UK export growth has become increasingly dominated by services since 2010, with goods exports increasing by just 7% in real terms, compared with services exports growing by 63% over the same period.
Most goods commodities have seen falls in exports but rises in imports since 2010; in contrast, most service types have seen an increase in both exports and imports.
Most goods commodities have seen falling exports to EU countries and increased exports to non-EU countries; however, most service types have seen higher exports to both the EU and non-EU countries.
And we sort of see that last point reflected in the article itself:
Global food export volumes increased by nearly 6% in 2024 compared with a year earlier, the FDF found, as the UK began to see the benefits of free trade agreements. In the first full year after the UK-Australia trade deal came into force, the value of UK exports to Australia increased by 9% to £429.5m in 2024.
Because he believes the current US government is conducive towards big oil, and appears more than happy to punish the general population to support them? Either that or he's completely lost touch with reality. Maybe a bit of both.
Can't you record one of your sermons and then play it back through a speaker when you're taking a break? That way people will still hear something even if your not speaking it live?
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