Why did #DeleteUber start trending?
If you needed any proof of the difficulty for businesses that try to keep up with the external environment, here it is.
Technological Change: Is the End Nigh for Baristas?
Automation using robotics continues to extend well beyond manufacturing production lines. Could the service sector be next to experience a robotic revolution.
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...
The 48 Laws of Power
“Court attention at all costs”, “learn to keep people dependent on you” and the lovely number 15, “crush your enemies completely”! These are just three of the laws from Robert Greene’s...
The Biz Quiz - 30 January 2017
The Biz Quiz returns with 10 questions on the recent business & economics news!
How Fit is the Fitness Industry?
This short two-minute video from The Economist would make a great lesson starter to introduce students to some key data on the fast-growing global fitness industry.
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...
Training staff to meet customer expectations
A new study by the Institute of Customer Service suggests that businesses which put customer service at the heart of their staff training will gain a competitive advantage. This is particularly...
The Prisoner’s Solution – Podcast and Question Sheet
This NPR podcast from Planet Money (question sheet below) tells the story of Frederick, whose first business enterprise landed him in prison for 5 years. His next venture, which involved...
What is Facebook exactly? Zuckerberg's archived interview!
If you are teaching business growth - what better archived interview to use! "What is Facebook exactly?" 12 years ago, someone named Mark Zuckerberg appeared on a business news show talking about...
Global poverty, and the world's richest 8 people
Does it matter that, according to Oxfam, the world's richest 8 people have as much wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world?
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.
'Is Free Trade' good or bad?
Is Free Trade a good thing or a bad thing? On the one hand, in her Brexit speech this week Theresa May promised to push for the "freest possible trade" with European countries and to sign new deals...
AQA GCSE: The Conundrum of Marking the 9 Mark Question
Every teacher and examiner will have different viewpoints on how to guide their students as to the best way to structure their answers to a 9 mark question.