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With Lower 6th studying HR it is interesting to see how John Lewis have changed their recruitment process by publishing their interview questions. A good idea or not? A People Management poll of 1,385 people found Two thirds (67%) of people agreed that organisations should.

A news story with local interest, as Thatchers have kindly hosted our business students on factory tours on a number of occasions. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Mars have bought Hotel Chocolat lots of great detail in the article for our business students bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-672189… Interesting read about ethics. Great timing for our year 11 GCSE students as we study ethics.

The power of Barbie? A company that can trace its roots back to the 18th century are in the news. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

A good read for our students, sale and leaseback as a source of finance is one that’s often overlooked but this should explain with a real life example. theguardian.com/business/2023/…

Innovation due to external influences in the form of a ban on single use plastic and polystyrene cups, this Bristol business has developed a cup you can eat after you have finished your drink. bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/tried…

Lots of business gold dust in these two articles about food. news.sky.com/story/the-bran… and bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

bbc.co.uk/news/business-… Retailers still having a tough time. Even the previously successful discount supermarkets are struggling. Worth a read for our students.

Over the summer there has been plenty of business news but one for our students to read is all about a brand they are familiar with Subway. news.sky.com/story/the-extr…

🌳Students from our Lower Sixth Business High Performance Programme visited The Newt on Friday afternoon!🍃 ✨The group received a presentation on The Newt’s Business Model and a tour of the stunning gardens!

Great article with so much Business gold dust, sustainability, innovation, external influences, circular economy, fast fashion to name but a few of the topics. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Two stories about investment in the UK and creation of jobs. Also shows our students how interconnected the world of business is, with two conglomerates in Tata and PepsiCo behind the investments. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… and bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Shareholder activism in action, a real life example for our students to draw upon. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

£12.40 The average loss incurred by easyJet for each of the 33.1 million passengers carried between October 2022 and March 2023. Lots of useful material for our students and in particular, external influences to read about in this article independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

Interesting article about the aviation industry and becoming more environmentally friendly and the innovations happening within the whole industry. simpleflying.com/british-airway…

Article shows via the increase in the price of a cheese sandwich all the external influences on a business. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Lots of great material to help our A Level students with real life examples of the theories we cover bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

One for our students to read to help with understanding economic influences on businesses. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

For our students aiming to make it, take a look at the 30 under 30. These are all business individuals that have been successful across a number of different industries. forbes.com/30-under-30/20…