ABSTRACT
The Employment Gazette of March 1991 claims that only five million of Britain's workforce were employed in manufacturing with nearly sixteen million in the service sector. Take-aways, serving a variety of food from chips to chicken korma and rice, have become a feature of the urban landscape in Britain's cities, towns and rural high streets. Take-aways tend to be located close to taxi ranks, reflecting the importance of that clientele in the late hours of the night and their city centre/high street locations. An economic profile of the Pakistani male population in the early 1990s in Oldham reveals rates of unemployment in excess of thirty percent, a rate which is almost three times higher than the borough average. The chapter illustrates some general points about take-aways in Oldham by reference to one case study. The 'Maharaba' take-away came into existence in December 1993 and closed down in December 1994.
