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| Lunch Lesson 20 - Motivating your staffHow two companies - one large and one small - try to get the best out of their workers. Lunch Lesson 19 - Dealing with debtHow a courier company is struggling because so many of its clients don't pay the bills on time. Lunch Lesson 18 - Finding a marketOne woman's love of her pet ferrets has led her to set up a successful internet business. Lunch Lesson 17 - PricingThe Easygroup's attempts to cut the cost of going to the cinema has come up against some early problems. Lunch Lesson 16 - FranchisingSelling franchises has enabled one cleaning business in Northampton to expand rapidly. Lunch Lesson 15 - Using technologyProviding the latest financial information to City firms has become a competitive business. Lunch Lesson 14 - RecruitmentMicrosoft works hard to get the best staff - and even harder to make sure it keeps them Lunch Lesson 13 - Starting youngHow one young entrepreneur is hoping his business idea will clean up. Lunch Lesson 11 - Production optionsWe follow one company which has switched production to Hungary to cut costs. Lunch Lesson 10 - Promoting productsHow one man hit on an unusual way of publicising his business idea. Lunch Lesson Eight - ObjectivesA business making children's furniture has adjusted its plans as it has developed. Lunch Lesson Seven - Competition & regulationAn online contact lens retailer has had to set up his business by the book. Lunch Lesson Six - Production methodsA bed company employs blind and partially sighted workers to make its handmade products. Lunch Lesson Five - Breaking evenA golfing website shows a solid base is vital if a business is to make money. Lunch Lesson Three - Private partnershipsAn animal charity has linked up with a private company so it can expand its services for sick pets. Lunch Lesson Two - SupplyOne restaurant has managed to shorten its supply chain and improve the quality of the produce it uses. Lunch Lesson One - Getting the customersWe revisit two of our start-ups to see if they've managed to pull in the business. A message for teachersFind out how we can support your lessons. Our aim is to make business fun, accessible and relevant - helping you to teach and students to stay interested. Lunch Lesson 14 - Financial performanceAdam guides you through the maze of a financial report, using Vodafone's half year results as an example. Lunch Lesson 17 - Company doctorFormula 1 is all about glorious success or spectacular failure - Jordan has had both. Now the company, like the cars, is getting some fine tuning. Lunch Lesson 15 - The euroOn the first day of 2002 a dozen European countries will abandon their own currencies in favour of the Euro. If you think it won't affect Britain, think again. |
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