A tale of two bakers
Tom White’s excellent piece on the rapid growth and success of Greggs could be used to compare and contrast with a piece of bad news for those of us here in Yorkshire used to getting our lunchtime nibbles from Ainsley’s…
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Eurostar’s competitive forces
Eurostar has been transporting passengers through the Channel Tunnel from London to Paris and Brussels for 15 years now, and is deemed a success. The company say that they have had over 100 million passenger, with 10 million expected to do so this year. Eurostar now accounts for 80% of all rail or air passengers travelling directly between London and Paris, while London’s airports share the remaining 20% between them – while it is little value to passengers travelling to or from other UK regions, it is clearly much more convenient for passengers in the London area to travel from the centre of one city to the centre of the other, avoiding the need to travel to the airport at each end of the journey.
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Innocent Drinks - Teaching Accounts Exercise
Innocent Drinks has just published its 2008 accounts (they are required to submit them within 9 months of their financial year-end). They make interesting reading!
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Competition regulator blocks Friends Reunited sale
A good example of competition regulation in the news today. The OFT has referred ITV’s proposed disposal of Friends Reunited to the Competition Commission on the grounds that, post sale, there will be just two main competitors in the market for researching ancestry.
read more...»Q&A - What are the main causes of unemployment?
The causes of unemployment can be described under four main categories:
- Seasonal unemployment
- Frictional unemployment
- Structural unemployment
- Cyclical unemployment
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Napster - Trying to compete, or getting desperate?
It was the music download site that first caused major headaches for record company bosses when it was first launched as an illegal download site. Ten years on, Napster is now a legitimate music site (and has been since 2002), but is facing a battle of it’s own.
Meet the Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2009
Terrific news from the O2 X Awards last night. Rajeeb Dey was named as the winner of the O2 X Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the prestigious annual national small business competition, the O2 X Awards. The award recognises the new generation of young entrepreneurs who are making an impact in today’s challenging economic climate.
A good friend and supporter of tutor2u, Raj is a fantastic entrepreneurial role model with a bright future. And you can meet Raj in person at the Business Teacher National Conference in London on 18 June 2010 when he provides us with insights into his business strategy and style.
Plastic car is a blast from the past
One of my favourite stories from the Business News this month has been the possible relaunch of the original plastic car – the Trabant.
read more...»BA cuts out the cost of short-haul meals
It will take more than this to reduce its enormous losses, but British Airways has decided that meals on short-haul flights after 10.00am are for the chop…
read more...»Microsoft and Google compete head-to-head
A dramatic shake-up for the information-technology (IT) industry is coming. Google is promising to release an operating system (like XP or Vista) for personal computers. This represents a direct attack on Microsoft, the world’s biggest software firm.
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