Category: Business

• 23/03/2023

  What does the next Bank of England base rate rise mean for you?

  The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy have voted in a majority to raise the base rate to 4.25% – the highest level in 14 years. The decision to rise rates by 0.25 percentage points has been taken to try and combat inflation which is currently at 10.4% – over five times the MPC’s target and…
• 20/03/2023

  What’s been going on with Credit Suisse?

  Anyone with even the vaguest interest in our financial sector will have heard of the troubles that have beset the international investment bank Credit Suisse in recent days as it teetered on the brink of collapse – threatening to bring worldwide economies with it. On March 14, Credit Suisse announced to the world that it…
• 19/03/2023

  The coolest cereal company campaign you’ve probably never heard of

  Surreal Cereals is a business that sells premium high-protein, low sugar, healthy cereals that is based in London but I bet you haven’t heard of them until recently. Founded in 2021 by two former Vito Coco employees, the product is already stocked in many national retailers (including Holland & Barrett, Boots and Selfridge’s) and has…
• 17/03/2023

  Payday Loans: How misselling crippled an industry

  5000% APR, misleading advertising, lax credit checks – these were the problems which led to the downfall of the payday loan industry, an industry which took the phrase “A business’ job to make money” to extremes earning the nickname ‘the crack cocaine of debt’.
• 15/03/2023

  Key points from the 2023 Budget

  Earlier today, Jeremy Hunt stood proudly at the dispatch box and delivered his plan to improve and stabilise the British economy as it emerges from the recent challenges it has faced. Hunt used a combination of words that start with E to emphasises the key points of his economic plan so I’ve decided to do…
• 10/03/2023

  Ocado: the unprofitable world of warehouse technology

  Welcome to the exciting and unprofitable world of futuristic grocery delivery. At the forefront of this industry is Ocado, the company responsible for swapping pickers and packers for robots and machines in all their warehouses. This mechanisation all sounds great until you hear that Ocado hasn’t made a profit in all but two years of…
• 08/03/2023

  8 Interesting Women for International Women’s Day

  Today (8th March) is International Women’s Day so I decided to do a brief list of the eight women who are most interesting to me from the worlds of motorsport and business. Motorsport Susie Wolff A highly influential figure in women’s motorsport, Suzie Wolff has held many important positions from team principal of the Rokit…
• 03/03/2023

  Why are M&S shutting stores?

  Marks & Spencer have announced that they will be closing 67 stores this year but many are wondering why. There are of course obvious reasons for this but is there anything lurking in the business that could explain it. M&S was founded in 1894 by Michael Marks and Thomas Spencer in Leeds. Since then, they’ve…
• 25/02/2023

  How marketing helped Burger King succeed

  Burger King, the fast food behemoth with revenues more than $5.37 billion US dollars and a more playful and amusing approach to marketing that has allowed it to create a different identity to that of its larger competitors. A key part of this strategy has been its constant cajoling and mocking of McDonald’s in a…
• 19/02/2023

  My Businessy Holiday in London

  I’m not normally one to write grandiose articles about my travels (especially as I don’t go very far) but this is a trip I’ve wanted to do for years and is heavily business-orientated so should be of interest. This isn’t a comprehensive guide to every possible business attraction you could do in London. It’s the…