10. Match each headline to a statement. Write the number of the statement you choose in the box next to the headline. (There is one statement that you do not have to use.)

1. Members of Saxon National turned out in force today to vote against the controversial

proposal to change the status of one of England's oldest building societies.

2. Trained people are starting to come into the industry but there aren't enough of them and

they have little on-site experience.

3. The idea is to attract businesses to the area by offering low commercial taxes and by lifting

many of the legal restrictions on the import and export of goods.

4. Union spokesperson Harry F.vans said that many of his members wanted a total stoppage

but this action would send a strong message to the employers.

5. Liberty I lomes PLC announced annual profits of £1.1 million yesterday - an increase of

2.2% on the previous year.

6. Workers, who on Monday were offered 1.2%, were furious to learn that direcrors had voted

themselves a huge 11.6%.

7. Restructuring was necessary to save the plant but the scale of the redundancies came as a

terrible blow to the workforce.

Test 17 Materials and suppliers

17.1 Choose the best word or phrase to (ill each gap from the alternatives given below. Put a circle around the letter, a, b or c, of the answer you choose.

'We sell parts to more than 100 computer companies. In fact, we are the largest (1) …………….. of

electronic (2) in the country. We hold huge (3) ……………. worth millions of pounds in our (4) ……………… in Manchester and Southampton. The big manufacturers use us because we provide a just- (5) ……………. service. They order the parts when they need them and we deliver within 24 hours.'

1. A	business	B	supplier	C	industry
2. A	components	B	pieces	C	bits
3. A	stocks	B	goods	C	works
4. A	headquarters	B	plants	C	warehouses
5. A	in-house	B	in-time	C	in-case

17.2 Match each statement to a word or phrase from the list. Write the letter of your chosen answer next to the statement. The first one is an example.

A. raw material B. subcontracting C. capital D. finished goods

E. labour F. work-in-progress G. in house H. knowledge

0. We also have a small printing department where we print all our own stationery.	C
1. The steel that we use to make the engines comes from Poland.
2. We borrowed £20.000 from the bank to cover start-up costs.
3. At any moment there are about 200 cars on rhe production line.
4. We don't have our own drivers - we pay a local company to deliver to our customers.
5. The most important input is the ideas that come from our R&D department.
6. We are lucky that we have good managers and a well-trained workforce.
7. Last week, 2,500 TVs went out of this factory and into the shops.