MRS_Business

The Business Studies Department at Mark Rutherford School

[Helen Kellaway @Mrs_Kellaway]

BBC News - Retail sales boosted by mild weather in March
https://t.co/GyViwvpWHN

[Time2Resources @time2resources]

Put the kettle on and have a read. Lots of business to find in this article #culture #growth #leadership #brand #endorsement #profits what else? https://t.co/TRxMM4OS9J

[Time2Resources @time2resources]

#MathonMonday
Profitability is a measure of profit in relation to another variable. Operating profit margin is operating profit/sales revenue x 100.

[tutor2u @tutor2u]

New video on the tutor2u YouTube Channel:
stakeholders
https://t.co/3un1HkGK8W
#flippedlearning #tutor2u

[Helen Kellaway @Mrs_Kellaway]

BBC News - How does it feel to be watched at work all the time?
https://t.co/YYL9IGYLBr

Yep, sadly I can relate to this from a previous career....

[Time2Resources @time2resources]

#MathonMonday
Profitability is a measure of profit in relation to another variable. Gross profit margin is gross profit/sales revenue x 100.

[Tutor2u Geoff (FRSA) @tutor2uGeoff]

Comparative advantage in action and a remarkable story here https://t.co/shFbQe9Ohv

[Helen Kellaway @Mrs_Kellaway]

https://t.co/bsb8M9Kzfr

[MRS_Business @Business_MRS]

The Young Enterprise team all ready to sell. Remember to pop by and see them in town outside the Harpur Centre and get your Exam Approved pencil courses and revision planners. #getyourtingstogether

[Tutor2u Geoff (FRSA) @tutor2uGeoff]

Is the Sugar Levy a good example of a 2nd generation nudge? Classic Coca Cola sales down at least 15%, Zero-sugar Irn Bru variants now 40% of their brand sales. 2nd-gen nudges target specific consumption choices.

[MRS_Business @Business_MRS]

The Young Enterprise Team at Mark Rutherford School will be selling their exam-board approved pencil cases and acrylic planning boards outside the main entrance to the Harpur Centre on Saturday 6th April from 08.30 to 15.00. If you are in town, please come and support them!

[Time2Resources @time2resources]

#WordsonWednesday

Just in Time is a lean production technique used to minimise inventory holdings at each stage of the production process.

Can you define Kaizen?

[Helen Kellaway @Mrs_Kellaway]

Good news - but one has to remember that many jobs are part-time and many are also on zero hour contracts. Also many jobs don't offer the perks they used to a generation ago

BBC News - UK employment at highest since 1971
https://t.co/cWGh077k9b

[Helen Kellaway @Mrs_Kellaway]

https://t.co/SKxxtStvtq

Fantastic website for Business and Economics students - take a gander.....

[Business Insider @BusinessInsider]

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Patients with severe allergies rely on EpiPens to inject a dose of epinephrine and halt allergic reactions. In 2013 and 2014, complaints about EpiPens not working began to mount, but the manufacturer didn't properly look into the complaints. https://t.co/EHjS1pjEDn

[Murphy Resources @murphyresources]

Remember my tweet a few months ago when Poundworld closed? Back in the same store today under a new name but owned by manager of Poundland! Different stock however.

[Murphy Resources @murphyresources]

According to The Mirror, McDonalds will this year stop offering extra Monopoly pieces on larger meals and will be putting them on salads/fruit to be more health conscious.

[Time2Resources @time2resources]

#MathonMonday
Operating profit is profit after all operating expenses have been deducted. This is calculated as gross profit – operating expenses.
For example, a business has gross profit of £110 000, it has total expenses of £75 000.

[Tutor2u Geoff (FRSA) @tutor2uGeoff]

Stunning example of how the share price can respond to a shock announcement - markets pricing in the likely costs of a "product recall" extensive extra testing - future profit streams being discounted. Financial markets in action.

[CNN @CNN]

In a scathing decision, a federal judge blasted a subsidiary of the nation's largest insurance company for focusing on the "bottom line as much or more" than patients' health, saying the insurer illegally denied treatment to thousands of people https://t.co/oKTMYeargY