Three Reasons Why the UK is Affected by the Chinese Economy
More evidence this week of a slowdown in the rate of economic growth in China. Not good news for the policymakers in China. However, the effect of China's slowdown is being felt throughout the...
Swipe-It! Private and Public Companies
Some of the best-known business names and brands are privately-held, not quoted public companies. Can your students work out which of the ten listed are private and public? This resource is a great...
Lesson Starter - Name the Brand
Here’s a lesson starter which will hopefully get your business students thinking.
Domino's App Provides A Growing 'Pizza The Action'
Domino' pizza customers are increasingly purchasing their pizza's online however the desktop site is no longer their first port of call. It appears that the App is providing a bigger slice of...
AQA A Level Business (AS) Course Companion
Our digital Course Companion for the Year 1 (AS) teaching content of AQA A Level Business is being published at the end of this week (Friday 18 September). We'll be despatching all pre-orders on...
The Future of E-commerce Could be Less Choice, Not More
In the UK over 95% of people shop online and the country spends more per capita through the internet than any other country. Online sales are booming and there only seems to be one way in which...
Apple & Microsoft: Collaboration not Competition
An excellent piece here from BBC Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones on the changing relationship between Apple and Microsoft.
Business Costs and Benefits of a National Living Wage
A flow of stories in the business news over recent days are highlighting the potential business implications of UK government plans for a "national living wage".
Apple Launches the Accessory Steve Jobs Didn't Really Want You to Have
Flashback to 2010. Asked about what he thought would work in the emerging computer tablet market, Steve Jobs famously replied: "If you see a stylus, they blew it.".Fast forward to 9 September 2015...
SME's in the UK Are Missing the Opportunities of E-Commerce
A recent report by the Department for Business Innovation & Skills highlighted the extent to which SMEs are embracing digital technology with many SMEs not currently making the most of the...
EntrepreneurLIVE! 2015 Meet Our Entrepreneurs
EntrepreneurLIVE! 2015 takes place in October 2015. A superb enrichment event for all business students and teachers.Below are some brief profiles of the entrepreneurs who are joining us for the...
WM Morrisons - An Inconvenient Truth
It's all over for WM Morrisons' attempt to succeed in the UK convenience store market.Morrisons have sold their loss-making portfolio of 140 stores to a venture-capital funded management buy-in led...
B2B e-commerce market to reach 6.7 trillion by 2020
A recent report by Frost & Sullivan estimates that the B2B e-commerce network will generate in the region of $6.7 trillion by 2020.
Online shopping revs up UK van sales
Sales of new vans hit a record high in the first quarter of 2015, driven by a boom in home deliveries of online purchases.
Amazon Business Aims for $1 Trillion US Corporate-Spending Market
Amazon is going after a new class of customers: other businesses. Only a few months ago Amazon unveiled ‘Amazon Business’, a new marketplace offering tractor parts, latex gloves, paper clips and...
The Biz Quiz - 9 September 2015
The first edition of The Biz Quiz for 2015/16 is now live!Launch The Biz Quiz - 9 September 2015Download printable (pdf) questionsDownload printable (pdf) answers
Personal Branding and the Marketing Mix
Students never really cognitively understand something until they can create a personal metaphor or model, so to help students understand the ever-important Marketing Mix, I’ve asked students to...
International Expansion - Can Primark Win in the US?
Fast-fashion giant Primark is the latest retailer to have a go at making it big in the US retail market.
Solar Subsidies - Fears for the UK Solar Industry
The UK's renewable energy industry is up in arms about a proposed change to the subsidies that the UK Government has been offering in recent years for households and businesses who install solar...
Memory Challenge (Starter Activity)
Here is a fun starter activity which is quick and easy to set up and provides a good way of building familiarity with key terms.
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