Category: Business

• 09/09/2022

  Red Bull and Porsche merger fails to reach suitable conclusion

  One of the major talking points of the 2022 Formula One season away from the track is the potential VW Group entries into the sport. An announcement had already been made that Audi would be entering the sport however there had been no news about Porsche until now. A statement from the German car manufacturers…
• 08/09/2022

  Energy Price Cap Announcement

  Two days into Liz Truss’ term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, her first major policy announcement has been made in the form of a new energy price cap of £2500 in response to the rising cost of energy. Before this announcement, Ofgem had set the energy price cap at a rate that would…
• 05/09/2022

  How controversy lead to Ryanair’s success…

  Ryanair, Europe’s most controversial airline. Founded by Michael O’Leary in 1984, the budget airline has spent most of its life disrupting the market and doing things peculiarly differently and maximising profit as a result. Some of the ideas that Ryanair pursued have subsequently been seen in a negative light but they are ingenious nonetheless. Ryanair…
• 02/09/2022

  The curious case of Nike.

  Liking a business but not a brand… Nike, the biggest brand in the shoe market with 2021 revenue of $44.54 billion dollars. They are a business I really admire yet not a brand I actually like. I own a pair of their shoes and a Nike-branded Apple Watch strap yet I do not get excited…
• 02/09/2022

  How to survive (and thrive in) the cost of living crisis

  The cost of living crisis is crippling individuals and business across the world as inflation soars and wages are not moving up to match. More and more people are relying on foodbanks, more and more people are having to choose between heating and eating, more and more people are struggling. But there are steps you…