In the 1980s the United Kingdom accelerated privatization of publicly owned corporations. The general improvement of the British economy has also meant better standard of living. Unemployment and inflation rates were gradually reduced.

The highest proportion of employees are in the service sectors, with financial services and distribution the largest. Manufacturing, although it has declined, employs more than one-fifth of all workers. Smaller number are in construction, energy, agriculture, forestry, and fishing. The number of part-time workers has increased considerably.

Nearly two-thirds of all households have one car, and some have two or more. The decline in the use of local buses has caused the importance to maintain and develop road networks. Intercity rail services have been improved.
Also air traffic has grown, particularly international flights. Seven airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Prestwick, and Aberdeen) are owned and managed by the British Airports Authority, and together they handle about three-quarters of the passenger air traffic in the country.
The majority of overseas trade is transferred by sea. Oil and natural gas, which each share a national bulk distribution pipeline system, are independent of the road and rail networks.
One of the oldest means of transportation is the underground system.

England:

England is highly industrialised. Many important inventions, such as the invention of the steam engine by James Watt were made by Englishmen.
The development of industry has concentrated mainly in the north, in Lancashire and Yorkshire. This two cities were first at home in the woolen industry, based originally on the sheep of the Pennines.
London is the biggest port in spite of the fact it is not situated on the coast. The river Thames is deep enough and the ships can go as far as London. There is food industry, clothing industry, chemical industry, light engineering, printing industry and production of the furniture etc.
Manchester used to be a major industrial and commercial centre as early as in the middle of 19th century. Now it has a variety of industries, particularly engineering.
Newcastle upon Tyne is the centre of industry based on coal, iron, steel and shipbuilding.
Birmingham, the centre of the West Midlands, and the second largest city of England, has developed light endineering.

Scotland:

There are four big cities in Scotland – Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen.
Edinburgh is famous for the engineering, printing and electronic industries.
Glasgow, situated on the river Clyde, is known all over the world for its shipbuilding, and heavy steel manufactures.
Aberdeen is a busy seaport, the main centre of the Scottish fishing industry, and the commercial capital of northeast Scotland.

Northern Ireland:

Chief exports of Northern Ireland are ships, aircraft, linen textiles, and also agricultural products and livestock as the country is largely agricultural. There are small farms producing pigs, cattle, milk and eggs. The principal crops are potatoes, barley, and oats.

I can`t mention every industry in Britain, but I should perhaps speak of Leicester with its stockings and knitwear, Burton-on-Trent with its beer and rubber, Nottingham with tobacco, lace, and pharmaceutical products, the whisky of Leith and the jute and ropes of Dundee.

Great Britain ranks among the leading countries of the world in the world trade. So it is the world`s largest importer of products like wheat, meat, butter, citrus fruits, tea, tobacco, wool, hard timber, and fodder grains. In return it is one of the world`s largest exporters of aircraft, motor vehicles, electrical equipment, chemicals, textiles and most types of machinery.