Tyrrells sold for £300m to US firm Amplify Snacks
Amplify Snacks has bought the British snack firm Tyrrels in a deal worth £300m.
Crossing the New Silk Road
China is trying to redefine its relationships with many of its regional neighbours, as part of an attempt to boost intra-regional trade and also part of its over-arching strategy to enhance its...
Limited Role for the State in Driving BioTech
The proposed takeover of the hugely successful ARM Holdings by the Japanese giant, Softbank is in the news. ARM is well placed to exploit the white hot concept of the internet of things.
Ladbrokes and Coral merger approved
I once had two students in my class who were both called William Hill. I thought, what's the odds on that?
Ten things to know about economic models
I find making predictions really tough, especially when they concern the future! With that in mind, I really liked this short but very accessible summary of ten limitations of macroeconomic...
Social Mobility - to intervene or not to intervene....
It's not very often that you spot two articles on the same topic on the same day so I thought that it was appropriate to blog on two different viewpoints on social mobility. Of course, any...
Telecommunications regulator Ofcom have announced that they are not going to force BT to sell off their Openreach broadband provider but do want the division to be set up as a distinct company with...
RES Competition (2016) Highly Commended Essays
Congratulations to the following students who have all been awarded a Highly Commended in the 2016 RES competition. The overall standard of essays this year was really high so to reach the...
RES Essay Competition (2016) Final Shortlist
Congratulations to the following students who have reached the final shortlist for the 2016 competition. These were the essays selected by our teacher judging panel from a total entry of just under...
Well-being: Is there really a mid-life crisis?
People’s life satisfaction follows a U-shape through the life cycle, gradually falling from early adulthood, reaching a minimum at around the ages of 40 to 42 and then rising up to the age of 70....
Economics Primer - The Market for Lemons
The Economist is running a series of primers on key economics ideas and papers. The first focuses on George Akerlof's brilliant work on asymmetric information and market failure in The Market for...
£24 billion takeover bid for technology firm ARM
Japanese company SoftBank has made a huge bid for the leading UK technology company ARM holdings - it is a huge commercial punt on the growth potential of the Internet of Things. BBC Newsnight...
PMI Data Points to Brexit Slowdown
The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is widely regarded as a lead indicator of turning points in the macroeconomic cycle - and the latest reading does not bode well for the UK economy in the...
Natural resource driven growth reaching limits in Chile
The natural resource-based economic model is starting to show its limits says a new review of the Chilean economy published by the OECD. And Chile must implement measures to stem environmental...
Living standards, Poverty and Inequality in the UK in 2016
Which households have gained and lost since the Great Recession? The Institute for Fiscal Studies have launched a new report on the impact of the years since the global financial crisis on living...
Top pay, social norms and values
A key platform of our new Prime Minister is to curb what she perceives to be boardroom excesses. “It is not anti-business to suggest that big business needs to change”, she said.
Free economics lesson resources
Here's a collation of all the free tutor2u economics lesson resources that have been designed throughout the year for the Beyond the Bike project, with the support of the RES - great for all your...
Paul Romer named as World Bank's new Chief Economist
This is a major appointment and one that has been greeted with notable enthusiasm by many top economists. The World Bank is reported to be naming Paul Romer as their new Chief Economist. Professor...
Ethiopia opens Africa's largest industrial park
Here is a great contextual example of how fast-growing countries such as Ethiopia are increasingly taking over the mantle of China in producing textiles and apparel.
Economics Teacher Jobs on Sunday
We've had more top teaching opportunities for economics teachers posted to the tutor2u jobs board this week.