Secondary economic activites

• Banagher Concrete

  • Inputs - needs at the beginning (Labour,silica).
  • processes (things high do to the input to make then semi finished) - transporting the precasted concrete/concrete production.
  • Outputs - stadiums and car parks
• Foot loose industry - industry not tied to one location e.g light industry. Intel
• Industrial intertia - When an industry doesn’t relocate even though it’s economically sound to do so - Sheffield steel production
• Labour - approx 200

  supplied by people in banagher

  • secondary school - provides a semi skilled workforce
  • nearby towns like tullamore provide a workforce - good road network for commuting
• Banagher Concretes’s location is influenced by where they get their resource materials.

  • 80 % of their materials from Lusmagh Quarry which 2.4km away from them. The resource material includes sand and gravel.
•  High-tech industries use advanced technology and the most modern equipment and ICT (information and communications technology). Most are involved in areas such as chemicals, bio-pharma and aircraft engineering. Many high-tech industries are currently doing research and development on virtual reality and artificial intelligence.