Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Tuesday, 27 September 2016
Arnold Palmer and the Marketing of Golf
The story of Arnold Palmer and his college friend Mark McCormack and how it changed golf:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37472934
Friday, 16 September 2016
Monsanto to be bought by Bayer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37361556
German chemical firm Bayer are to buy US crop maker Monsanto for $66 billion.
Wednesday, 17 August 2016
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Anti-Drone Technology
An innovative way to prevent drones from flying into restricted airspace:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36425879
Monday, 16 May 2016
McDonald's Production Chain
Vlogger Doug Armstrong investigates the production process at McDonald’s to find out about the quality of their beef:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8VBYnByPds
Monday, 9 May 2016
Friday, 29 April 2016
Thursday, 28 April 2016
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
Not so silent running
A novel idea fro a Kickstarter firm to kill two birds with one stone: keeping fit and charging your iPhone:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35810137
Thursday, 17 March 2016
Driverless Trucks UK Trial
In the news: driverless trucks will be allowed on British roads.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35820873
As well as concerns about safety, this obviously will have long term implications for people employed as drivers, and if successful could be the beginning of the end for bus drivers and taxi drivers too. But will paying customers ever trust a driverless coach or taxi enough to get on? Well I have been on driverless metro trains abroad… though to be fair I probably didn’t realise it until after my journey had been completed!
We could be entering a legal minefield as well with the question of who is to be held accountable if something goes wrong not yet decided. Is it the company who provides the service or the software manufacturer?
Interesting times ahead.
Again with regards to PESTEC, think of all the external factors that will come in to play in the future of automated vehicles.
Seaworld ending Orca breeding
It has taken a while, but SeaWorld are to end its controversial Orca breeding
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-35829477
SeaWorld has come under a lot of pressure from protesters and the media after the documentary Blackfish.
Tuesday, 1 March 2016
Monday, 15 February 2016
Kidzania
Inside the crazy world of Kidzania…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35531022
Where children work and have fun.
Monday, 25 January 2016
Edinburgh to London in 25 minutes?
A more localised version of the Hyperloop?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-35384238
Friday, 22 January 2016
Google pays Apple $1 billion
Incredible sum of money, but it just shows how important having Apple as a partner is to any technological firm.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35380696
Thursday, 21 January 2016
Davos Update: Performance in Business and Sport
Some interesting if not new ideas about performance in business and sport:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35363109
World's Richest Football Clubs 2016
This year’s edition of Deloitte's Football Money League:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35359350
Davos Update
Finally revealed! The three best countries to work in for young graduates.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35363111
Prelims
Good luck to all the pupils undertaking business prelims on Monday.
National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher.
If you have studied well, and try your best then you will have no doubts after it. You always get out of it what you put in.