Revision Presentation - Cost Basics

Revision Presentation - Calculating and Measuring Profit [13 May 2012]
Barriers to entry for business expansion to Brazil [23 Feb 2012]
Revision Presentation - Cost Minimisation [3 Jan 2012]
Pandanomics - Can Edinburgh Zoo Get a Return on its Cuddly Investment? [7 Dec 2011]
Sing Along Revision - The Break Even Song [4 Dec 2011]
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Gerald Ratner [27 Nov 2011]
Cut price cup cake deal goes wrong…... [22 Nov 2011]
Unilever hit by rising costs [6 Nov 2011]
How PepsiCo are trying to control diseconomies of scale [18 Oct 2011]
Revision Quiz - Breakeven Basics [15 Oct 2011]
Revision Quiz - Costs, Revenues and Profits [12 Oct 2011]
Revision Quiz - Business Costs [12 Oct 2011]
Lesson Worksheet - Business Costs [12 Oct 2011]
Revision exercise - Chantelle’s Jigsaws [1 Oct 2011]
Break Even Simulator - Spreadsheet [1 Oct 2011]
The breakeven simulator [1 Oct 2011]
Messy Contributions…. recipe for success? [29 Sep 2011]
Skype CEO on Aims, Growth, Risks and Motivation [4 Sep 2011]
Spotify - Five Years to Break-even [28 Aug 2011]
Where there’s muck there’s brass [6 Jul 2011]
Cash flow crisis at Saab: what went wrong? [23 Jun 2011]
An end to outsourcing? [18 May 2011]
Retrenchment in action - Comet turns off the retail lights [12 May 2011]
Using Chucklevision to Teach Business [8 May 2011]
The Year of Corporate Philanthropy [31 Jan 2011]
An idea that’s a lot of hot air…. [11 Jan 2011]
A retailer’s worst nightmare - where are the customers? [20 Dec 2010]
Dominos Pizza - Growth & Strategy (Part 3) - Smart Marketing [26 Nov 2010]
Dominos Pizza - Growth & Strategy (Part 2) - Innovation, Service and Smart Operations [26 Nov 2010]
Profits up at Amazon - but so are costs [22 Oct 2010]
Rationalising & Redeployment at Alliance Boots [9 Oct 2010]
The business cost of labour turnover [7 Oct 2010]
Would you stand for it? [14 Sep 2010]
Inflation and profit margins - lessons from the market [27 Aug 2010]
Dark days for the UK nightclub market [21 Jun 2010]
Strategy Case Study - Vauxhall/Opel restructuring [24 May 2010]
Revision Quiz - Using Breakeven Analysis in Decision-making [5 Apr 2010]
Business priorities in a recession [1 Feb 2010]
Flexible working thrives in the recession [1 Feb 2010]
Revision Presentation - the Basics of Profit [30 Dec 2009]
Bottom Line - Keeping Overheads Low [28 Dec 2009]
Outdoor Ice-skating heads firmly down the product life cycle [3 Dec 2009]
A tale of two bakers [16 Nov 2009]
Innocent Drinks - Teaching Accounts Exercise [9 Nov 2009]
Q&A - What are the main causes of unemployment? [27 Oct 2009]
Dyson launches a new premium product [14 Oct 2009]
The Decline of Newspapers Creates a Surge in Local Startups [4 Oct 2009]
Todd Stitzer’s Strategic Test [14 Sep 2009]
Beat the Teacher - Introduction to Costs [14 Sep 2009]
Patent Theft threatens enterprising inventors [3 Sep 2009]
More trouble in the skies [27 Aug 2009]
Demand and supply in action - tea prices surge [4 Aug 2009]
BA cuts out the cost of short-haul meals [29 Jul 2009]
Product life cycle - end of the line for Teletext [17 Jul 2009]
How to improve profitability? - give customers a “staff appraisal” [12 Jul 2009]
What makes a profitable menu? [6 Jul 2009]
Standing room only - on Ryanair? [6 Jul 2009]
Q&A - Outline the main costs and benefits of inflation [1 Jul 2009]
Q&A - Explain the causes of inflation [1 Jul 2009]
East Coast Rail Line is Nationalised [1 Jul 2009]
Snap, crackle and ... crumbs? Are cereal boxes toast, now? [22 Jun 2009]
Work For Free?  Or Pie In The Sky? [16 Jun 2009]
A Razor Sharp Way To Add Value [10 Jun 2009]
A stunning example of how wage costs can differ for the same job [10 Jun 2009]
How to improve a profit margin through a hidden price increase - the Snickers way [4 Jun 2009]
Q&A - Explain “delayering” [1 Jun 2009]
How not to run a business - the Gordon Ramsay way [31 May 2009]
From crisps to vodka - what else can you make from potatoes? [31 May 2009]
Q&A - What factors influence the choice of a sales forecasting method? [31 May 2009]
Q&A - What are the main things to consider when obtaining finance for a start-up? [26 May 2009]
Q&A - Why are start-ups vulnerable to cash flow problems? [26 May 2009]
Q&A - How can a business handle a loss? [26 May 2009]
Why businesses fail - an interview with Pepita Diamand [24 May 2009]
BA posts a record loss [22 May 2009]
Television suggestion - Blood Sweat & Takeaways [20 May 2009]
AQA AS Business Unit 1 - Possible Evaluation Questions [17 May 2009]
A booming rental market – for car parking spaces [12 May 2009]
Ansoff helps with the school lunches [11 May 2009]
Q&A - What is training? [2 May 2009]
Q&A - How do changes in commodity prices affect businesses? [1 May 2009]
Q&A - Describe the basics of setting up a business in the UK [1 May 2009]
Q&A - What is credit and why do businesses need it? [1 May 2009]
Product life cycle - can independent record stores extend their life? [20 Apr 2009]
Staff retention in a recession?  Give them more holidays (and a pay cut too!) [20 Apr 2009]
Trading down - business class feels the pinch [17 Apr 2009]
Independent schools hit by the downturn [7 Apr 2009]
Celebrity chef had the recipe wrong after all [5 Apr 2009]
Football finances under the spotlight [5 Apr 2009]
Q&A - What can a business do to improve cash flow? [1 Apr 2009]
Q&A - What is a cash flow forecast? [1 Apr 2009]
Q&A - What is profit and why is it important? [1 Mar 2009]
Q&A - What is meant by total costs and how are they calculated? [1 Mar 2009]
Q&A - What are variable costs? [1 Mar 2009]
Q&A - What are fixed costs? [1 Mar 2009]
Q&A - What are goods and services? [1 Mar 2009]
Q&A - What are the financial objectives of a new business? [1 Mar 2009]
Q&A - What is meant by adding value [1 Mar 2009]
Cost-cutting made simple for small businesses [17 Feb 2009]
Seeing things in black and white? [10 Feb 2009]
Celebrity chefs struggle to make ends meat [9 Feb 2009]