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Archive for February, 2011


Colin Firth and Natalie Portman won the Oscars but were the real winners these two pwc partners?

Published on: 28 Feb 2011

Last night the Oscars were held at the Kodak theatre on Hollywood Boulevard and whilst Colin Firth won the Oscar for the best actor and Natalie Portman for the best actress, surely the stars of the night were none other than two people from the Big 4? Brad Oltmanns and Rick Rosas from pwc were [...]


To be on the safe side, let’s play football without a ball…

Published on: 25 Feb 2011

A school in the UK where a number of top footballers went to when they were children has banned leather footballs for health and safety reasons. Malvern Primary school in Liverpool where England and Liverpool player Steven Gerrard studied has just announced that in order to reduce the risk of injury to children whilst playing [...]


Is India about to join the European Union?

Published on: 23 Feb 2011

At one stage or another as a business professional you’ll have to make a speech or presentation in front of a group of people. Sometimes it will be in front of a large group of people. The chances are that you’ll probably feel a bit nervous as surveys consistently show that public speaking is one [...]


Getting your exam results: better than your wedding day?

Published on: 21 Feb 2011

I received a call first thing this morning from an individual that shall remain nameless. He was really pleased as he had just received his ACCA exam results and he had passed his final two exams. He was so pleased that he actually said today was better than his wedding day (hence the decision for [...]


I’ll have two beers, some peanuts and 50 shares please…

Published on: 18 Feb 2011

Fancy having a drink of beer and getting some shares in the company as well? Well, if you’re in Australia that is exactly what you can do at the moment. Taking a novel approach to raising finance the Australian beer brand Broo is currently offering free shares with purchases of their beer. Consumers need to [...]


I’ve just got too much on my plate at the moment to start dieting…

Published on: 16 Feb 2011

More than 10% of the world’s population are now classified as obese. One of the world’s most respected medical journals, the Lancet, has just published a report highlighting that obesity levels have doubled in the last 30 years. More than half a billion people worldwide are now classified as obese. The percentages of people that [...]


Things will now be different for you if you eat chocolate…

Published on: 14 Feb 2011

Sometimes it’s the simple ideas in business that work. 21 years ago in April 1990, the retailer Poundland was set up. On the face of it their approach was pretty simple – all the items in their shops would retail at £1 (hence the name “Poundland”). They now have over 250 stores and sell 3,000 [...]


Are we about to see the end of Doritos?

Published on: 11 Feb 2011

Advertising by big companies used to mainly involve the more traditional methods such as TV, radio and newspaper advertising. Then came along viral marketing which uses the power of the people to spread the news “like a virus” amongst their friends and social networking sites. Frito-Lay, the $12 billion North American convenience food division of [...]


Just how many mines are there in London and Toronto?

Published on: 09 Feb 2011

It’s Valentine’s Day next Monday and love appears to be in the air as far as stock exchanges are concerned. Last year, the Australian and Singaporean stock exchanges announced plans to merge. Earlier today the London Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange announced that they had formally agreed to merge and Deutsche Borse and NYSE [...]


They make some great clothes but their marketing approach isn’t so good…

Published on: 07 Feb 2011

Picture the scene. You’re a well known American fashion brand and you’ve just launched your new Spring 2011 collection. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world there is serious unrest in Egypt with people dying for their beliefs. The social networking site Twitter was full of comments and updates about the situation in Cairo. [...]