Is Apple Looking for External Growth - the Media Sector?
Apple is looking for ways to keep growing profits, ideally using its enormous pile of cash. Could the answer be Apple buying "content"?
Leadership? Is Twitter the Solution for CEO's?
Do CEO's need to use Twitter as part of their leadership? Lucy Kellaway takes this tongue-in-cheek look at recent research into the use of Twitter by leading CEOs such as Tim Cook at Apple. Well...
Brexit and UK Business - The Sectors Most Affected
This is a superb two-minute summary from the FT highlighting which UK industries might be most significantly affected by Brexit. Perfect timing for all BUSS4 students!
What the major UK grocery supermarket have long-feared has finally happened. Amazon Fresh has arrived in the UK, with the clear aim to disrupt the market and grab market share from the established...
Wanda v Disney in China's Theme Park Market
Two major theme parks are opening in China in Summer 2016 aiming to take advantage of the opportunity from China's growing middle class. One is global multinational giant Disney, opening in...
Structural Unemployment Hits the UK Oil & Gas Industry
The dramatic effects that a downturn in an entire industry can have on employment are illustrated by the bad news coming out of the UK Oil & Gas industry.
Retrenchment at Ralph Lauren as 1,000 Jobs Cut
There is further retrenchment at Ralph Lauren as some 1,000 jobs will be cut and more than 50 stores closed, as part of a cost-cutting drive and management restructure.
Sainsbury’s has reported a continued fall in sales over the past three months and warned the market remains "challenging".
Watchdog to Examine Sainsbury's Takeover of Home Retail
In a “rather odd” move the competition watchdog is examining Sainsbury's takeover of Argos owner Home Retail Group.
BUSS3 June 2015 - Worked Answer to Question 2 (18 Marks)
Here is a worked answer to one of the 18-mark questions in the June 2015 BUSS3 paper, demonstrating the use of the PAnEL approach to structured answers in BUSS3.
BUSS4 Essay Guide: Internal v External Growth
Which is the better strategy for significantly increasing profits? Internal (organic) or external growth? This revision video explores how you might approach an essay on this topic.
Is it essential that businesses invest in e-commerce in order to remain competitive? That is the essay question explored in this revision video.
BUSS4 Essay Guide: E-Commerce Multichannel v Pure-Play
In this BUSS4 essay guide for Section A (2016) we explore whether whether a multi-channel (or omnichannel) approach to e-commerce is more effective than a pure-play approach.
E-commerce: Clothes Shopping and the 'Sniff Test'
A good perspective on a subsection of e-commerce, namely clothes retailing, and some insight into the smell of new clothes ...
BUSS4 Essay Plan Template
Well structured BUSS4 essays which answer the question set and demonstrate the required skills invariably score very highly. This BUSS4 essay planning template follows the approach we encourage in...
BUSS3: The Formula for Each Ratio
A quick reminder of the each formula that is provided for BUSS3 students when they start the exam.
BUSS3 Case Studies - All The Stories So Far
For students preparing to take AQA A2 Business Unit 3 (BUSS3) it is always worth remembering that the "case study is your friend". Indeed, all the answers to the four questions set are in the case...
BUSS3 Practice Case Studies
Teachers and students looking for some extra case study practice for BUSS3 are welcome to make full use of these four case studies which we developed for previous BUSS3 exam coaching workshops.
BUSS3 - How to Answer the 34 Marker
Here is a recording our recent webinar on how to approach the tough 34 mark question at the end of BUSS3.
Foxconn's Robotic Workers – Humans Need Not Apply!
Foxconn, the multinational electronics contract manufacturing company who supply Apple and Samsung, has reportedly replaced 60,000 factory workers with robots.