Friday 13 February 2009

Tesco Promise Price War on Easter Eggs

Tesco have announced a price war! Click here to read more

Monday 9 February 2009

VAT cut fails to help small business

This article from the BBC is quite interesting. It shows that in a recent poll The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) found 97% of firms questioned said the cut had made "no impact at all".

Friday 6 February 2009

British Airways hit by soaring costs...

...says the Independent.

Losses of £70 million in 9 months as costs soar to a whopping £7 billion....


Last year they made a profit of £816 million so that's a big change as the credit crunch hits home.


AS Students - any ideas how they can reduce costs? Have a read of the article and see what they're proposing!


Need to Know Business?

The Times website has a fantastic resource available to help you keep up to date with what is happening in the business world! The page includes a daily video, interactive map showing the hottest topics and includes top stories. Highly recommended! You can view the site here.

Wednesday 4 February 2009

Guest Speaker!


Remember - on the 10th February at 3.00pm we have a guest speaker coming to talk to all Business Studies students about international marketing! The talk will be in the theatre so make sure you are there in plenty of time to get a seat. Speak to tutors in advance and remember paper and pens to make notes. Should be a really helpful session...

Tuesday 3 February 2009

Wildcat Strikes


Read this article from the Guardian regarding the current strikes in the UK.