Blog and updates
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10 Dec 2024
Super Tuesday - Two Livestreams Today!
Two Livestreams tomorrow (Tuesday) as the end of term comes into view! At 1630 I am running a live revision session on the Economics of Inequality - a fast-paced 25 minutes of questions and...
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9 Dec 2024
Breaking Barriers: How a UK-EU Trade Reset Could Boost Economic Growth
The United Kingdom’s post-Brexit economic journey is at a crossroads. Enter Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressing the Euro-Group of finance ministers—the first UK chancellor to do...
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9 Dec 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – how climate change is affecting food price inflation (Dec 2024)
Extreme weather events are putting upward pressure on food inflation, with coffee prices hitting near-record highs.
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8 Dec 2024
Guinness, Gen Z, and the Economics of a Foamy Frenzy
Imagine the agony: heading to your local pub (health club) anticipating a perfectly poured pint of Guinness, only to discover your local pub is out of stock. Welcome to the unexpected reality of...
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7 Dec 2024
Festive Quiz! UK Economy and Business in the News (2024)
Here is a twelve question quiz covering the UK Economy and Business in the News during 2024. This year our theme is 'The 12 Jumpers of Christmas'! Click on the link below to download the quiz and...
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6 Dec 2024
The tutor2u GCSE Economics Festive Quiz
The annual tutor2u Festive Quiz is here! This year our theme is 'The 12 Jumpers of Christmas'! Each Powerpoint quiz contains 12 multi-choice questions to use in class.
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6 Dec 2024
The tutor2u A Level Economics Festive Quiz
The annual tutor2u Festive Quiz is here! This year our theme is 'The 12 Jumpers of Christmas'! Each Powerpoint quiz contains 12 multi-choice questions to use in class.
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6 Dec 2024
The Great Christmas Veggie Battle: Who Pays the Price for Cheap Carrots?
Every Christmas, a peculiar war rages in Britain’s supermarkets—not over luxury chocolates or fancy wines, but over humble vegetables. Carrots for 15p, potatoes for 19p, parsnips at bargain-bin...
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6 Dec 2024
Data starter: World's top 30 good exporters 2023
Which countries & geographical regions exported the most goods in 2023?
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6 Dec 2024
Economics Weekly Quiz | 06 December 2024
Here's this week economics news quiz! The quiz has 8 multi-choice questions about news events relating to economics from the previous 7 days. Most of the questions relate to the UK economy but some...
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5 Dec 2024
Can Starbucks save itself?
This Bloomberg video looks at the supposed decline of Starbucks - falling sales and a lack of a coherent strategy - but will the appointment of a new CEO, Brian Niccol, turn the company around?...
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5 Dec 2024
The Mobile Network Power Play: Vodafone and Three’s £16.5 billion Mega-Merger Explained
The telecom world just got a seismic shake-up: the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has green lit Vodafone’s £16.5bn merger with Three, a move set to create the UK’s largest mobile network...
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5 Dec 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – why Gen Z is paying for ‘forever games’ (Dec 2024)
Gen Z’s unique gaming preferences are transforming the industry, shifting the focus from one-time purchases to live-service models fuelled by in-game spending and community engagement.
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4 Dec 2024
South Western Railway is Nationalised
The Labour government are taking train operating companies back into public ownership, having announced that South West Trains are going to be the first operator to be renationalised in May 2025....
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4 Dec 2024
Water firms push for higher shareholder returns
Is this another failure of privatization? In this case, water companies are hoping that OFWAT will allow them to increase bills such that this allows for higher shareholder returns to fund record...
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3 Dec 2024
From Teapots to Vapes: Typhoo's Survival Story and the Economics of Reinvention
Typhoo Tea, a cherished 120-year-old brand, recently faced what seemed like an insurmountable economic challenge: slumping sales, ballooning debts, and an unfortunate break-in at its Wirral...
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3 Dec 2024
Data Starter: National Insurance Contributions 2024-25
What are the marginal rates of NICs for employees, the self-employed & employers?
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2 Dec 2024
Revision Session on Aggregate Demand and Supply (Tuesday 4pm)
Today at 4pm I am running a 25 minute live revision session on our YouTube channel covering aspects of aggregate demand and supply. There will be topical questions encouraging students to improve...
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2 Dec 2024
The Real Price of Cheap Tomatoes: Forced Labour and Global Supply Chains
What if that can of "Italian" tomato purée in your cupboard wasn’t so Italian after all? Beneath the reassuring label promising Mediterranean sunshine lies a sobering story of forced labor, global...
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2 Dec 2024
In the News Teaching Activity – is the pay gap between bosses and their workers too big? (Dec 2024)
Chief executives' pay should be capped to ensure fairer pay ratios between bosses and workers, according to a High Pay Centre survey.
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