Has Pepsi acted fast enough to keep its fizz?
Pepsi have gained a very high profile in the last day or so, but for all the wrong reasons as they have pulled an advert they had put out featuring Kendall Jenner. The ad shows her leaving a photo...
The aforementioned businesses were all in the news today to show business studies students that the stuff they learn about in class is really quite important! First up in this Hustle article, Apple...
Below is a suggested for Q1(a) of our Edexcel A Level Business Unit Assessment 3.1-3.2 (Business objectives and strategy/ Business growth).
Industrial Relations dispute at Mini over pension schemes
How much of a risk are the employees of BMW taking at the Mini plant at Cowley, Oxford? They have voted overwhelmingly to go on strike over BMW's plans to close the final salary pension scheme that...
Brexit means - low-cost long-haul strategy?
You may be depressed by the triggering of Article 50 today, or you may be celebrating. One thing is clear; businesses now need to look at wider alternatives than easy access to the free market of...
Divorce of ownership and control???
Here’s a hotel chain with an unusual USP - The Countryside Hotels group is so sure that couples who spend time together and work on their relationship at their hotels will make a success of their...
Tesco face the power of Shareholders over Booker deal
Tesco's are facing a shareholders' revolt. Schroders, their third biggest shareholder, have written to the Chairman and urged other shareholders to join them in opposing the deal to buy food...
Top tier recruitment policy for Amazon
If you want to work for Amazon (or Google, or Apple) in the tier of managing the business's strategy, don't think that you can be a high tech drop-out entrepreneur - you had better stay at...
The Biz Quiz - 27 March 2017
The last Biz Quiz before Easter features 10 more questions on the business & economics news from the last 10 days. Good luck!
AQA A Level Business Key Formulae
Here is a pdf with the key formulae that students need for both Year 1 and Year 2.
Just Published - a Unit Assessment for Edexcel Units 2.4 - 2.5
The latest in our series of Unit Assessments for A Level Business specifications has just been published...
Getting the right person for the job
Here is a short radio clip which could make a nice interactive lesson starter.
Wearables at Work - A Nudge to Improve Productivity?
Many businesses are giving their employees wearable devices as a way of nudging workers to become more active and ultimately lower the cost of absenteeism and raise productivity. But how much of...
Interview for the hardest job in the world
A funny / silly / thought-provoking / timely video about a mock job interview for the world’s hardest job. I’ll give no spoilers here, but despite a great number of people currently doing a...
More disruption at Uber
Uber might be seen as the 21st century poster-child of Schumpeter's idea of creative destruction, which is defined as the process of how capitalism leads to a constantly changing structure of the...
The Biz Quiz - 17 March 2017
Here is the latest series of 10 questions on the business news from the last 7 days. Good luck!
Lord Stuart Rose on rising costs
This brief clip of an interview with Lord Stuart RoseThis brief clip of an interview with Lord Stuart Rose, chair of Ocado and former CEO of M&S, is firmly in the Business Gold category. In 47...
The Biz Quiz - 10 March 2017
Another cracking week of business news stories are featured in this edition of The Biz Quiz.
The impacts of Budget 2017
The Chancellor's Budget announcements yesterday give a good opportunity for students to analyse the impacts they might have on different businesses. Here's an idea for a lesson activity for them to...
BA squeezes costs
Consumers looking at booking a flight for their holiday will compare prices and departure times, and generally make a decision based on those two issues. They tend not to compare another variable...