A wide variety of services

2. A VARIETY OF SERVICES CLASSIFYING SERVICE INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES

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This sector includs a wide range of acivities and we can classify them in different ways: Based on who operates them: - They are classified according who is the supplier: - Private services: - Provided by companies with the aim of making a profit.

- Public services: - Provided by government and paid for with money collected in taxes.

- The purpose is to guarantee access to basic services (healthcare, education)

2. A VARIETY OF SERVICES 2.

Based on function: - They are classify according to what they are used for: - Business services: - Provided to meet the needs of businesses (legal advice, advertising, R&D) - Consumer services: - People buy services or goods (information, cultures, hotels‌) - Social services: - Related to healthcare, education, the law and public administration.

- Distribution services: - Related to transport, trade and communications.

2. A VARIETY OF SERVICES

3. Based on the level of skill required:

- They are classified according to how much education or training the workers who perform the services have: - High-skill services - Those that require highly trained employees.

- Low-skill services - Those that do not require a lot of training or education.

2. A VARIETY OF SERVICES THE LOCATION OF SERVICES 1.

Services are located in many different places, depending on the type of activity they involve.

Financial activities and advanced business services: - They tend to be concentrated in large metropolises and within them, in business districts (CBD) Examples: Manhattan n New York, La DÊfense in Paris, The City in London‌) - These services are located close to the central headquarters of multinational companies.

2. Government and basic social services: - They are more dispersed in any geographic area.

- Almost every municipality has some activity of this type: schools, town councils‌ 3. Trade and public services: - They need to be close to their customers and users.

- Their location is determined by population density and market potential.

New forms of trade and leisure have led to changes in our consumption habits.

As a result new, commercial areas and leisure zones with similar characteristics have emerged in countries all around the world.

These have changed the traditional location of certain services.