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56. Look at the title of the article below. What do you think it will be about?

57. Read the article below and answer the questions.

  1. What problems did this company have?

  2. What did they decide to do?

Сделать на вырезанном цветном кусочке!

Invest in time!

When Peter Fenn started Fenn Tool Ltd in 1982, there were only three employees based in an old church hall. They designed special tools for the telecommunications and aerospace industries. The company’s suppliers in Austria and Switzerland made the tools, which they then dispatched by lorry to Fenn Tool Ltd in the UK.

However, the problem was that supply took six to ten weeks, and Fenn Tool Ltd couldn’t meet their customers’ urgent deadlines.

So they decided to buy a computer design and manufacturing package so that they could do the whole job themselves. They went ahead and spent £250,000. It was a big financial risk, but it has really changed the business.

Fenn Tool has cut the lead time down to only 48 hours from order to finished product.

In January this year, the company won a £30,000 prize as Small Business of the Year and now has a client list that includes Rolls-Royce, Marconi and BAE Systems. Financial Director, Sarah Potter, says that she would advise other small businesses to take the risk and invest in new technology.

(from ProFile1)

58. Look at these four scenes from the article above and put them in the correct order.

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Квадратики для цифр

Мужик, смеясь читает статью в газете

Машина с красным крестом подъезжает к шлагбауму, рядом вывески: Welcome to the UK, Immigration

Три мужика улыбаются, скрестив на груди руки, над ними вывеска: Fenn Tool Ltd

Мужик в офисе, руки в брюки, зло смотрит на календарь на стене, на котором : март, 23 число обведено в кружок.

59. Read the text, written by an economist, about employment costs. Decide if statements 1-8 are true (t) or false (f) according to the economist.

For many businesses ‘time (in particular the workers’ time) equals money’ – this is why businesses in developed economies with high employment costs are always searching for ways to cut their costs.

Two main approaches are open to businesses: to invest in technology and reduce the number of man hours spent on the various tasks of the job, or to relocate production to countries with lower labour costs.

In the first approach, equipment replaces human labour. Machines and robots can work twenty-four hours a day, don’t go on strike, and never take time off for lunch or holidays! In the second, labour-intensive jobs, such as in the clothing or footwear industries, are exported to countries as factories are moved to countries where wages are lower.

Relocation to other countries is also affecting service industries. In Britain, jobs in some call centres have vanished down cables to English-speaking workers in India or the Philippines.

Western society could eventually end up with a few highly-trained and well-paid workers in technical fields, with armies of low-skilled workers struggling to make a living in the minimum wage service industries.

(from ProFile1)

1. Business are always looking for ways to cut costs. ……

2. There are a large number of ways to cut labour costs. ……

3. Investing in machines and equipment can reduce the need for human labour. ……

4. Social protection can lead to job losses. ……

5. Service industries are protected from these changes. ……

6. A lot of people may be condemned to working in low-paid jobs. ……

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