Jim Riley
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Before founding tutor2u with twin brother Geoff, Jim was a director at Thomson Travel Group Plc and a Corporate Finance and Strategy specialist at PwC. Jim is graduate Economist, a Fellow of the ICAEW and has a MBA (Distinction) from Bradford Management School.


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Innovation in Business - Perspectives from Stephen Elop (CEO of Nokia)
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, February 12, 2012 ,
UKIP - the importance of Nigel Farage

Evaluating the effect of Quantitative Easing - A Case Against?

ResearchBuster: Acquisitions
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, February 10, 2012 ,
Pricing and the consumer - a question of haggling?

Product innovation - extending the humble cupcake

Video resource: Do bonuses work as an incentive for better performance?

The history of Apple’s product innovation - in 30 seconds

Stephanie Flanders explains Quantitative Easing in 60 seconds
Posted to Economics- on Thursday, February 09, 2012 ,
Starter activity - Contingency Planning (Japanese Style)

Explaining the role of Select Committees

econoMAX - latest edition now available

The Biz Quiz - 9 February 2012

BTEC First in Business - New 2012 Specification CPD Course
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 ,
UK Electoral Reform demonstrated with Lego!

Takeovers - the search for cost synergies
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 ,
The story of a failed takeover - Fred Goodwin, RBS & ABN-Amro
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, February 06, 2012 ,
Teaching Vacancy - Economics (Part-time) at John Lyon School (Harrow)
Posted to Economics- on Sunday, February 05, 2012 ,
HOD Opportunity - Business Studies & Economics at City of London Freemen’s (Surrey)

Teaching Vacancy - HOD Economics and Business Studies - City of London Freemen’s School

Takeovers in the UK - the long-term trend

Revision Workshops

Teaching Vacancy - HOD Economics & Business Studies at Cheltenham College
Posted to Economics- on Friday, February 03, 2012 ,
Teaching Vacancy - Principal Teacher of Business Education - George Heriot’s School (Edinburgh)

Cadbury’s Law - Should UK Firms be Protected from Takeover?
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, February 02, 2012 ,
The Biz Quiz - 2 February 2012

BUSS2 Revision Workshops 2012 - Programme Outline
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, February 01, 2012 ,
BUSS4 Revision Workshops 2012 - Programme Outline

BUSS4 2012 - Mergers and Takeovers on the Business Studies Blog
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 ,
AQA A2 Business (BUSS4) Research Theme 2012

Technological change - the “consumerisation of technology”
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, January 30, 2012 ,
Strategic choice: What should Facebook do with cash from the IPO?

Leadership in a multinational business - what leadership style works best?

Teaching Vacancy - Economics & Business at Canford School

Leadership - Howard Schultz on the importance of leading an innovative culture
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, January 29, 2012 ,
Leadership - what is the best leadership style? It depends on the “situation”!

Leadership - 40 examples of leadership at the movies in just 120 seconds

Leadership - what qualities does an effective leader and manager have?

Schultz on Leadership, Love and the Competitive Advantage of Culture

Leadership - it’s not a popularity contest

Leadership and strategy: what decisions does the boss of Microsoft make?

Manufacturing strategy: Is China losing its competitiveness?

Teaching Vacancy - Economics at Salesian College

Strategic choice: What should Apple do for its investors?

Technological change: 3-D printing promises a new industrial revolution
Posted to Business Studies- on Saturday, January 28, 2012 ,
Technological change: now you can have your own factory!

Technological change - Kodak’s big strategic mistake

Growth strategy - Starbucks eyes the franchise model

Technology in action: inside the transparent factory
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, January 27, 2012 ,
The Biz Quiz - 26 January 2012
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, January 26, 2012 ,
AQA BUSS3 Live Revision 25 January 2012
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 ,
RES Annual Essay Competition for Students 2012

Four ways to make your BUSS3 exam answers stand out
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 ,
Who has what it takes for this job description?
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, January 23, 2012 ,
Teaching Vacancy - Economics at St Olave’s Orpington

Teaching Vacancy - Economics at Tiffin School (PT)

Teaching Vacancy - HOD Economics & Business at Culford School

Teaching Vacancy - Economics at Malvern College

Teaching Vacancy - Economics at Kings College School Wimbledon

Leadership and Strategy - All Change at the Top for Blackberry

The tablet takeover?

Maximise your Marks in BUSS3

AQA BUSS4 - Research Toolkit for June 2012 & Jan 2013
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, January 19, 2012 ,
Teaching Vacancy - HOD Economics at Harrow School

Teaching Vacancy - HOD Economics & Business at Bristol GS

The Biz Quiz - 20 January 2012

Teaching vacancy - Economics & Business Studies at Bloxham School

Revision Presentation - Improving Cash Flow
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 ,
Revision Presentation - Using Budgets

Teaching Vacancy - Economics & Politics at Dulwich College
Posted to Economics- on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 ,
Post-Easter 2012 Revision Workshops for A Level Economics
Posted to Economics- on Monday, January 16, 2012 ,
Post-Easter 2012 Revision Workshops for AQA AS & A2 Business Studies

AS and A2 Economics Revision Workshops in Spring 2012 (update)

The Business of Football - Everton explain where the money goes

Virgin plays on brand heritage and brand extension to launch Virgin Money
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, January 15, 2012 ,
Strategy Lessons from the Tesco Downfall

The Biz Quiz - 15 January 2012

Business Revision Workshops - Latest Availability
Posted to Business Studies- on Saturday, January 14, 2012 ,
tutor2u launches revision workshops for GCSE Business Studies

Economics Revision Workshops - Latest Availability

workshop space test

Making Finance Fun 2012 - CPD Course (London)
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, January 13, 2012 ,
Teaching Vacancy - Economics at Oundle School

AQA A2 Business (BUSS3) Revision Guide

Essential Economics 2012 - the Economics Booster CPD Course (20 June 2012)

AQA & Edexcel GCSE Business Controlled Assessment 2012 - CPD Support Course

AQA AS Business (BUSS2) - Exam Topic Tracker

AQA BUSS1 Pierre’s Personalised T-Shirts - Observations & Suggested Answers
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, January 12, 2012 ,
Teaching Vacancy - HOD Economics & Business at Wellington College
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 ,
Teaching Vacancy - Economics at RGS Guildford

AQA AS Business (BUSS1) - Basics
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 ,
AQA AS Business (BUSS1) Opportunities for Evaluation
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, January 08, 2012 ,
AQA AS Business (BUSS1) - Exam Topic Tracker

AQA BUSS1 & BUSS2 Feedback from AQA

AQA AS Business (BUSS1) - Key Topic Revision Checklist

AQA AS Business (BUSS1) - Resources Overview & Links

GCSE Business Controlled Assessment - 2012 Survey
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, January 05, 2012 ,
In Business - technology developments in 2012
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, January 03, 2012 ,
The cost of recruitment

Revision Presentation - Income Statement Basics

Revision Presentation - Cost Minimisation

Revision Presentation - Operational Objectives

Revision Presentation - Economies of Scale & Resource Mix

Revision Presentation - Innovation
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, January 02, 2012 ,
Business Innovation - where do good ideas come from?

Exam Technique for Economics - Weesteps to Evaluation

Revision Presentation - Critical Path Analysis

Revision Presentation - Business Location

BTNC & ETNC 2012 - Join us for a Celebration of Economics and Business Education!
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, January 01, 2012 ,
Spain opts for more austerity in 2012
Posted to Economics- on Saturday, December 31, 2011 ,
Revision Presentation - Lean Production

Technology and Consumer Media - A Neat Research Resource
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, December 30, 2011 ,
Which GCSE and/or A Level Economics exam board do you use?

A quality control disaster turns into a new product opportunity
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, December 29, 2011 ,
Would you work harder - for nothing? The hidden costs of employment fear

Revision Presentation - Mission Statements

Revision Presentation - Corporate and Functional Objectives

CSR - Growing public support for responsible capitalism
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 ,
Unemployment and motivation

Crisps and exchange rates
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, December 27, 2011 ,
Revision Presentation - Workforce Planning
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, December 26, 2011 ,
tutor2u adds 9 million unique user visits in 2011
Posted to tutor2u News- on Friday, December 23, 2011 ,
Economics at School and University – Future Directions
Posted to Economics- on Thursday, December 22, 2011 ,
Business Cafe - Christmas 2011
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 ,
Prospects for the UK Economy in 2012 - PowerPoint download
Posted to Economics- on Monday, December 19, 2011 ,
Coming soon from Zondle - our new Phonics resource

Edexcel closes the gap on AQA for GCSE Business as BTEC First powers ahead
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, December 18, 2011 ,
Which GCSE Business exam board do you offer?
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, December 16, 2011 ,
Britain’s Biggest Baker Joins Us for the Business Teacher National Conference 2012

Teaching Vacancy - Head of Humanities Department at the International School of Lausanne

Functional recipes (strategies) for success at McDonalds UK
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, December 15, 2011 ,
Jim O’Neill to open the Economics Teacher National Conference 2012

The human story of long-term unemployment

The top searches for 2011 on tutor2u

Meet the Chocolat Man at the BTNC 2012

Thomas Cook begins down the long road of retrenchment
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 ,
Warehouse woes - Superdry’s operations hit the finances

Characteristics of an entrepreneur - Fil Adams-Mercer
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 ,
Yesterday’s World - The Home Computer!
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, December 12, 2011 ,
Straight-talking answers to business questions - the examiners might hate some of this!

Thomas Cook opts for a different generic strategy for success
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, December 11, 2011 ,
Is this CSR Champion Acting Like Scrooge?

Time for this Dragon to Cut Costs to Keep his Health Clubs Fighting Fit

Pandanomics - Can Edinburgh Zoo Get a Return on its Cuddly Investment?
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, December 07, 2011 ,
Behind the scenes of a Sainsbury’s warehouse at Christmas

AQA AS Business (BUSS1) Revision Guide
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, December 05, 2011 ,
Exam answers - the danger of the “generic chunky”
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, December 04, 2011 ,
Ho! Ho! Ho?  No No No! Motivation and the Xmas Party

A peak inside Santa’s Grotto…sorry, the Amazon.co.uk Warehouse

The Biz Quiz - 2 December 2011
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, December 02, 2011 ,
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