Author: Gabriella

• 30/07/2023

  Belgian GP Race Debrief

  After an eventful weekend where a deluge of rain providing action, the Belgian Grand Prix was not the scintillating sporting spectacle it was thought to be. Alas, it was a decent race even if there was a very, very predictable outcome. Red Bull: Hold the front page – Max Verstappen didn’t lead the opening laps…
• 28/07/2023

  Is Liberty Media good for F1?

  On the 23rd January 2017, Formula One changed. Gone were the days of Bernie Ecclestone and the sport was ushered into a new era under the stewardship of American conglomerate Liberty Media.
• 26/07/2023

  F1 Academy to increase ties with F1

  Formula 1 team liveries to appear on the 2024 F1 Academy grid with 10 drivers to be backed by F1 teams. Ten of the drivers will be nominated by F1 teams with the car’s featuring the liveries of the outfits. This move is set to focus the F1 teams’ attention on female motorsports as only…
• 24/07/2023

  How did Coronavirus impact the travel industry?

  As the world went into lockdown, the travel industry ground to a halt (article written in 2020).
• 22/07/2023

  50 years of Argos

  Imagine walking into a shop with nothing on the shelves, imagine being faced with a “laminated book of dreams” and a little pot of pencils to write some numbers corresponding to products, imagine sitting in a waiting room before you receive your purchase. It sounds distinctly peculiar but shoppers in Britain have been entering into…
• 20/07/2023

  Competition & Markets Authority find supermarkets not pricing clearly in the cost of living crisis

  The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has today released its findings into whether the supermarkets were treating customers fairly or excessively profiteering from the current cost of living crisis. With food inflation at record levels reaching 19.2% in March 2023, shoppers have been facing increased prices across the supermarkets as a result of the economic…
• 18/07/2023

  Are self checkouts the future?

  Self-checkouts are becoming near ubiquitous in supermarkets across the UK and beyond but are they the solution the retail world thinks they are. What are the benefits and drawbacks for both the businesses utilising them and the customers scanning their shopping? The first self checkout machines came into existence in 1986 and within a couple…
• 16/07/2023

  Student Loans Mythbusting Video!
• 12/07/2023

  Why did Debenhams fail?

  The department store retailer – founded in 1778 – fell from grace over many years but mounting debts and shrinking profits led to the retailer collapsing, leaving 25,000 staff and 118 stores behind.
• 11/07/2023

  Daniel Ricciardo to replace Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri with immediate effect

  Daniel Riccardo is to replace Nyck de Vries in the second AlphaTauri seat from the Hungarian Grand Prix. Riccardo is set to replace the underperforming Dutch driver for the rest of the season. The Australian made a return to Red Bull Racing as a reserve driver for 2023 after being dropped from the McLaren seat…