This article has some evidence that is reassuring in a way for pupils and students who are motivated and want to do well… the vast majority of billionaires went to university and are highly educated.
Sometimes pupils are misled a bit by the success stories of Richard Branson and others who left school with no qualifications… but no everyone is lucky enough like Branson to have a millionaire relative who financed his early failures.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29786836
Scottish football club Hearts are introducing a living wage at the club. This will affect staff employed on a part-time and contract basis.
Hearts owner Ann Budge told the Edinburgh club's website: "We believe it is entirely in keeping with the values we hold dear as a club."
The living wage is updated annually and calculated according to the cost of living in the UK.
As of October 2014 the living wage is £7.65 an hour, while the minimum wage for over-21s is £6.50.
Apple, Pepsi and McDonald’s are among the major companies who are cutting their TV advertising budgets as they now recognise the increasing value of social media and online advertising. This also comes hot on the heels of Kraft who have seen a big deal with Google gain valuable returns.
However, the daddy of them all, Coca Cola, is not mentioned. And as we know, Coca Cola’s distribution and advertising methods are second to none.
http://www.businessinsider.com/omnicom-tells-advertisers-to-shift-tv-spend-to-online-video-2014-10
Says this survey.
Hopefully this skills gap can be addressed.
This interactive page outlines what the future high street may look like in a few years. Many of its concepts seemed inspired by the sci-fi movie Minority Report. Others are concepts in the prototype stage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28461134
The first week in October is a national holiday in Hong Kong called “Golden Week”. This article highlights the issues surrounding the potential for a dip in tourism.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29438025
Microsoft’s Windows 10 is here and our old friend the START menu is back!
http://mashable.com/2014/09/30/microsoft-windows-10/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link
The likes of Warren Buffet and Donald Trump have been inspired by books that changed their life and gave them a head start in business:
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/30/business/best-business-books-entrepreneurs/
Edinburgh Airport staff are using Google Glass for real! The workers are using the innovative technology to deal with customer enquries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-29425349
Another good example of demerger… Ebay splitting off PayPal from its operations:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29423251
