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5 Mar 2015
Manufacturing Is Coming home - Superb Video
This great video from the BBC contains some nuggets of gold for this years BUSS4 research theme on UK manufacturing with a particular focus on moving production (reshoring) back from China to the UK.
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5 Mar 2015
The Vehicle with the Built-in Bike!
Ford has shown off its new ideas for inner-city travel. A van with a built in folding electric bike.The idea behind this new prototype is to allow couriers, who would normally drive a van into...
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4 Mar 2015
Top 10 Tips for the AQA GCSE Business Studies Exams
This is my third blog looking at how to develop your exam skills and maximise your marks in GCSE (AQA) Business Studies.
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3 Mar 2015
Fantastic Lesson Starter - Top 20 Consumer Brands of 2015
This would make a fantastic business studies lesson starter or bellwork.
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2 Mar 2015
BUSS2 Revision Presentations
We have a series of streamed revision presentations on tutor2u to help students preparing for AQA BUSS2. Follow the links below to view each individual presentation.You can also test your...
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2 Mar 2015
BUSS2 Revision Quizzes
Set our below are links to each of our revision quizzes for students preparing for BUSS2.Don't forget to also make full use of these BUSS2 revision presentations
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2 Mar 2015
BUSS3 Revision Quizzes
The revision quizzes below are designed to support students preparing for BUSS3 - Strategies for Success.
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1 Mar 2015
Leadership – Start with Why
To paraphrase @tutor2u_graham, this video is 17 minutes of "Pure Leadership Gold Dust!".
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1 Mar 2015
BUSS3 and the Skill of Application
Application is one area that many BUSS3 students seem to struggle with and a lack of application within answers not only restricts marks for application but can also limit opportunities for good...
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28 Feb 2015
Don't Reshore, Rightshore
Recently, Ernst & Young published a report encouraging manufacturers to seize a 'once in a generation' chance to add billions to UK GDP and rebalance the national economy by reshoring...
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23 Feb 2015
Manufacturing - Inside GSK's Aquafresh Toothpaste Factory
There's a lot you can squeeze out of this fascinating video behind the scenes of GSK's main UK toothpaste factory.The sheer scale and capacity of the Aquafresh production line is staggering. The...
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23 Feb 2015
The Biz Quiz - 23 February 2015
A bumper edition of The Biz Quiz on its return after half-term - 15 questions for you!Launch The Biz Quiz - 23 February 2015Download printable version (pdf)Download teacher solution (pdf)
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23 Feb 2015
BUSS4 - tutor2u 10 for 2015
Each year we recommend ten businesses that we feel are particularly suitable for BUSS4 students who want to focus their research into firms and industries that are relevant for both the Section A...
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23 Feb 2015
BUSS4 - Exam Topic Tracker
There have been nine sittings of the BUSS4 exam now, based on the first six research themes (Emerging Markets, UK Recession, Corporate Social Responsibility, Takeovers and Mergers, Corporate...
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18 Feb 2015
Chivalrous Thieves take a Chinese coach tour to the Strong Man Street Party
Which UK tourist attractions do you think each of the following names represents? (** see the end of this blog for a link to the answers)
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16 Feb 2015
GCSE (AQA) Business Studies Exam Skills: How to Answer a 9 mark Question
This is my second blog looking at how to develop your exam skills and maximise your marks in GCSE (AQA) Business Studies.
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