Blog and updates
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1 Sept 2022
Cost of Living Crisis - Two decades of real pay growth set to be wiped out
The Resolution Foundation is forecasting that households' spending power might fall by £3,000, as up to 3 million households experience fuel poverty.
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1 Sept 2022
Mega Deal in Sports Streaming - BT Sport and Eurosport UK complete a joint venture
Here is a cracking applied example to add to Year 13 Business Economics class notes.
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31 Aug 2022
Cost Crisis Worsens for UK Care Homes
Paul Brand has reported for ITV in stark terms about the cost pressures facing care homes as winter approaches.
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31 Aug 2022
Energy Economics - Hornsea 2 becomes fully operational
Here is an important glimmer of hope during the energy crisis. Hornsea 2 - the world's largest off-shore wind farm has become fully operational.
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31 Aug 2022
A-Level Economics Update Magazine | Issue 2 | Digital Edition
We are delighted to announce the publication of Issue 2 of A Level Economics Update Magazine freely available for schools and colleges.
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30 Aug 2022
Cost of Living Crisis - Dairy prices expected to remain high
ARLA Dairies, one of the biggest producers in the world has warned that a plateau of high prices is likely to stay well into 2023.
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30 Aug 2022
Free Online Induction Courses for new Year 12 Economists
We've updated and extended our popular online induction courses for students starting their new A-Level Economics courses!
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29 Aug 2022
Free Online Course for All Year 13 Economics Students
We are super excited to launch a new free support course for all Year 13 economists as they head into a new school year.
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29 Aug 2022
Energy Price Crisis - Assessing the Impact on Businesses
Businesses are not currently part of the UK retail energy price cap, and the surge in energy bills is having a huge impact on many sectors.
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26 Aug 2022
Energy Price Cap Jumps Again - An Economic and Social Crisis Arrives
When is a price cap not really a price cap? When it keeps changing and when the cap is certainly not a cap on bills.
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25 Aug 2022
Demand and Supply in Action: Sony raises prices of PlayStations in the UK by 6%
Sony has raised the UK price of their PS5 console by 6% (£30), from £449.99 to £479.99.
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25 Aug 2022
Falling NEET percentage hides big differences across educational backgrounds
10.4% of all people aged 16 to 24 years in the UK were not in education, employment or training in the 3 months to the end of June 2022.
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24 Aug 2022
Shifts in Demand and Supply - Fish and Chip Shops Facing Closure
Here's an interesting article from the BBC about the difficulties facing fish and chip shops in the UK caused by shifting demand and supply conditions.
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24 Aug 2022
TUC launch campaign for £15 per hour national minimum wage
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) have launched their campaign for a significant increase in the UK national minimum wage to £15 per hour.
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24 Aug 2022
Globalisation - Apple shifts more manufacturing toward Vietnam
Here is a really interesting piece in the Financial Times about Apple's plans to move more manufacturing towards Vietnam.
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23 Aug 2022
Recession Watch - Key Mortgage Interest Rate rises above 4%
The average interest rate for a new two-year fixed home loan has climbed above 4% for the first time since 2013.
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22 Aug 2022
Surge in UK CEO pay reignites debate over CEO pay caps
The average pay for FTSE 100 chiefs has jumped by 39% to £3.4m according to the High Pay Research Centre.
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21 Aug 2022
Economic Efficiency - Massive Batteries and the Transition to Green Energy
Productive and dynamic efficiency in evidence here in a video about Energy Superhub Oxford.
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21 Aug 2022
Externalities and Government Failure - Raw Sewage and Britain's Beaches
Videos of beaches on the south coast of Britain being afflicted by raw sewage pumped into the sea are a vivid example of government and regulatory failure.
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19 Aug 2022
Trade Unions - Workers Lobby in the USA for Unionisation
A growing number of workers in the United States are organising to join a trade union.
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