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My career goal: Nail technician
Money & Business

My career goal: Nail technician

Have you ever thought that your eye for crafting fine-looking nails could become your career? Here's some advice on turning your passion into a job - or maybe even your own business…...The hair and beauty sector Transcript
Understanding your customers
Money & Business

Understanding your customers

...business-to-business marketing. The course is suitable for a variety of learners, including small business owners and those working in small businesses with limited access to specialists, as well as marketing professionals and those thinking about pursuing a course of study to become a marketing professional...This free course, Understanding your customers, is a short...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?
Society, Politics & Law

Is public spending a drain on the economy or the mark of a civilised society?

...businesses should be freed from the ‘red tape’ of bureaucracy and free markets adopted as the most efficient way to sort out the economy. The Austrian economist, Hayek, was a major influence on this position. Having seen fascism rise out of the German socialist movement, Hayek (1945) argued that pursuing a socialist agenda - which, for example, seeks to use tax and...
Growing the popularity of women’s football in the UK
Health, Sports & Psychology

Growing the popularity of women’s football in the UK

...businesses rarely experience smooth, consistent and unproblematic growth. Instead, businesses grow in distinct phases, where each phase presents different challenges and opportunities. Transition from one phase to another is never easy but is helped by possessing the right knowledge and insight. The challenges ahead According to the Lewis and Churchill (1983) model of...
Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection
Society, Politics & Law

Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection

...business promised 'better regulation' - but, argues the OU's Steve Tombs, the result is a loss of specialist expertise, a reduction in prosecutions - and risks to public health...[The Sonae Factory in Knowsley] The now-closed Sonae chipboard factory in Knowsley, Merseyside It’s going to come to the point where it’s going to affect the residents, the local population,...
My digital life
Digital & Computing

My digital life

Everything is becoming digital - what does this mean for your life?...[Business person working on keyboard against a technology background] As part of Make it Digital Season we have curated some content around the digital world and how it affects our daily lives:
Financial statement analysis and interpretation
Money & Business

Financial statement analysis and interpretation

...business entity. Although a company’s financial statements do not provide direct future-oriented information, in this course you will explore how the users can make use of financial statements (containing backward information) to obtain forward-looking predictive information. This course will introduce you to a variety of techniques that can be used to analyse financial...
The impact of Brexit on British wages
Money & Business

The impact of Brexit on British wages

...business” policies in the name of increasing “competitiveness”. To provide a brief historical overview of this relationship – England was the first country in the world to industrialise beginning in the early 19th century. Although first considered illegal, unions were officially legalised in 1857. Over the next century, they would be influential in representing...