In the News
Lord Stuart Rose on rising costs
13th March 2017
This brief clip of an interview with Lord Stuart RoseThis brief clip of an interview with Lord Stuart Rose, chair of Ocado and former CEO of M&S, is firmly in the Business Gold category. In 47 seconds, Lord Rose covers the impact of weakening exchange rate, rising costs, the worsening climate for retailers, and the need eventually to pass costs on to consumers. His comments are given against the background of the BDO High Street Sales tracker for February, which showed that total like-for-like sales were down by -2.2% in February, making it the worst February since 2009 when the financial crisis was battering the UK.
If nothing else, it would be great stimulus material for students to listen to, and then use as the basis to practise drawing breakeven graphs - to show which curves on the graph will shift, and what effect this will have on breakeven output.
You might also like
Breakeven Analysis
Teaching PowerPoints
Introduction to Business Costs (Revision Presentation)
Teaching PowerPoints

Exchange Rates, Costs and Competitiveness - Making the Link
10th March 2015
Cost Minimisation
Study Notes

Inflation Falls and Pound Gains in Strength
15th April 2015
Breakeven and Contribution (GCSE)
Study Notes