Elasticity of Labour Supply - HGV Skills Bootcamp
An insight here into the price elasticity of supply of lorry drivers, with the government's HGV HGV Skills Bootcamp programme having seen its funding double to try and reduce the shortfall of HGV...
China and the Global Economy: 20 Years on from Accession to the WTO
Faisal Islam writes about how 20 years ago, the admission of China to the World Trade Organisation altered economic gravity for good.
Renewable Energy - Why Wind Turbines Blades Are So Hard to Recycle
This Business Insider clip highlights the fact that there's an odd state of affairs in the renewable energy market.
Circular Economy - the companies making stuff from CO2
This article highlights how some innovative firms are generating value from carbon, including vodka, diamonds and active leisurewear.
Globalisation - Lego to build $1bn factory in Vietnam
Lego has decided to invest in Vietnam on the back of double digit economic growth in the region in the past two years.
Festive Lesson Quiz Pack 2021 - GCSE Economics
Here is a subject-specific PowerPoint-based quiz to use in the last few days of a challenging term! Each quiz uses a set of our ever-popular livestream activities all packaged up in a festive theme!
Investment and Economic Growth - Super-deduction drives surge in UK business investment
Here is an excellent read for Year 12 macroeconomics students. UK business investment is expected to rebound strongly in 2022.
Price Mechanism - World Coffee Prices Hit 10-Year High
A late year surge in demand allied to worsening supply problems have come together to drive coffee prices to a decade-long high.
Chinese Economy - Evergrande teeters
The Chinese government has stepped in to announce increases in business lending and to build more affordable property.
African Continental Free Trade Area - Africa's patchy transport network gets a tech boost
This BBC article looks at the prospects for a more co-ordinated transport infrastructure across Africa.
Circular economy - the companies making stuff from CO2
The circular economy is an increasingly prominent part of the wider economy and this article highlights how some innovative firms are generating value from carbon, including vodka, diamonds and...
Christmas Lesson Quiz Pack 2021 - A-Level Economics (Year 13)
Here are two subject-specific PowerPoint-based quizzes to use in the last few days of a challenging term! Each quiz uses a set of our ever-popular livestream activities all packaged up in a festive...
Christmas Lesson Quiz Pack 2021 - A-Level Economics (Year 12)
Here are two subject-specific PowerPoint-based quizzes to use in the last few days of a challenging term! Each quiz uses a set of our ever-popular livestream activities all packaged up in a festive...
Fiscal Policy - Should Inheritance Tax be Reformed?
This FT clip looks at the possibility of governments introducing increased inheritance taxes - a contentious issue.
Environmental Economics - Shell pulls out of Cambo oil field development
Lots of economics here - it could be either micro- or macroeconomic - environmental economics or regional economics - in that any investment in the Cambo field might have a multiplied effect on the...
Economics Weekly Quiz - 03 December 2021
Here's this week's economics news quiz! The CMA has ordered Facebook to sell off which subsidiary? Which cartel has agreed to increase supply of oil? Legislation is about to be introduced which...
Government Failure - green homes scheme branded as a ‘slam dunk fail’
This is a savage indictment of inefficient policymaking, The Green Homes Scheme was intended to be a flagship scheme to foster environmentally-friendly home improvement.
The financial results of water company, Pennon are announced next week, and the Observer uses this to make a case for re-nationalisation of the sector, arguing that the structure of the industry is...
Economics Weekly Quiz - 26 November 2021
Here's this week's economics news quiz! Which country is set to ban cryptocurrencies? Which bank is cutting the hours worked by employees without cutting their pay? What is the name of the UK's 7th...
Rapid organic growth - Lidl to open another 220 stores by 2025
Lidl expects to open another 220 stores by 2025, creating 4,000 jobs and threatening the market share of established incumbents.