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Business Nightmares on TV
Companies rarely become household names without taking the occasional risk—and sometimes risks don’t pay off. Evan Davis and business leaders including entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, inventor Sir James Dyson and branding supremo Rita Clifton analyse stories of business mistakes from the 1970s to the present day.
In this entertaining and fast-paced series, company insiders reveal how their carefully laid plans and projects unravelled. The results are dramatic: public outcry, plummeting share price, lost reputations, lost jobs and even company collapse.
Business Nightmares is on BBC Two, Monday nights from May 9th 2011, with a late-night Thursday repeat. For full broadcast times, and to watch online, visit bbc.co.uk.
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Learning from business mistakes
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Richard Branson and other big names of British business discuss the mistakes they made - and the lessons they learned as a result Read more : Learning from business mistakes
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Watch Britain's brightest business brains talk about the importance of getting a brand noticed and understood Read more : Getting branding right
Taking business risks
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Business Nightmares on the BBC TV blog
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Blog post by Evan Davis introducing Business Nightmares and sharing his concerns that you might enjoy it "too much" Read more : Business Nightmares on the BBC TV blog
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Business Bursts: videos from the OU
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There's many reasons why even great companies can fail—and a difficult economy can exacerbate the problems Read more : Business Bursts: Failure
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Your brand is more than a logo. Business Bursts explains the value of a brand—and how to cherish one. Read more : Business Bursts: Branding
Business Bursts: Marketing
There are many motivations for businesses to get their marketing right - Business Bursts examines how these messages are getting ever more sophisticated. Read more : Business Bursts: Marketing
- Coming later in 2011: Evan Davis discovers that the UK is still a manufacturing nation in Made In Britain.
- You can download a series of videos exploring retail management and marketing from The Open University in iTunesU
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