tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33555197360991187192012-02-16T10:11:56.829ZBusiness Studies made Easy!bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.comBlogger461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-44097173597711769622009-08-06T14:10:00.007+01:002009-08-06T16:53:23.532+01:00

The internet is filled with dozens of sites that let you compare prices of things like car insurance, utilities, credit cards and even meerkats. Such sites are popular since they allow the consumer to get the best possible deal without the hassle of going to each individual store and comparing prices. Well, there is a new comparison site, imaginatively named Comparedownload.com, that allows you

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Microsoft and Yahoo announced a strategic alliance which will see Microsoft power Yahoo's search engine using algorithms from its Bing search engine while Yahoo will oversee the management of Microsoft's advertising space. This may be good news to businesses and organisations that buy ad space with search engines. Microsoft and Yahoo have very little share of the online search

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George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, said that the Conservatives planned to get rid of the Financial Services Authority if they were to win the next general election. Under their plan, the FSA would be renamed to the Consumer Protection Agency and would be responsible for consumer issues while the Bank of England would have overall power and would also be responsible for monitoring

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Google announced on its blog that it is going to launch its own operating system next year based around its web browser, the Google Chrome. The Google Chrome OS will initially be targeted at the netbook market. It will be open source and based on the Linux kernel. Since it’s a Google product, it’s going to be free as well. The blog claims that the new OS will be light weight and more focused on

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The increase in the rate of income tax for the high earners seems to be the most talked about topic of this year's budget. The tax applies to all those who earn £150,000 or more. Add to that the National Insurance contribution and it equates to more than half of one's salary. The aim of this rise, according to the chancellor Alistair Darling, is to contribute to the Treasury coffers to make up

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-9647465752842454942009-04-09T15:48:00.002+01:002009-04-09T16:08:06.282+01:00

Watching the candidates of The Apprentice talk about themselves misleads one into feeling that not only are they the best, but that they are the best of the best of the best when it comes to running a business and that Sir Alan Sugar should feel lucky that they are willing to work for him. Yet, when it comes to doing a task, they forget the most basic of business concepts. As seems to be the

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-46390331230373970942009-02-28T18:14:00.005Z2009-02-28T18:31:53.439Z

Ryanair, it seems, is very good at attracting negative publicity every time it comes up with a cost-cutting measure to "decrease the air fare for all its customers". Its latest one is a plan to charge its passengers £1 for each time they want to use the in-flight toilet. It doesn't look as if it really makes commercial sense for Ryanair though. After all, it doesn't give free drinks on board

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-69156078578705229902009-02-25T14:54:00.004Z2009-02-25T15:10:58.280Z

According to the figures released by the BBA (British Bankers Association), deposits in the high street banks fell by £2.3 billion in January alone.One of the reasons for this is that people who have lost their jobs are having to use their savings to supplement the loss of their income. Even those who are still employed, but have been forced to reduce their working hours or accept a pay cut, have

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-64755548189496452892009-02-21T13:30:00.005Z2009-03-06T09:26:38.422Z

The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a "Sustainable Clothing Action Plan" co-inciding with the London Fashion Week to highlight the increasing problem of "fast fashion". Apparently, UK consumers buy around two tonnes of clothes every year, and throw away a massive 1.2 million tonnes of them every year.Rapidly changing fashion trends means that many

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According to the figures released by the Office of National Statistics, unemployment in the UK rose to 1.97 million this January. This is marginally short of the 2 million predicted by many economists. But with the string of job cuts announced by many businesses like Barrats, Virgin Atlantic, JJB Sports, Royal Mail, this year, there is no doubt that the unemployment figures will bypass 2 million

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-56037424694467711412009-01-27T14:04:00.003Z2009-01-27T14:18:41.345Z

According to the Financial Times, electronics retailer Kesa, who owns Comet, has asked its suppliers to pay up to £15,000 for the pleasure of having just one of their product lines displayed on Comet's shelves. Why? Well, according to Comet's commercial director Bob Darke, its because of the tough economic times. Comet must be stocking 100s if not 1000s of products. Do they really think that all

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-13457793419674602072009-01-06T14:46:00.003Z2009-01-06T15:00:29.845Z

The number of people unemployed is rising everyday due to firms going bankrupt or businesses making some of their staff redundant as part of a "cost-cutting measure". However, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) warned yesterday that redundancies could in fact prove to be a false economy for businesses.It estimates that the actual cost of redundancy could reach up to

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The trading that occurs in the run up to Christmas is very crucial to retailers even in the "normal" years. It allows them to make up for the losses they might have incurred over the year and helps them prepare financially for the coming year. 2008 has been, by any standards, anything but a normal year. Huge banks have become small banks, some have been swallowed up by bigger banks, some have

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According to figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), the volume of sales between September and November rose by 0.5% as compared to the three months before it. This may not sound good, but compared to all the doom and gloom and the difficulty of obtaining credit, it does sound good. Also, the value of weekly sales in November were 2.9% higher than in November last

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It was announced today that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell by 0.4% from 4.5% in October to 4.1% in November. The CPI is the official measure of inflation used by the Government. The biggest factor for this fall is being attributed to the fall in crude oil prices. The average price of petrol was 95.2p. On the other hand, prices of fresh fruit and vegetables and non-alcoholic beverages is said

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According to Andy Bond, the Chief Executive of ASDA, its now becoming cool to be frugal and not so cool to be frivolous and wasteful. He feels that consumer's shopping habits are changing and a new generation of shoppers who are thrifty are emerging as the credit crunch begins to bite even further.So what does this really mean? It means that consumers will now focus more on products that offer

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-37949945235067515262008-12-09T18:36:00.006Z2008-12-09T18:50:39.339Z

The World’s Local Bank HSBC announced on Monday that it aimed to lend next year roughly two times the amount it lent to homeowners in 2007. For this purpose, it has set aside around £15 billion. In an environment where banks are becoming increasingly reluctant to lend money, HSBC hopes to increase its market share by lending, thereby getting a huge slice of a, albeit, small market. It is also

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-44411154648383799612008-12-02T14:40:00.003Z2008-12-02T14:44:54.771Z

The cut in the VAT announced last week by the Chancellor initially didn’t receive the reception that he might have been perhaps hoping for. News reports, newspapers and websites were filled with comments against the idea of the VAT cut, some being funny, and some downright ironic. Most were along the lines of “10p saving! Whoopee!”However, over the weekend, it looks like many retailers are

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-13659906996724405622008-11-28T15:04:00.005Z2008-12-02T14:53:10.376Z

The high street retailer Woolworths, fondly known as Woolies, has been forced to go into administration after it failed to find a buyer to snap it up for a nominal £1. So, why didn’t anybody buy it, surely £1 for a whole company seems like a bargain? That’s because the buyer would have not only acquired Woolworth’s assets (things it owns), but also its huge liabilities (money it owes), £385

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-50640319031665132472008-11-25T15:54:00.008Z2008-11-25T17:23:27.742Z

Yesterday, the Chancellor Alistair Darling announced in his Pre-Budget Report the much talked about 2.5% cut in the VAT, bringing it down to 15% from 17.5%. In the same breath, he also announced an increase in income tax for those earning £140,000 and above. From April 2011, people falling into this income bracket will have to pay income tax at the rate of 45p. The cut in VAT is to come into

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-60682692868846072642008-11-19T15:41:00.006Z2008-11-25T17:23:57.565Z

According to recent figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the value of total UK sales as of October 2008 were down 2.2% on a like-for-like basis as compared to last year. Food and Drink was the only sector to have shown an increase in sales. Consumers are cutting back and postponing purchases that are not needed and focusing on the wants instead. Buying patterns are changing as well

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-70250505626581065392008-11-14T13:48:00.006Z2008-11-25T17:24:57.889Z

According to recent news, parents are unwittingly spending £191 million a year to fund their children’s shopping habits. Or rather, the children are doing it for them on their behalf to save their parents the trouble of doing so. According to a survey consisting of 500 parents and 500 children, around 20%, or 1 in every 5, children have admitted to using their parents’ credit card for their

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-43145948885748630712008-11-12T17:06:00.005Z2008-11-12T17:11:10.660Z

Profits for the coffee chain Starbucks fell by 97% in the fourth quarter to $5.4 million, as compared to $158.5 million this time last year. Although the sales revenue were up 3% to $2.52 billion, like for like sales actually decreased by 8%.This shouldn’t really come as a surprise then since consumers are cutting back on what they deem “luxuries” and are more cautious about their spending and

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Since many of the banks had seemed to have failed to pass on the Bank of England’s very generous 1.5% cut in interest rate to their customers on the Standard Variable Rate (SVR) mortgages, the mischievous bankers were summoned to a meeting with the head teacher, a.k.a., Alistair Darling, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. They were told to pass on the interest rate cut to their customers, or else,

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The Bank of England (BoE) cut the base rate of borrowing money by a staggering 1.5% to 3% in a bid to stimulate lending and as a result stimulate spending. Well, we’ll have to wait and see if that happens. The people that will benefit from this cut are those who have tracker mortgages since this will mean a possible cut in their interest rates and their repayments.For some, the decrease in the

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-48820302226302579372008-11-04T18:33:00.001Z2008-11-04T18:35:51.543Z

A deal which will see the return of Sky’s basic channels-Sky One, Sky News and Sky Sports News- on Virgin Media television packages has been agreed between the broadcasters Virgin Media and BSkyB.According to The Guardian, the basic channels will include Sky1, Sky2, Sky3, Sky News, Sky Sports News, Sky Arts and Sky Real Lives. The broadcast on Virgin Media will start on the 13th of November. This

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Desperate times call for desperate measures. Or so it seems for the automobile industry. “Buy One Get One Free” offers, whose natural habitat is on the shelves of supermarkets, are beginning to appear in car dealerships. The automobile industry has seen a massive drop in demand for new cars; some say the lowest seen for the last 15 years.A Dodge Avenger SXT (pictured above) priced at £20,000, now

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-60443127741695124992008-10-27T13:30:00.004Z2008-10-28T16:52:34.940Z

Prices of crude oil dropped from a peak of $147 a barrel in July to below $60 a barrel today. This drop in oil prices has sparked off a price war between, you guessed it, UK’s top four supermarkets-Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons. After trying to fill up cash strapped consumer’s shopping carts, they are now trying to fill up their cars. Prices of unleaded petrol fell to just under £1 per

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-17386903916224154222008-10-22T15:50:00.006+01:002008-10-28T16:53:37.776Z

Home Retail Group, the company that owns the DIY store Homebase and retailer Argos, reported a loss of £450 million in its half-year operating profit. The reason for this loss is attributed not only to consumers restricting their spending, but also the weakening of the Pound which means that it costs more to import products from other countries, add to that the increase in the cost of raw

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-23241338746389452182008-10-15T16:07:00.002+01:002008-10-28T16:53:59.208Z

Marks & Spencer announced today (15 Oct) its partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy to launch its new offering- M&S Energy. Customers can sign up in store and online through www.mandsenergy.com which goes live on the 27th of October. M&S plans to reward their customers by offering them M&S vouchers when they sign up, reduce their energy usage or opt for paperless billing. It is relying on

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-53469181049305522372008-10-14T21:01:00.004+01:002008-10-28T16:54:15.428Z

The UK Government announced on Monday (13 Oct) that it was going to lend £37bn to three of UK’s biggest banks with the aim of “unfreezing” the frozen credit market. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will receive the biggest cash injection worth £20bn. The Government will buy £5bn worth of preference shares and another £15bn worth of ordinary shares in RBS if they are not bought by ordinary

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-57531629394371103512008-10-10T19:02:00.007+01:002008-10-28T16:54:58.978Z

Sir Alan Sugar, more famous for his show “The Apprentice” than his electronics company Amstrad, today (10 Oct) bought a 4% (3.88% to be exact) stake in the high street retailer Woolworths for £1.8 million. There have been fears recently that Woolworths could become yet another victim of the credit crunch. It reported a half-yearly loss of £100 million and its share price dropped by about 80%.

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-17925723223650697692008-10-08T15:55:00.002+01:002008-10-08T15:58:51.760+01:00

Poundland, the single price retailer where everything costs £1, announced that its operating profit for the financial year ending March 2008 had risen by a staggering 122%. Its profits rose from £3.6 million to £8 million. This shows that consumers are abandoning traditional retailers and heading for discount stores to save money. However, the interesting thing is that Poundland claim that they

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-47972245917542061572008-10-06T15:21:00.009+01:002008-10-06T18:57:20.926+01:00

Pizza Hut, famous for its pizzas (no prizes for guessing), is launching a new healthier menu which is to include pastas. As a part of this revamp, 30 of its branches in the UK are to be re-branded to "Pasta Hut", for the time being atleast, to reiterate the point that it is going to sell pastas. This re-brand is expected to cost £100m and will last 6 years. Pizza Hut has over 700 franchises in

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Britain's biggest clothing retailer, Marks & Spencer, announced yesterday (03 Oct) that like-for-like sales for stores including the new ones had fallen by 6%. Although this is'nt as much as John Lewis, who saw its sales drop by 8%, it is still bad. General merchandise, which includes homeware and clothing, saw a fall of 6.4% while food sales fell by 5.9%. This fall in sales is being attributed

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The credit crunch has meant that eating out is beginning to become a costly affair for most families and so they prefer to stay at home. However, rather than cooking a meal, most are beginning to order take-outs. Domino’s Pizza’s chief executive Chris Moore said that it was benefiting from this trend as the sales for the last 13 weeks had increased by 17.8%.Supermarkets are doing their bit to

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Supermarket giant Tesco today announced a 11% rise in its half-year pre-tax profits which rose to £1.44 billion from £1.29 billion last year with sales rising 13% to £25.6 billion. Like-for-like sales grew by about 7% which seems very good especially since consumers are cutting back on their spending and discount retailers like Aldi, Lidl, Netto, Iceland, Wilkinsons, etc. are attracting customers

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-83940511216812003562008-09-26T12:10:00.008+01:002008-10-28T16:55:55.814Z

HSBC announced today that it was going to sack 1,100 of its 335,00 employees employed worldwide. According to the BBC, half of these job losses will be from the investment banking section of HSBC whose headquarters is situated at Canary Wharf.Mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley announced yesterday that it would sack 370 of its employees in a bid to cut down its costs. 300 of these will be from its

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Lloyds TSB confirmed the speculations and rumours about the rescue deal of HBOS which is to be worth around £12.2 billion. This deal is still awaiting the approval of the majority of the shareholders and the Financial Services Authority to go ahead. Should this deal go ahead, it will create a bank which will be worth about £30 billion and will have about 28% of the mortgage and savings

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The US Federal Reserve, which is America's central bank, threw a lifeline and saved one of the world's biggest insurance group, American International Group (AIG), from collapse by lending it $85 billion, which would have to be paid back over two years at a high interest rate. Just recently, the US Government took over the US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in a deal which is reported

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-47521976569247263262008-09-12T19:20:00.002+01:002008-09-19T11:43:57.412+01:00

Richard Branson is under pressure. He is opposed to the proposed BA-AA deal. I don't think, he needs to worry.First of all, its a free world. To say that this (BA+AA+Iberia alliance) will create monopoly is exaggeration.Secondly, he needs to make Virgin Atlantic more competitive. Virgin is known for good customer services. There is always a market for good airlines. Come on Sir Richard, be

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Retailer Morrisons reported that its profits in the first half of the year rose by 19% to £295 million. Shoppers, who are faced with rising utility bills and higher mortgage repayments, are seeing a reduction in their spending power and are hence switching from more expensive products such as premium branded and organic products to more basic value for money products to reduce their shopping

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-65521148803687228712008-09-11T23:23:00.008+01:002008-11-11T18:46:09.986Z

"Your call is important to us but all our advisers are busy at the moment. Please call later on.."How many times have you experienced this? Many times, I am sure. Does this mean that there should always be a person ready (24x7) waiting for your call?No, what I mean is that the businesses do not take customer services seriously. There are businesses that are notorious for exceptionally long delays

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According to the figures released by the British Retail Consortium, retail sales fell for the third consecutive month as the wet weather kept most of the shoppers indoors. Like-for-like sales for August were 1% lower than last year. DIY and gardening product sales fell due to the wet weather. However, furniture and home ware product sales fell the most.On the other hand, the appalling weather

bizeasyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580555577211411628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355519736099118719.post-46308501694957165592008-09-06T15:11:00.003+01:002008-10-01T20:36:24.654+01:00

It was reported this week by the BBC that food prices have risen by 8.3% since January this year. This is based on the figures from a survey carried out by Verdict Research specifically for the BBC.A packet of ham, a pack of four croissants and a medium sized chicken were among the seven products whose individual prices had risen by more then 40%. Among the 13 categories into which all the

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For some time now, mobile phone networks and retailers have been offering free or subsidised handsets when you sign up for one of their plans usually for a period of 12 or 18 months. Its great for consumers since they get the latest handsets without having to pay the full price and the networks are happy since they are assured custom for the stipulated length of the contract, in other words, the

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