Category: Business

• 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…
• 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.
• 30/06/2023

  Are the supermarkets profiteering from the cost of living crisis?

  The UK Big 4 supermarkets have been in the news this week for allegedly profiteering from the cost of living crisis as they are said to have an influence on the higher prices customers are facing at the tills. However, although government select committees were called with the bosses of these supermarkets to discuss the…
• 22/06/2023

  Bank of England Raises Base Rate to 5%
• 21/06/2023

  Let’s chat to ChatGPT

  ChatGPT has grown exponentially since its launch in November 2022 becoming an enabler and enemy to many who rely on the written word in their work. Generative AI is something I haven’t given sufficient attention to as after my initial attempts getting ChatGPT to write articles weren’t great I just gave up however a conversation…
• 19/06/2023

  Nefarious Nestle: the most evil way to make a profit?

  In 2022, Nestle made a net profit of over ₣12 billion but at what cost? In their recent history they have been accused of using child labour, increasing droughts and causing the deaths of babies in developing nations. Despite the boycotts and backlash, Nestle seems to show no signs of relenting in its malicious efforts…
• 15/06/2023

  W Series enters administration: where did it all go wrong?

  The leading exclusively female racing championship W Series has entered administration after the 2022 season was curtailed due to financial pressures. Many have branded this business failure as a failure for women’s motorsport as W Series was a pioneer of female representation and therefore some followed the logic that women’s racing would also die a…
• 07/06/2023

  Best Business YouTube Channels and TV Shows (UK)

  I spend a lot of my time reading and watching content about business and following my ranking of business books I thought I should turn my attention to the audiovisual content available. I’m going to divide it into business TV, personal finance TV and then business YouTube with all the TV shows being from the…