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17 May 2015
Breakeven and Profit Calculations - Practice Case Study (SAS)
It's always worthwhile checking that you know how to calculate contribution, break-even output, margin of safety and profit.Here is some financial information, based on the 2015 AQA BS03 Case Study...
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17 May 2015
BUSS1 Basics - Key Analysis & Evaluation Points
This short, simple revision presentation contains some summary thoughts about potential analysis and evaluation points which students might use effectively in their BUSS1 exam answers.The critical...
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15 May 2015
BUSS1 - The Final Countdown
The final main BUSS1 paper is sat on Monday. Last night Graham Prior hosted a twitter revision session with hundreds of BUSS1 candidates. Here are some of the most popular of Graham's tweets -...
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14 May 2015
Lean Production and sustainability
Unilever has tried to position itself as a multinational company that combines greenery with profitability.It sees these goals as complementary rather than contradictory. After a five-year...
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7 May 2015
Brompton Bikes - A Wheelie Good Case Study for BUSS4
Brompton, along with Pashley are now the only two volume manufacturers of bicycles in Britain. Raleigh, which at its peak produced more than 1m frames a year, now manufacturers abroad.Brompton is a...
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7 May 2015
AS Business Studies Revision Video - Variance Analysis
Calculating variances is an area that many AS Business Studies students find tricky. With this in mind I recorded a short video which covers some of the basics of variance analysis along with two...
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6 May 2015
Organisational Culture: The "Business of Business is People"
Here is one of my all-time favourite video clips for business studies, featuring one of my business heroes - Herb Kelleher.Herb who? You might not have heard of Herb Kelleher. However, I highly...
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6 May 2015
AS Business Studies Revision Video - Understanding Markets
With AS Business Studies exams literally in the post I have just recorded a revision video on Understanding Markets which focuses on Market Size, Growth and Share.Watch: AS Business Studies:...
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6 May 2015
BUSS1 Revision Presentations
We've streamed a comprehensive collection of revision presentations to support students preparing for AQA BUSS1 here on the Business Blog. The links to each are shown below.You can also test your...
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6 May 2015
Ikea's Distinctive and Positive Organisational Culture
As you may know. I'm a big fan of the organisational culture at Ikea. It is a fabulous case study in how a strong culture can be a sustainable competitive advantage for a business.
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6 May 2015
BUSS1 - Revision Quizzes
We've now updated all our revision quizzes to support students preparing for BUSS1. Each quiz is listed below. Have fun testing your knowledge and understanding by working through them all - and...
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24 Apr 2015
Developing BUSS4 Exam Skills: Lessons Learned from June 2014
There's no doubt that BUSS4 is a challenging paper, not the least being the challenge of constructing two well-argued and evidenced essays that get right to the heart of what the questions are...
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23 Apr 2015
Holland and Barrett take on the Supermarkets
Holland and Barrett is planning to take on the supermarkets with the launch of its first Free From concept store, Holland and Barret More.
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23 Apr 2015
Developing BUSS3 Exam Skills: Lessons Learned from June 2014
BUSS3 is a challenging paper consisting of 4 questions with the last question being worth 34 marks. What makes this paper different from the other three papers is the amount of data in the...
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21 Apr 2015
Amazing Video for Innovation and Technology: Formula 1 Pit Stops
Just seen this amazing, amazing video today which would be perfect as a starter on innovation, technology and competitive advantage.
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21 Apr 2015
Developing BUSS2 Exam Skills: Lessons Learned from June 2014
BUSS2 is worth 60% of AS and 30% of A level and is therefore a crucial exam.What can we learn about BUSS2 from last year's examiners report?
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20 Apr 2015
Developing Exam Skills: BUSS1: Lessons Learned from May 2014
As BUSS1 approaches, what can we learn from the exam in May 2014?A quick look at the examiner's report, as usual, provides us with some fascinating insight and advice
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20 Apr 2015
AS Business Studies - Revision Webinars
Last night I hosted two free AS Business Studies revision webinars on calculating profit, contribution and break-even and measuring and increasing profit. A recording of each of these webinars...
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15 Apr 2015
AS Business Studies - Revision Webinars
The tutor2u Business Studies team is once again running a programme of short, free revision webinars to support AS Business students in their final exam preparation.We list the scheduled webinar...
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15 Apr 2015
Inflation Falls and Pound Gains in Strength
At the time of writing this (April 2015) the rate of inflation in the UK is 0% and sterling stands at a seven year high against the Euro, at £1 = €1.35. The Euro has seen a fall in its value over a...
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