Blog and updates
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23 Jan 2023
Protectionism | Brexit Red Tape Damages Yet Another Successful British Exporter
Yet more evidence of the damaging impact that Brexit is having on UK businesses that previously enjoyed high levels of sales to customers in the EU.
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23 Jan 2023
Human Resource Management | Big Tech Cuts Back
Potentially bad news if you are working for a large tech business. Their HR departments are busy. Busy making significant reductions in the size of the workforce.
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22 Jan 2023
Product Innovation | Rentokil and Vodafone Combine to Play the Rat-tective
Watch out rats. Facial recognition technology is coming for you.
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21 Jan 2023
Marketing Campaigns | The Rise of Pet Influencers
I'm going to have a serious word with my 14-year old black labrador about her abject failure to become a pet influencer. Just imagine how much she might have earned me, sorry her.
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20 Jan 2023
Price Elasticity of Demand | Will Significant Price Increases Affect the Quantity of Package Holidays Demanded?
Customers wanting to book holidays to popular summer sun destinations will find prices are much higher for 2023. Will it impact demand? The concept of PED may help answer the question.
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20 Jan 2023
Leadership & Management | All Change at the Top for Netflix
It's time for the founder to step aside at Netflix and allow new management to tackle some tricky strategic challenges!
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13 Jan 2023
Protecting a Brand | Three Stripes and You're Out. But Four is Fine
There were two winners in this court case - luxury brand Thom Browne Inc, and their lawyers. The loser? Adidas.
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13 Jan 2023
Marketing: New Product Development and Promotion | Time for More Taste Testing?
Better taste and texture should be on the menu for plant-based food makers if they are to take advantage of growth opportunities.
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12 Jan 2023
Marketing Mix and Packaging | After Gin in a Tin, Waitrose Moves to Wine in a Can
This change in wine packaging by Waitrose is a real corker.
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12 Jan 2023
Workforce Planning and Capacity | Mechanic Shortages at Halfords Lowers Profits
HR managers at Halfords trying to recruit sufficient car mechanics to meet demand must be exhausted.
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10 Jan 2023
Social Media Marketing | Tighter Controls over Advertiser Access to Teenage User Data
Facebook and Instagram are taking a page out of the Apple playbook here by further restricting advertiser access to data on teenage users.
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10 Jan 2023
Marketing Promotion | When Misleading Promotions Go Badly Wrong
Don't promise customers they can win a solid-gold prize - if a sold gold prize isn't on offer.
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9 Jan 2023
The Biz Quiz: 9th January 2023
Happy New Year! Here's our weekly business news quiz. Good luck!
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3 Jan 2023
Corporate Social Responsibility | Will Free Pizza be a Win-Win for Pure Pizza?
They say there is no such thing as a free lunch. But, try telling that to customers of Pure Pizza who can claim a free pizza during Jan 2023.
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3 Jan 2023
Capacity Management | 20% Cuts in Hospitality Capacity to Tackle External Threats
The external environment facing the UK hospitality industry looks as bleak as the winter weather. So many pubs, restaurants and hotels are looking to cut capacity in the short-term to reduce costs...
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20 Dec 2022
Employee / Employee Relations | A Rolls Royce Pay Rise Averts Industrial Action
Potential industrial action at the BMW-owned Rolls Royce Motor factory in England has been averted through the agreement of a significant pay rise.
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20 Dec 2022
PESTLE, Risk Management and Outsourcing | TSB's Botched IT Project Costs Shareholders another £49m
Botching major IT projects can be costly in both in financial terms and also repuationally. Just ask the TSB.
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18 Dec 2022
Sources of Finance: Sale of Assets | JD Sports Sells 15 Brands to Competitor
A good example here of how significant cash can be raise from the sale of assets.
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