100.7 0.7 101.3 1.3 1997 102.0 1.3 102.4 1.1 1998 102.8 0.8 103.4 1.0 1999 103.1 0.3 104.2 0.8 2000 105.1 1.9 106.0 1.7 2001 102.7 -2.3 103.6 -2.3 Looking at the table above it can clearly be seen that during 1990 and 1992 the manufacturing output and industrial production had a negative percentage change i.e. it was in decline. During ...

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