Blog and updates
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14 Dec 2015
Austerity Bites - The London Cafe where everything is £1
A recently opened cafe in London is trying something different. It sells all of its food and drink items for £1.
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14 Dec 2015
How Technology is Transforming the Delivery Business
A gentle look here at the ways in which technology is transforming the logistics industry, focusing on the changing work of the delivery driver.
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14 Dec 2015
Developing Exam Skills to Tackle the new AQA A Level Business
The new AQA A Level Business contains lots of new content. However, what is interesting is a variation in the style of questions on which students will be examined when they take their exams.
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14 Dec 2015
The Biz Quiz - Christmas 2015 Mega Quiz
Our traditional Biz Quiz Christmas Quiz has 20 questions drawn from the Business news in 2015. Can anyone get anywhere near 20 of out 20?
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14 Dec 2015
AQA A Level Business Year 1 (AS) MCQ Test Bank
We're pleased to announce details of a new teaching & revision resource to support colleagues and students preparing for AQA A Level Business. Volume 1 of our MCQ Test Bank provides 220...
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11 Dec 2015
Understanding the Economy: Govt Budget Deficit and Debt
Business students need to have a broad understanding of the economic environment, without needing the specialist knowledge required of their Economics-studying colleagues!
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10 Dec 2015
The Demand/ Correlation Grid - Free Teaching Resource!
The demand and correlation grid is an engaging and interactive activity that can be used to enhance the teaching and learning of demand and/ or correlation.
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8 Dec 2015
Is the Sharing Economy Really a Threat to the Hotel Industry?
This is an essential research video for all students exploring the disruptive impact of sharing economy businesses like AirBnB and the potential threat this poses to multinational hotel chains.
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8 Dec 2015
Economies of Scale? Let the Train Take the Grain
What a terrific illustration here of the concept of economies of scale.
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7 Dec 2015
As Technology Advances "Why Not Lick Your Own Face?"
A new start-up in London is encouraging customers to buy chocolate lollipops of their own face!
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6 Dec 2015
Competitive Advantage in E-commerce: Amazon's Automated Advantage
It is often claimed that Amazon's main competitive advantage is its ability to exploit the "long-tail" - a product range of many millions of items a physical retailer could never hope to match....
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4 Dec 2015
E-Commerce and the new Doorstep Economy
New research from Barclaycard has revealed a new ‘Doorstep Economy’ due to a surge in UK businesses gearing up to meet the increased expectations of consumers for products delivered on-demand.
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2 Dec 2015
The Biz Quiz - 2 December 2015
Not long to go before our mega Biz Quiz of the Year (next week).For now, here is the latest Biz Quiz...
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1 Dec 2015
Success in E-commerce? The Supply Chain is Critical
This is a terrific article from InternetRetailing packed with useful insights for students needing to understand the importance of suppliers in a successful e-commerce strategy.
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30 Nov 2015
Digital Sales Flying for Top Shop and Arcadia
Any students researching the online fashion market for BUSS4 in 2016 are strongly advised to include Arcadia Group alongside the obvious pure-play ASOS. Latest financial results from Arcadia Group...
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30 Nov 2015
Are Customers Getting Online Delivery on the Cheap?
The race is on for e-commerce operations to offer customers the quickest, most convenient and cheapest delivery. However, there is increasing evidence that, whilst these delivery choices are great...
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30 Nov 2015
Low unemployment is bad news for employers needing seasonal labour
Amazon will employ 100,000 seasonal staff to support the expected peak in demand for e-commerce in the final weeks of the year (up 25% from 2014), so are big retailers really struggling to find...
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30 Nov 2015
Seasonal Demand - the Operational & HRM Challenges of E-Commerce
We've just had Black Friday and today is Manic Monday. Both days (along with Singles Day on 11 Nov) are great examples of why B2C e-commerce is highly seasonal and places enormous strains on the...
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29 Nov 2015
Is the Biggest Threat to UK Success in E-Commerce a Digital Skills Gap?
A significant and growing skills gap may threaten the UK's ability to exploit the best opportunities in e-commerce.
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29 Nov 2015
Amazon Joins the Sharing Economy
Time was when Christmas was delivered by Santa and his hard-working elves, then along came e-commerce and delivery of our pressies was outsourced to the likes of Royal Mail, Yodel and UPS. All hail...
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