Blog and updates
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13 Feb 2016
IB Diploma B&M May 2016 - Todos os Mercados Toolkit
The details have been confirmed about our popular revision toolkit for the IB Diploma Paper 1 Case Study for May 2016 - Todos os Mercados.
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12 Feb 2016
Blood, Sweat and Profits - How Class Pass Is Fueling Demand for Fitness
A great example here of how an innovative app is helping the owners of boutique fitness classes maximise their class attendance, thereby increasing capacity utilisation and boosting profits.
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12 Feb 2016
Is the Sugar Tax a Threat to Business?
The UK is just one of several countries looking at the introduction of a sugar tax. Would it work? How might be affect businesses?
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12 Feb 2016
Ansoff Would be Proud: Burger King Expands into Hot Dogs
In what is being described as the most significant new product introduction for Burger King in years, the fast food outlet is adding hot dogs to the menu.
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11 Feb 2016
Porter visits Liverpool FC at Anfield
Liverpool FC supporters staged a mass walkout over the weekend with thousands of fans leaving Anfield on the 77 minute mark, including Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher. But why?
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11 Feb 2016
The Biz Quiz - 11 February 2016
The last Biz Quiz for this half-term. We're back in two weeks time! Good luck!
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10 Feb 2016
Shares, Share Prices , Dividends and Market Capitalisation Explained
Another superb video here from Jonathan Guthrie at the FT. This time key concepts of shares, share prices, shareholder returns (dividends) and market capitalisation are all explained concisely....
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10 Feb 2016
Takeovers Explained
What a superb new video resource from Jonathan Guthrie and the FT team. This beautifully-explained video guides us through the motives for takeovers and how they are valued.
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10 Feb 2016
Examples of How E-commerce Has Disrupted Markets and Industries
Students exploring the disruptive impact and potential of e-commerce have not shortage of great examples to consider.
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10 Feb 2016
AQA A Level Business Year 1 (AS) Topic Worksheets and Case Studies
This resource is ideal for those crucial revision lessons as the summer exams approach. Our collection of topic-by-topic worksheets and case studies provides complete coverage of the AQA A level...
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10 Feb 2016
Teaching Quantitative Skills & Numerical Concepts - Teaching Resource Pack
We were delighted with the response of business teaching colleagues to the bumper collection of new teaching resources & approaches on the recent Teaching Quantitative Skills & Numerical...
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9 Feb 2016
Meet Sundar Pichai - the $199m CEO
How important are financial methods of motivations for a CEO? Sundar Pichai - the CEO of Google - has been given a significant incentive to stay with the business and perform after being awarded...
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9 Feb 2016
Technological Change at the Supermarket
This video highlights a series of technological innovations designed to improve the customer experience in a grocery store.
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9 Feb 2016
UK Retailers Missing Out on China's E-Commerce Opportunity
'The extent to which e-commerce creates opportunities and poses threats for businesses' is a key area for students tackling the BUSS4 research theme.However, it seems that many UK retailers are...
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7 Feb 2016
Brand it like Brooklyn Beckham
16-year-old Brooklyn Beckham has been given the gig of photographing Burberry’s latest ad campaign, not because of his photographic prowess, but because of his 5.9 million Instagram followers.
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6 Feb 2016
Curry Crisis - The Economics & Business Behind a Market under Threat
There are around 12,000 curry houses in the UK - but not for much longer if predictions of the market's demise prove correct.
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6 Feb 2016
Takeover Strategy - Who Might Buy Yahoo?
We reported on the Business Blog recently that Internet business Yahoo is going through a significant phase of retrenchment as it struggles to compete with the likes of Google and Facebook.
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6 Feb 2016
Analysing the Strategic Logic of the Sainsbury's Argos Takeover
A superb five minute analysis here of Sainsbury's £1.3bn takeover of Home Retail Group (owner of Argos).
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3 Feb 2016
In Search of Synergy: Sainsbury's Buys into Argos' E-commerce Capabilities
What is the core strategic rationale for Sainsbury's £1.3bn takeover of Home Retail Group (the parent company of Argos)? E-commerce and Economics of Scale are the answer.
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3 Feb 2016
The Biz Quiz - 4 February 2016
The first Biz Quiz of February 2016 is a cracker. Can you get all ten questions right?
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