Mr Marcus McGowan MSc PgDip BA (Hons)

This Business Education Learning Blog is aimed primarily at Higher Business Management students/teachers and ICT students/teachers.

The aim of this blog is to provide you with interesting articles, news, trivia as well as resources or links to materials which will help in your course of study.

I am a Teacher of Business Education and I have written for Education Scotland and BBC Bitesize.

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Monday 24 November 2014

Son of HOTOL

Skylon is a new aircraft/spacecraft with an improved design from that very British concept, HOTOL (Horizontal Takeoff and Landing). HOTOL once promised London to Sydney in less than an hour by taking off like a plane then heading into orbit, before descending back down to land on an airport runway.

 

More information on the latest developments here:

 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/08/tech/innovation/spaceship-reinvented/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

 

Flying Car is on its way!

Once thought the preserve of Science Fiction, it now seems there is a genuine race to create the world’s first flying car. This article goes into more detail:

 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/14/tech/innovation/tomorrow-transformed-race-to-build-flying-car/?cid=ob_articlesidebarall&iref=obinsite

 

Are comments moribund?

Thanks to online trolls it now seems websites are now being phased out:

 

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/21/tech/web/online-comment-sections/?cid=ob_articlesidebarall&iref=obinsite

 

How to get ahead in China... if you are a brand!

Top brands in China share the secret of their success:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23364230

 

How to win over customers in South Africa

KFC boss gives tips on how to win over South African consumers:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29953000

 

History of Tesco Clubcard

Good article on the Tesco Clubcard’s origins:

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30095454

 

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