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Ocean plastics and CSR
A good recycling story here. Ocean plastics are notoriously hard to recycle but it seems that P&G are the latest company to try and utilise this resource, and try to make the recycling of this...
Tesco acquires Booker to become UK biggest food business
Tesco is spending £3.7bn in a deal to buy the UK's largest cash and carry business Booker. Actually there is much more to Booker than being an old-style wholesaler; as is customary the boards of...
Fake Lego fools Lego's Chinese Boss!
China produces around 80% of the world's counterfeit goods by value - despite a 2014 crackdown. These goods now include fake Lego - the Danish group opened a factory there last year and,...
Enterprise boxing clever
Setting up a new business requires keeping costs within control, as well as finding premises that suit the needs of the business while being in the right location for the target market. A great way...
The net contribution of whisky to the British economy
Here is an enticing demonstrationenticing demonstration of why it always serve to look at 'net' figures when trying to work out the impact of industries on the economy as a whole.
How can business keep Globalisation alive?
The Boston Consulting Group regularly publishes BCG Perspectives, with article examining topics of broad interest and deep importance for business strategy. One of their latest articles looks at...
Market Cannibalism at McD's
Not literally cannibalism, but the term can be used to describe what happens when a company introduces a new product into a market where the same company's products are already well established,...
The New Industrial Strategy for British Business
The Prime Minister launched her New Industrial Strategy for Britain yesterday, with the stated aim that it is part of "...a plan to shape a new future for the kind of country we will be when we...
Netflix Subscriptions Soar!
This article gives a real insight into a modern, fast-changing sector of the economy: streaming services and highlights how Netflix appears to have stolen a march on some of its rivals.
What's the world's most profitable product?
Here is a terrific three minute clip from the radio. Is the iPhone the most profitable product in history? What are the other contenders?
Price of Freddo bars jumps by 20%
Mondelez claims that "to ensure we can keep people’s favourite brands on shelf and look after the 4,500 people we employ in the UK, we are having to make some selective price increases across our...
Structural slump in retail
Online sales, a shift to spending more on leisure and travel, and 'a difficult winter' are being blamed for the poor Christmas trading figures which have come out from major high street brands this...
Simon Sinek is talkin’ ‘bout your generation!
I’m a huge fan of Mr Sinek and blogged about his TED Talk, “Start with Why”,back in 2015. This year, he’s been very popular on social media after his interview with Inside Quest in which he...
Blooming buses
A quick follow up to yesterday's blog about cars with gardens under the bonnet: authorities in Madrid are looking for ways of reducing CO2 emissions and improving the air quality in the city, and...
Alexa takes over at CES 2017 - and the car with a garden inside
Amazon's Echo and Echo Dot - better known to the world as Alexa - were the best-selling products on Amazon this Christmas, in a year which saw the company's best-ever holiday sales. And at CES 2017...
A Disastrous Takeover for Toshiba
This may turn out to be a classic example of how not to undertake external growth through a takeover!
Uber v Didi Chuxing: Round Two - In Brazil
Uber and Didi Chuxing - the world's two largest ride-hailing businesses - famously battled for market leadership in China. Didi Chuxing won that battle and now it has set its sights on another key...
Higher variable costs and lower customer numbers have forced Jamie's Italian to announce the closure of six restaurants in the UK.
Business Births Exceed Deaths in the UK
Good news for the future health of the British economy. The ONS reports that since 2011, the rate of business births in the UK has exceeded the rate of business deaths.
What makes a good Boss?
New research published by the Harvard Business School finds that employing senior and middle management with deep experience and expertise in the core activities of a business may be more important...