Evidence of discrimination in the labour market? The Living Wage Foundation data reported here would imply this - although a lot of the data is anecdotal.

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Boots is launching a budget range, with everything priced below £1.50. It is a good applied example of how businesses adapt to the prevailing economic climate real incomes falling and recessionary...

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This article from The Guardian looks at the failure of water companies to tackle the issue of sewage discharges into the UK's oceans, and touches on a range of issues, most obviously the negative...

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The powers of the devolved Scottish government are limited, but here is an example of additional forms of government intervention to help offset the cost of living crisis.

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Alex Lawson looks at the case for the government imposing a windfall tax on the UK energy companies, which seems increasingly likely, given the proposed freeze on energy bills that seems to be in...

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Vistry Group (formerly Bovis Homes) and Countryside are set to merge in a deal that will create one of the largest house-builders in the UK construction industry.

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The left-leaning New Economics Foundation have put forward some proposals to tackle the energy crisis, and they're more radical than most.

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I've put together this economics and business quiz and will be using with my own students this week to see who has been keeping up to date with the news!

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The Old Dairy Brewery in Kent, which featured in a promotional video about the opportunities of Brexit has seen the value of its beer exports drop from £600,000 to £2,000 as it now only has one EU...

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A classic of the genre, with the quadrupling of carbon dioxide prices having lots of interesting economics implications, largely because of the derived demand for carbon dioxide.

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The Transport Minister, Grant Shapps, has announced that bus fares are going to be capped at £2 per single journey for three months from January 2023.

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Having come to the aid of Sri Lanka, the IMF has turned its attention to bailing out Zambia, a country with a financial crisis of its own, and similarly high debt levels.

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This BBC clip from the excellent Ros Atkins looks at how the cost of living has been precipitated by a variety of factors - climate change, Covid and Russia's war in Ukraine - all of which have...

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It's back! Our weekly economics quiz returns for the start of a new term.

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The Resolution Foundation is forecasting that households' spending power might fall by £3,000, as up to 3 million households experience fuel poverty.

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Here is a cracking applied example to add to Year 13 Business Economics class notes.

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Paul Brand has reported for ITV in stark terms about the cost pressures facing care homes as winter approaches.

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Here is an important glimmer of hope during the energy crisis. Hornsea 2 - the world's largest off-shore wind farm has become fully operational.

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We are delighted to announce the publication of Issue 2 of A Level Economics Update Magazine freely available for schools and colleges.

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ARLA Dairies, one of the biggest producers in the world has warned that a plateau of high prices is likely to stay well into 2023.

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