The Biz Quiz - 13 November 2018
Here is the latest edition of The Biz Quiz with 10 questions on business news stories from the last 7 days.
The Biz Quiz - 6 November 2018
Here is the latest Biz Quiz with 10 questions on business news stories from the last 7 days.
The Biz Quiz - 29 October 2018
Back from half-term, here is the latest edition of the Biz Quiz!
Amazon launches pop-up fashion stores
Fantastic article here on Amazon's growth strategy in the UK fashion market. It already has a 4.6% share of online fashion sales in the UK and it is growing fast. Now Amazon has launched the first...
The Biz Quiz - 15 October 2018
Another busy week in the business news is covered by this weeks Biz Quiz!
The Purposeful Business
Do businesses exist to make profits, or to serve a purpose? This new lecture from Gresham College looks at the current debate over purposeful businesses who are not purely driven by the profit...
The Biz Quiz - 7 October 2018
The Biz Quiz returns! Here are 10 questions on business news stories from the last 7 days...
Jack's - Quality + Price is Key to Success When Competing with Aldi and Lidl
A food article here, but packed with business gold!
Will Jack's eat up Tesco?
Tesco's are fighting back. They have had many difficulties in the last few years, and although they are still our biggest supermarket, they have lost ground from a 32% share of the market to 27.4%....
Argos dips a toe in the water with a voice app
Argos has to find a way to fight back against Amazon, if it is to survive alongside the giant tech business whose record profits were fuelling it to a stock market value of over $1trillion this...
Business Simulation - The Trading Game
The Trading Game is a group business simulation designed to get students thinking about and experiencing a wide range of entrepreneurial skills and activities.
How Toyota Changed The Way We Make Things
On the day that Toyota has announced a $500m joint venture with Uber to develop driverless-car technologies, here is a short video on the impact of Toyota in changing the way we make things....
Change in strategic focus for Uber
A change in strategic direction for Uber: in part because of changes in its external environment (legal & regulatory). But, also because of the pressure from investors to improve financial...
Is Wonga on the brink of collapse?
Can't be long left for Wonga. It's hard to imagine any sane investor wanting to provide rescue capital to a business with large, increasing and uncertain contingent liabilities such as a...
Auctioneer Enjoy a Boom as Retailers Suffer a Downturn
Retailers might be struggling, but it's a boom time for auctioneers!
Sainsbury's and Asda merger comes under scrutiny
Competition policy (PESTLE) & Porter Five Forces in action: yet another review of competitive rivalry in the UK supermarket industry as the planned merger between Sainsbury's and Asda is sent...
Automation challenges call centre jobs
Automation (particularly through chatbots) is transforming / disrupting the call centre industry.
Should Botox Treatment be Available From High Street Retailers?
Some interesting ethical issues raised by the decision of high-street retailer Superdrug to offer Botox treatment in-store.
A fabulous video here from the CNBC team exploring the growth and performance of Subway - now the worlds largest franchise operator with almost 45,000 outlets worldwide.
The rise of the freelancer
Chances are many students will know friends or family who are self-employed - one of the scariest but also exhilarating ways of being an entrepreneur. Self-employment is on the rise, as this BBC...