Focal Points An overview of the UK economy The recent history of the UK economy causes for the relative decline a bad period in the 1970s an extensive programme of privatization in the 1980s The main sectors of the UK economy primary industries second industries tertiary industries Case study:the aerospace industryFocal Points • An overview of the UK economy • The recent history of the UK economy - causes for the relative decline - a bad period in the 1970s - an extensive programme of privatization in the 1980s • The main sectors of the UK economy - primary industries - second industries - tertiary industries • Case study: the aerospace industry