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21 Feb 2017
The Row over Business Rates
Many businesses are worried about the prospect of a sizeable increase in their business rates after revaluation. Sky news hosted a discussion over the issue of reforms to business rates and the...
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20 Feb 2017
Move Over Uber - Here Come the Driverless Taxi Drones
Would you want to take a ride in one of these? If you live in Dubai, you might be able to soon. No word though on what the fare will be.
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20 Feb 2017
£7m is the Cost of Poor Quality for Bovis Homes
A classic example here of the potential costs from allowing the standard of customer service and product quality to fall way below expected standards.
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19 Feb 2017
Kraft withdraw their mega-takover offer
Did Kraft find that they had bitten off more than they could chew? Last night they announced that they were withdrawing their offer to buy Unilever. Michael Mullen, a spokesman for the company,...
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19 Feb 2017
Trapdoor Activity - AQA A Level Ratios and Calculations
There are lots of calculations and ratios in the AQA A Level Business specification. Can you spot which ones are not included using this classic Trapdoor activity?
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18 Feb 2017
Trapdoor Activity - AQA A Level Theories and Models
Which theories and models are included in the AQA A Level Business spec? Try this version of the classic Trapdoor activity for a fun way to test awareness of key exam spec models.
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16 Feb 2017
Who are Britain's Favourite Supermarkets?
Non-price competition is an important part of a supermarket's armoury when competing for custom. This article looks at a variety of categories - in-store experience, online, food quality and value...
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15 Feb 2017
Businesses failing to pay the minimum wage
A number of well known high street stores have failed to pay the National Minimum Wage and have been named and shamed.
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15 Feb 2017
Dyson plugging the skills gap
Dyson has opened a new technology and research centre in Singapore, because of a shortage of skilled engineers in the UK. This short 1-minute film highlights the fact that 40% of Singapore's...
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15 Feb 2017
How helping out your mum could be the start of a big gig business
Australian entrepreneur Matt Barrie's website has a simple concept - it connects people who have work they need doing with others who compete to do the task by submitting the fee they would charge....
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15 Feb 2017
Can Spotify survive through to their IPO?
Spotify's planned initial public offering (IPO) appears to be subject to delays as it rethinks crucial licensing deals with Universal, Sony and Warner who together have significant oligopolistic...
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14 Feb 2017
A Great Guide to the Gig Economy
I wouldn't be surprised if the so-called "gig economy" features as a context in the A Level Business exams this summer. So this accessible, example-packed guide to the gig economy from the BBC is...
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14 Feb 2017
Horizontal Integration On the Way for the Car Industry as a Major Takeover Emerges
The European car industry looks like it is set for some consolidation with the news that Peugeot in talks to buy GM's Vauxhall and Opel businesses.
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14 Feb 2017
From Chemicals to Cars - Is this the Ultimate in Unrelated Diversification?
What on earth is going on here? Chemicals giant Ineos has announced plans to invest hundreds of millions of pounds behind an attempt to become a car manufacturer.
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14 Feb 2017
Business leadership advice from CEO Secrets ...sssh! Silent Debate!
The Business Blog has highlighted this resource before, but the BBC collection of 'CEO Secrets' videos is worth a reminder. There are now masses of short videos, each around 1 minute long, of a...
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13 Feb 2017
Tracking Provenance using Blockchain Technology
For many consumers, the provenance of the products they buy is an increasingly important non-price factor influencing the choices they make in markets.
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13 Feb 2017
Tesco special offers past their Sell-by Date
If you go into a Tesco store today, you are likely to find that all the staff are out on the shop floor checking their Special Offer labels on the shelves. They have been caught out by a BBC...
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11 Feb 2017
Pimlico Plumbers lose case over worker rights
Another gig economy story, but this time the 'worker' has won. In this case, the plumber concerned, Gary Smith, won the right to re-negotiate his contract after he'd had a heart attack. His...
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10 Feb 2017
The Ultimate in Business Hedging?
Perhaps this is the ultimate in hedging behaviour - the owner of Durex is buying a company that makes baby food!! What can possibly go wrong?
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10 Feb 2017
Delayering and Culture Change at Waitrose
Waitrose is in the headlines with news that it is removing a layer from its store organisational hierarchy as well as closing six under-performing stores.
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