Blog and updates
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4 Jan 2016
Winglar plc - Edexcel A Level Business External Environment Case Study
Winglar plc is just one of dozens of fantastic exam-style case studies that the tutor2u Edexcel Business team has produced to support the new A Level specification.
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4 Jan 2016
Perfect Pottery - AQA A Level Business HR Case Study
Perfect Pottery is a great example of the comprehensive suite of exam-preparation case studies that Graham, Mark, Charlotte and the rest of the team have produced to support the delivery of AQA A...
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2 Jan 2016
TBBLE 2014 Teaching Resource Pack
Over 500 business teachers joined us in 2014 for The Best Business Lesson Ever ("TBBLE"). As we were looking for the Christmas Tree in the tutor2u HQ store room we came across a few pristine copies...
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2 Jan 2016
Teaching AQA A Level Business - Resource Buster
Our recent CPD course for teaching colleagues delivering the new AQA A Level Business featured a superb new collection of resources to support the new teaching content.
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2 Jan 2016
Teaching the New Edexcel A Level Business - Resource Buster
Over 250 teachers joined us at our first Teaching the New Edexcel A Level Business - Resource Buster CPD course during 2015. We've still got a few delegate resource folders left which can now be...
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2 Jan 2016
Grab all the WOW! Business 2015 Course Resources
WOW! Business 2015 might have completed its latest programme - but you can still get the entire bumper collection of teaching & learning resources from the course!
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2 Jan 2016
Number 85! Bingo is Staying Alive!
The word Bingo conjures up many images, but contrary to popular belief, bingo is here to stay with UK clubs attracting 45 million visits a year, and, the average age of the game’s followers is...
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1 Jan 2016
A Premium Price for a Real Hover Board
I'm not sure who will want one of these - except people who like to pay premium prices for products nobody else can afford! However, it's undeniable that you'll be the talk of the school or college...
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1 Jan 2016
How Game Theory Explains Why Retail Businesses Like to Locate Close to their Competition
Many thanks to Geoff for spotting this superb video that explains the role of game theory in influencing where businesses choose to locate.
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31 Dec 2015
Ocado Shares Down as Amazon Pantry Grows
Shares in online grocery business, Ocado, fell more than 3% due to a combination of increased fears of competition from Amazon and the failure to sign up an international partner. Ocado shares have...
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30 Dec 2015
Britain Leads in E-commerce
Britain is the world leader in e-commerce according to former Google boss Eric Schmidt.
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29 Dec 2015
Britain's Last Coal Mine Standing - Closes
A million men used to toil beneath the ground in the UK's coal industry. Coal-mining fuelled the industrial revolution and brought about the biggest industrial dispute of the last fifty years. Now...
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23 Dec 2015
Samsung's Culture Problem
This article from Reuters is perfect for A Level & IB B&M students exploring the core topic of organisational culture. Samsung, perhaps the world's most diversified business, appears to be...
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23 Dec 2015
The Business with a 95% Market Share
As you tuck into your flaming Lidl or Waitrose christmas pudding, impress the guests around the festive dining room table with an impressive marketing statistic. 95% of Christmas puddings sold by...
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18 Dec 2015
New GCSE Business Subject Content Announced
The details of the required specification content for the new GCSE Business qualifications have just been published by the DfE.
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17 Dec 2015
Inflation Explained
Business students need to have an understanding of the economics concept of inflation. This superb short video from The Guardian does the job perfectly - inflation explained in two minutes!
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17 Dec 2015
Quality Street not Quantity Street!
Nestle have been branded a scrooge after a tweet that showed the decreasing size of quality street tins went viral a couple of days ago
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16 Dec 2015
Business CPD Course Pack Clearance!
We're clearing the decks here in the tutor2u office to make space for our brand new A Level Business CDP course materials in Spring 2016. We've got just a few full delegate resource packs left from...
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16 Dec 2015
Say it with Flowers within Two Hours
Online florist, Bloom&Wild is putting control of its bouquets into the customers hands by giving them the option of two-hour delivery.
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15 Dec 2015
Sports Direct benefits from Online Investment
Sports Direct has reported a 3.6% rise in operating profit as it continues to invest in online.
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