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The Factory Shops Essex Ltd. 5. Family run Essex -based discount shop [ 1] Goodwins. c. 2010s. Yorkshire Trading Company. 4. North East and Yorkshire based multi price discount retailer that originally started life as a pound shop.
The food retail market has been dominated by the 'big four' supermarkets – Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda and Morrisons – who made up over three quarters of sector market share in 2010. Tesco is the largest retailer in Great Britain, with a market share of 27.5% at the end of 2022. [ a][ 1] However, discounters Lidl and Aldi have grown rapidly. [ 1]
In 2020, the UK had around 2 billion barrels of proven crude oil reserves. [351] In 2021, the UK was the 21st-largest producer of natural gas in the world. [352] Production is now [when?] in decline and the UK has been a net importer of natural gas since 2004. [352] In 2020, the UK produced 1.8 million tonnes of coal falling 91% in 10 years. [347]
"The first 25 years of UK STD code changes summarised" (PDF). Sam Hallas. May 2014. – detailed information and explanation "Area codes as they were in the early 1990s". strowger-net.telefoonmuseum.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012 – detailed list with many additional comments
The postcode area is the largest geographical unit used and forms the initial characters of the alphanumeric UK postcode. [1] There are currently 121 geographic postcode areas in use in the UK and a further three often combined with these covering the Crown Dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man.
United Kingdom Census 1811 - Monday, 27 May. United Kingdom Census 1821 - Monday, 28 May. United Kingdom Census 1831 - Monday, 30 May. United Kingdom Census 1841 - Sunday, 6 June. United Kingdom Census 1851 - Sunday, 30 March. United Kingdom Census 1861 - Sunday, 7 April. United Kingdom Census 1871 - Sunday, 2 April.
The county has formed the upper tier of local government over much of the United Kingdom at one time or another, [1] and has been used for a variety of other purposes, such as for Lord Lieutenants, land registration and postal delivery. This list of 184 counties is split by constituent country, time period and purpose.
On November 11, 2019, Amazon announced plans to open a new type of grocery store in Los Angeles in 2020. In August 2020, Amazon revealed the name, Amazon Fresh. The chain's concept was the use of Dash Carts, which have screens and a scanner for a special code that is connected to the user's Amazon account.