Ukraine 1 England 0 - A match to remember?

Whilst it might not have been the result we wanted, England’s match against the Ukraine on Saturday may become memorable for business reasons.

Whatever your view on whether England football matches should only be available to watch live on the internet, there is little doubt that there is plenty of scope for the topic to be used constructively in the business studies classroom.

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Shareholder strategy at M&S

Have M&S managers made a boob here? They have introduced a policy of price discrimination in the lingerie department; they charge an extra £2 for bras sized over a DD cup, and a pressure group ‘Busts 4 Justice’ has been set up on Facebook and now has over 8,000 members who are campaigning for this surcharge to be removed. The group’s founder, Beckie Williams, has bought a £3.40 share in the company to allow her to confront chairman Sir Stuart Rose at the next annual meeting in July. This story neatly links the issues of publicity, external pressure groups, stakeholders and use of ICT as a number of topics on the A2 syllabus for Business Studies.