Here is all the information you need to help you decide whether to do a Business or Economics course in the Sixth Form. The leaflets tell you a little bit about how assessment works, what you will be doing, what you need to achieve to join one of our courses, how many hours, expectations etc. Please feel free to speak to relevant staff any break-time or after school for more information. Don't forget also, there will be a post 16 information evening on Thursday night (4th Feb) next week!
Download Level 1 Business 6th Form Prospectus Insert 2010
Download Level 2 Business 6th Form Prospectus Insert 2010
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Thank-you for taking time out to take part in our survey! We will take your answers seriously and work to always improve how we do things here in Business!
Applications are now open for the position of 'Class Greeter'. If you are a confident, reliable person with good attendance and punctuality you may wish to apply for this position in your class. This will look fantastic in your Record of Achievement or CV and you could ask for it to be acknowledged when you request references for a job or university or college place...
For more details, open and print the information / application below. Hand it in to either Mr Thompson, Mr Edwards or Mr Coakley - Closing date for applications is Friday 5th February 2010.
The ever-fantastic www.tutor2u.com has produced a fantastic video resource database in many of the key Business areas. Great for bringing some of those more complex bits of Business theory to life...
SMALL BUSINESS / ENTERPRISE
Biofuel farmers feel the pressure
The Car Boot Sale
The wonder of Wellies
Jivana Style finds niche in the greetings card market
Pubs diversify to survive
Roadside Markets
Startup Bean Grinder
Diversify or Bust (Small Retailers)
Three Small Businesses Born in the Storm
Never Too Old to Start a Business
MARKETING
Fresh pizza from a vending machine
Pricing tactics for an upmarket restaurant - how to increase demand at lunchtime during the downturn
Product Life Cycle of the Standard Light Bulb
Behind the Scenes of Marketing at a Gift Business
Tiffinbites and the Curry Franchise
Yorkshire Firms Battle over Trademark
Product Innovation in the Recession
Christmas Tree Pricing
FINANCE
Profitability of Onion Farming
Market Traders and Fixed Costs
When the Bank Overdraft Becomes the Problem
PRODUCTION / OPERATIONS
Inside the Easter Egg Factory (2) - Cadburys
Fresh pizza from a vending machine
Making the world’s cheapest car
Mass market house production
Inside the Easter Egg factory (1)
Flexible storage is a boom business
Manufacturers move to short-time working to reduce production capacity
LG moves away from mass production to meet customer needs
Investment in Cricket Bat Manufacturing
Paul Smith Warehouse Expansion
Inside the Pizza Factory
Technological Change at the Cinema
Nissan and the Effect of Declining Demand on Production
BUSINESS STRATEGY
Export Success for Mining Tools Manufacturer
Poundland Thrives in the Downturn
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT
Supply and demand in action (tea)
Quarry business dispute with local stakeholders
Substitute products - three great examples of how demand is shifting during the recession
Exporters Benefit from a Weaker Pound
Bettaware Beats the Recession
Demand for Real Ale
Pashley Bicycles Battles the Recession
Tourist Town Reinvents its Economy
PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
All Business & Economics students can now be rewarded with cinema vouchers, gift tokens or special prizes each term thanks to our new and amazing reward system. Ask your teacher about how it works or take a look at the presentation below...
Download Business & Econ Dept Rewards System explained
Gained a unique Business Sticker or Postcard already? Then log your sticker / postcard at www.mystickers.co.uk to be entered on to the Business leaderboard and if top at the end of the term, pick up your prize!
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