5. Even more factors affecting industrial location... >.> LABOUR: Access to a large workforce is possibly the most important factor in placing a possible site. Having a large labour force that are cheap to pay and are highly educated is the key to having an efficient, high output manufacturing industry. OTHER COMMUNICATION: Having good comunications within your company allows easier access to overseas contacts so that your manufactured products can be sold with ease. CAPITAL: By investing capital in the company you can fund large scale manufacturing with heavy machinery. Because of this more capital is used in heavy industry than in light industry.
14. Footloose Industries An industry whose location is not influenced strongly by access either to materials or markets, and which can therefore operate within a very wide range of locations.
46. The case studies are to consider the industry as a system, the physical and human factors affecting its location, the nature of the industry and recent problems and changes . Case studies of industries should be chosen with at least one from each of UK , EU and LEDCs.