BTEC National Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign - The Market for Vinyl Records in the UK

Here is some summary market research information on the market for Vinyl Records in the UK.

Can you revise and use social media at the same time?
A BBC article about some recent research which suggests that young people’s famed multi-tasking abilities are a myth.

A Week Is A Long Time - UK Politics Quiz 25 April 2018

Here's this week's UK politics quiz. Good luck!

The difficulties of digital marketing in 2018
Digital marketing is, by its very nature, a dynamic environment. Many businesses have come to base a huge proportion of their marketing communications on digital and social media, and it...

Globalisation and the spread of knowledge
There is a fantastic piece for Economics students by Martin Wolf in today's FT - if you haven't already registered for FT for Schools, it is worth doing so now ...
Department of Awesome Evaluation
Here are some examples of great evaluation phrases to use in Economics essays.Â

Innovation can challenge the digital monopolies
The hostility towards the virtual monopolies enjoyed by tech giants such as Google and Facebook reveals some strange bedfellows.

Doing business in a customs union
As the UK's vote to leave the European Union took place after the 'new' A level specifications were written, issues such as doing business with a trading bloc or aÂ...

First statue of a woman in Parliament Square
Perhaps surprisingly, there has not been a statue of a woman in Parliament Square before (although there is a statue of Margaret Thatcher in Parliament itself).

Mean Girls
The 2004 movie ‘Mean Girls’ has been given the Broadway treatment and has become a new musical.

Airstrikes in Syria
The following videos explore a range of views following the recent airstrikes in Syria by the US, UK and France.

Watch out! Robo-Farmers are Coming!
Automation is coming, and this BBC video and supporting article investigates the extent to which they can even be applied to agriculture. In this case, an asparagus-picking robot has been...

Barclays boss faces penalty for 'conduct breach'
If you are looking at the impact of external, government regulation on businesses, the news that Barclays boss Jes Staley is facing a fine by UK regulators is a great...
Madagascar's rainforests at risk
Tropical rainforests have been at risk from deforestation for decades. Whether the cause is from logging, excavation of minerals or palm oil; the result is the same. Madagascar is facing...
Policies to Improve Food Affordability (Revision Essay Plan)
Here is a suggested essay plan to this question:Â Evaluate the micro and macro policies a government might use to make food more affordable to lower income groups.
Barriers to Entry and Economic Profit (Revision Essay Plan)

Here is a suggested answer to the following question:Â Examine the role of barriers to entry in earning economic profit.
Museums and Government Subsidy (Revision Essay Plan)

Here is a suggested approach to how A Level Economics students might respond to the essay question "Examine the view that the government should subsidise free entry to museums in...

GCSE History Revision Timeline with a Difference!
What a fantastic idea for revising GCSE History - use the stairs to climb towards a top grade!

Should the monopoly power of the tech titans be broken up?
Vince Cable argues here that the tech giants need to be broken up, arguing that their size is a threat to welfare. He argues that these companies represent new forms...

UK proposes plastic straw ban

A brief FT clip here looking at the proposal to ban plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds, as part of a wider commitment to outlawing avoidable plastic waste by 2042.Â...
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