Industry - keywords

Assisted area	An area that receives government help to attract industry
Capital intensive	An industry that spends a lot of money on equipment and machinery, and employs few workers
Enterprise zone	A small area that receives special government help to attract industry.
Extractive industry	Quarrying and mining
Footloose Industry	Industry  that is not tied to a particular location
Greenfield site	Land that has not previously been built on
Heavy Industry	Making large, heavy goods using raw materials such as coal and iron e.g. shipbuilding
High tech Industry	One that uses advanced equipment to make goods e.g. computer chips
Industrial estate	A planned industrial area, often with readymade factory units
Industrial inertia	When an industry stays in an area after the reasons for it being there have gone
Labour intensive	An industry that requires a lot of workers
Light industry	Making small goods with small amounts of raw materials e.g. jewellery
Primary industry	Industry which collects resources provided by nature e.g. farming, forestry, fishing and mining.
Raw materials	Items used to make another product
Secondary Industry	A manufacturing industry (make)
Service industry	Provides a service to people or other industries e.g. transport, retail. Also known as tertiary industry (serve)
Sunrise industry	A new, growing industry e.g. electronics.
Sunset industry	An old, declining industry e.g. shipbuilding.