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15 Apr 2015
Slim Line Profits Lead to New Type of Gym
Only 13% of consumers in the UK currently use a gym. The other 87% of consumers have a variety of reasons for abstaining, including falling real incomes, reduced leisure time and a concern that...
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15 Apr 2015
Transfer Window Closed – Takeover Season Begins!
Unlike the football market, there is no transfer or takeover window in business. However, it seemed that as soon as the football window had closed, there was a switch in media focus to large scale...
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15 Apr 2015
Battle of the Supermarkets
The Queen's grocer, Fortnum and Mason, may well have seen increased profits this year, but for the United Kingdom's major supermarkets, this is a challenging time. Download this article from...
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13 Apr 2015
Online sales drive White Van Man's demand
Here's a neat example of derived demand, or the knock-on effect of rising sales in one market lifting sales of a related good. As the BBC News site reports, the online sales in the UK are...
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10 Apr 2015
BUSS1: Ten Top Tips for Exam Success
Here are our ten top tips for getting BUSS1 right first time:
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7 Apr 2015
Developing BUSS1 and BUSS2 Exam Skills - Effective Use of the Case Study with Mr P Pocus!
A virtual 'doff of the hat' to Claire Hazell (Bushey Meads School) for telling me of this brilliant technique which her students came up with during a recent revision lesson.
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7 Apr 2015
AQA BUSS4 Revision Presentations
Our BUSS4 blog has a series of streamed revision presentations which students may find helpful in supporting their studies ahead of the exam. They are listed below:
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31 Mar 2015
BUSS1 and BUSS2 – Common Misconceptions
With BUSS1 and BUSS2 literally 'in the post' I thought it would be useful to write about some common misconceptions that often appear in students exam papers. Although most of the marks in BUSS1...
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31 Mar 2015
BUSS4 and Planning your Answer
BUSS4 consists of two distinct parts; Section A and Section B. In Section A you have a choice of two essay questions and in Section B you have a choice of 3. Each essay is worth 40 marks and you...
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31 Mar 2015
What an amazing couple of weeks - BUSS2 and BUSS4 Exam Coaching Workshops
Over the past two weeks the tutor2u team has been 'on tour' delivering our AS and A2 Exam Coaching and Revision Workshops for Business Studies and Economics as well as a new addition to the tutor2u...
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31 Mar 2015
UK Automotive Manufacturing - the £1bn Investment Boost
Three news stories caught my eye recently which illustrate the competitiveness of the UK automotive manufacturing sector. A total investment of around £1bn in new car development and production is...
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30 Mar 2015
Minimum wage and employment law: the Homecare Industry
It is a sad fact that many of us will need to call on the assistance of Homecare workers at some time, to help us to provide care for sick or elderly relatives who are living at home rather than in...
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30 Mar 2015
Organic Growth Strategies for Success - Low-Cost Focus Pays for Pure Gym
In just six years, low-cost gym operator has grown from a start-up in Leeds to becoming the UK's leading gym operator with over 500,000 members. This is a stunning example of how a low-cost,...
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28 Mar 2015
Pitch to Rich 2015 - Insights into Branson & Entrepreneurship
Give this a watch. Show it to your students. It might just be the trigger than inspires them to be entrepreneurial.
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28 Mar 2015
Chinese Investment in UK Manufacturing - "Green" Black Cabs in Coventry
The UK automotive industry is perhaps the best example of a manufacturing sector in the UK which is highly competitive and well-placed to exploit growth opportunities. Automotive output has more...
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28 Mar 2015
Made in the UK: The Hi-Tech, Mass-Market Light Bulb
This example might brighten an essay on UK manufacturing and help throw some light on how the UK is still well-placed to take advantage of opportunities for highly-advanced and innovative...
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25 Mar 2015
The Kraft/ Heinz Company
All over the news today is the story that Kraft Food Group is to merge with Heinz, a move that will make the 3rd largest food and drinks company in the USA.
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24 Mar 2015
Location, location, location
HSBC have just announced that they are planning to move 1,000 jobs from London to Birmingham by 2019. This is part of their planning for the new regulations or 'ring-fencing' of banks' retail and...
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19 Mar 2015
Revealed- Jeff Bezos -The man behind Amazon
A great programme here on Jeff Bezos and his background to starting and leading Amazon.
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