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Gig economy - low paid, but employed or self-employed?
If you are working as a bicycle courier with Deliveroo, or a driver with Uber, are you employed or self-employed?
Is this the world's ultimate brand collaboration?
No I don't mean Tutor2u and Nandos - although that sounds tasty enough! Last week Louis Vuitton came together with with cult NY streetwear disruptive fashion label Supreme by dropping items for...
Keeping Up with the Burgers
This BBC Radio 4 In Business programme looks at how McDonalds is responding to changes in consumer preferences for fast food. It is going through a ten year revamp including table service, higher...
An Upmarket Move for easyJet
Here's a useful article on easyJet, targeting new markets and their latest growth strategy.
Is Uber a positive force for change?
These are difficult times for Uber. Their business culture has come under serious criticism and the Founder and CEO Travis Kalanick has left as their public image has suffered and investors have...
The anti-dance-class dance class
This is the health and fitness dance class for people who don't like mirror-lined exercise studios, who are put off by the need to follow a class routine because they never seem to get the steps or...
Kalanick resigns at Uber
Big business news! Travis Kalanick has resigned as the chief executive of the car-hailing app Uber after several major investors urged him to stand down. The business has been hit in recent months...
Price Elasticity of Demand works at Disney parks in the US
In February, Disney raised the price of tickets to visit its theme parks in the US. The price rises varied, but were typically just under 4%, with seasonal mid-tier day tickets costing $107, up...
Government and business in partnership to beat Alzheimer's
One of the biggest medical threats to face us is Alzheimer's disease. The annual death rate from it is expected to quadruple by 2040, and so far, in spite of billions of dollars-worth of investment...
McDonalds ends 40 years of Olympic sponsorship
McDonald's are focusing their efforts on its core business, with a mix of lower costs and investment in in improving food quality, restaurant service and online ordering. One part of this is...
Amazon and the Threats of New Entrants and Substitutes
Amazon is extending its presence in the grocery market by buying US grocery retailer Whole Foods Market. Although it only has a handful of branches in the UK, Whole Foods is a major player in the...
Trouble at the top of Uber
The decision of Travis Kalanick, founder and Chief Executive of Uber, to take leave from the business has brought many articles about leadership and corporate culture. Broadly, the theme is that...
Road Haulage Association seeks compensation from truck makers after cartel is exposed
A virtual hat tip to one of my own students, Ben Wilkinson, for spotting this story on the BBC Business website today. It's gone straight in to my Edexcel Business A Level Theme 2 Scheme of Work...
Update on external influences - UK consumer spending falls
Credit and debit card firm Visa have the data to give us a very comprehensive view of how much we are spending, and what we are buying. Their latest data, produced yesterday, shows that although...
Downloads from the great Jukebox in the sky
PwC have recently released a report analysing the trends emerging in the Entertainment and Media industry with a particular focus on shifts in advertising and consumer spending. TheSegment Findings...
McJobs and zero-hours contracts
The term 'McJobs' is not a new one - the Washington Post first used it in 1986 and the Oxford English Dictionary has a formal definition for it, as "unstimulating, low-paid jobs with few prospects,...
Honey trap
Any Dragons Den devotee will know that one of the first issues for a new product with a great USP is "Can you protect the idea?". This is THE big question for bee-keepers in New Zealand, producing...
'Responsabilisation' at Michelin tyres
Is this the french translation of 'Empowerment'? Michelin are following a gradual process of shifting more responsibility on to their shop floor staff. They say that this translates to a mixture of...
Toyota Skydrive
Flying cars - whyever not? Cartivator is a group of 30 volunteers in Japan, who so far have used crowdfunding to finance their development of the Skydrive flying car. Their work is based on drone...
Will there be a post-Brexit wage boom?
One of the reasons given by many who voted to leave the EU was that free movement of labour within the union led to lower wages in the UK. This is because a greater supply of labour means that the...
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