Blog and updates
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24 Jan 2017
Market Cannibalism at McD's
Not literally cannibalism, but the term can be used to describe what happens when a company introduces a new product into a market where the same company's products are already well established,...
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24 Jan 2017
The New Industrial Strategy for British Business
The Prime Minister launched her New Industrial Strategy for Britain yesterday, with the stated aim that it is part of "...a plan to shape a new future for the kind of country we will be when we...
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23 Jan 2017
Training staff to meet customer expectations
A new study by the Institute of Customer Service suggests that businesses which put customer service at the heart of their staff training will gain a competitive advantage. This is particularly...
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22 Jan 2017
The Prisoner’s Solution – Podcast and Question Sheet
This NPR podcast from Planet Money (question sheet below) tells the story of Frederick, whose first business enterprise landed him in prison for 5 years. His next venture, which involved...
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22 Jan 2017
What is Facebook exactly? Zuckerberg's archived interview!
If you are teaching business growth - what better archived interview to use! "What is Facebook exactly?" 12 years ago, someone named Mark Zuckerberg appeared on a business news show talking about...
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20 Jan 2017
Global poverty, and the world's richest 8 people
Does it matter that, according to Oxfam, the world's richest 8 people have as much wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world?
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19 Jan 2017
Netflix Subscriptions Soar!
This article gives a real insight into a modern, fast-changing sector of the economy: streaming services and highlights how Netflix appears to have stolen a march on some of its rivals.
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18 Jan 2017
'Is Free Trade' good or bad?
Is Free Trade a good thing or a bad thing? On the one hand, in her Brexit speech this week Theresa May promised to push for the "freest possible trade" with European countries and to sign new deals...
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17 Jan 2017
AQA GCSE: The Conundrum of Marking the 9 Mark Question
Every teacher and examiner will have different viewpoints on how to guide their students as to the best way to structure their answers to a 9 mark question.
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17 Jan 2017
What's the world's most profitable product?
Here is a terrific three minute clip from the radio. Is the iPhone the most profitable product in history? What are the other contenders?
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17 Jan 2017
Ride-Sharing and the Business of Transport
This is a brilliant Economist piece looking at how ride-sharing and ride-hailing apps will shape the future of transport. It's part of the Change Makers series and gives a fascinating insight into...
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15 Jan 2017
Strategy After the Takeover: DW Fitness and Fitness First
The integration process between two businesses following a takeover is crucial to making a success of an external growth strategy. How is the management of DW Fitness dealing with the challenges of...
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14 Jan 2017
Curing Corporate Culture at VW
There is an interesting article in the FT written by Robert Armstrong who admits that, despite having huge experience as a corporate analyst with capacity for reaching 'economic conclusions', he is...
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13 Jan 2017
Price of Freddo bars jumps by 20%
Mondelez claims that "to ensure we can keep people’s favourite brands on shelf and look after the 4,500 people we employ in the UK, we are having to make some selective price increases across our...
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9 Jan 2017
Structural slump in retail
Online sales, a shift to spending more on leisure and travel, and 'a difficult winter' are being blamed for the poor Christmas trading figures which have come out from major high street brands this...
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8 Jan 2017
A Level Business Assessment Update
We've just uploaded the following new resources to the digital download store on the tutor2u Business Channel:
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8 Jan 2017
Simon Sinek is talkin’ ‘bout your generation!
I’m a huge fan of Mr Sinek and blogged about his TED Talk, “Start with Why”,back in 2015. This year, he’s been very popular on social media after his interview with Inside Quest in which he...
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8 Jan 2017
Demonstrating Application - What's the SCORE?
Making sure your exam answers are fully in context is a key part of success in A Level Business. Here's a great approach - SCORE - which helps identify key elements of the contexts you are provided...
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8 Jan 2017
Blooming buses
A quick follow up to yesterday's blog about cars with gardens under the bonnet: authorities in Madrid are looking for ways of reducing CO2 emissions and improving the air quality in the city, and...
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7 Jan 2017
Alexa takes over at CES 2017 - and the car with a garden inside
Amazon's Echo and Echo Dot - better known to the world as Alexa - were the best-selling products on Amazon this Christmas, in a year which saw the company's best-ever holiday sales. And at CES 2017...
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