Lesson starter: Imagine you go into an examination and the extract is about Aldi. Write down 5 things you would expect to see in the case study. _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Share your ideas…
Earlier on in the year we wrote about the High Street Crisis and looked at 6 casualties in our blog: https://time2resources.co.uk/blog/the-high-street-crisis-how-to-business-an-article-and-develop-skills/ Now we can add another casualty The House of Fraser – or will it…
Opening discussion: What is meant by the term strategy? What type of strategy is Ikea undertaking when opening stores in India? What would Ansoff say? Watch this short video “What do Indian’s make of Ikea?”…
The Greatest Showman or entrepreneur? We often talk about the fact that everything is business and that a good student will constantly analyse what is going on around them and see the “business” in all…
When revising there is a temptation to just learn the content. Obviously this is important as without knowledge and understanding (AO1) you can’t even start to answer the examination questions. However, in order to ensure…
Arsenal is currently top of one league table. A UEFA report at the start of the year suggested that Arsenal fans pay more for watching football than any other club in the world. At an…
Debt has been rising as a proportion of income. Households have been getting into greater debt, with consumption helping to underpin growth of GDP. Fundamental to macroeconomics is the formula for aggregate demand (AD).
The latest inflation rate figures for February 2018 have seen a fall from 3% to 2.7%. This disinflation has occurred for a number of reasons. The effect of the significant fall in the exchange rate is no longer being felt as the higher import prices fade out of the measurement of inflation. Food, transport and prices for accommodation such as hotels have fallen.
A key challenge is getting all of our students engaged in wider reading. We encourage them to follow the news and discuss what is happening in the real world. This is so important in helping students understand case studies in the examination and where appropriate bring in their own examples.