Business Plan - Sparkle Bar and Restaurant
Business plan - 7 pages - Catering marketing
Sparkle is a medium-sized enterprise that intends to operate in the UK restaurant and bar industry. The restaurant will be located in Clapham, South-West London and will have a seating capacity of 84 patrons. The firm intends to gain a sustainable competitive advantage in the UK restaurant...
Cultural project: Museums in Bradford
Essay - 13 pages - Journalism
Bradford is the 7th city in United Kingdom, with more than 478,800 inhabitants (metro district). Located in the West Yorkshire, this city has been developed thanks to the first industrial revolution (1780 - 1840) and the second one (1840 - 1900). During this period, Bradford has become very rich...
Comparing Sir Philip Green affair on The Sun and The Guardian
Case study - 3 pages - Journalism
The Sun is a conservative British tabloid created on September 15th of 1964 in London (at Wapping) by Sidney Jacobsen and most sold in the United Kingdom, almost 3 billion 2 hundred copies per day. Concerning The Guardian, it's a social-liberalism British Broadsheet founded in 1821 in...
Marine insurance
Dissertation - 33 pages - Finance
The beginning of the insurance business is traced to the city of London. It started with the marine business. Marine traders, who used to gather at Lloyd's coffee house in London, agreed to share losses to goods during transportation by ship. The first insurance policy was issued in...
A comparison of Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic and the Australian Qantas
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
Sir Richard Branson is often termed as an entrepreneur who has always over achieved. He was born on 18 July, 1950 and is the man behind pioneering the Virgin Group to what it is today. Richard Branson studied at Stowe School, where he started Student Magazine which was his first venture when he...
The British passion for sports: Its particularities and its limits
Thesis - 8 pages - Sports
The former British athlete Sebastian Coe declared on the 12th November that “he wanted to tap into United Kingdom's passion for sports” by presenting the London Olympic bid. It is indeed undeniable that sports have a significant place in British society. There are at least 36...
Wine & Riviera: business plan project
Business plan - 35 pages - Business strategy
The company is considered to be a top end retailer of wine and champagne in Dublin City center, and in addition the company provides tasting session. The wines are made in France, Spain and California and sold in Parliament Street, in Dublin. The products are selected for their top quality and...
Logistics Management- Tesco's Supply Chain
Case study - 6 pages - Logistics
Tesco is one of the most important grocery and general merchandising retail chains in the world, and the largest British retailer. It was founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen in East London. The company had a turnover of 59.4 billion for 2009. During the three last decades, the group has...
Report of training course at Deloitte
Essay - 39 pages - Finance
The author of this article was hired within the audit firm of Deloitte Consulting in Neuilly sur Seine. The decision to integrate in the firm to start on the career had been motivated by several factors. First, the undeniable reputation of the firm, coupled with financial education imparted by...
Use of Air Combat in World War
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
1914 is the year that the first air raid was conducted and it was done by the Germans. Throughout 1915 and 1916 a dirigible from Germany that was called the Zeppelin conducted raids in London and eastern England for more than 50 instances. In evaluations of the zeppelin bomber, it was seen...
An analysis of Ryanair competitiveness
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
This report illustrates an analysis of Ryanair competitiveness, adaptation to the macro-level factors in the United Kingdom and factors contributing to its current success. Initially, the Porter's five-force model entails analysis of the threat posed by buyers, suppliers, industrial rivalry,...
Life as an indentured servant in Colonial Maryland
Case study - 2 pages - Linguistics
My name is Sarah Malie and I am what you would refer to as an indentured servant. I am twenty-four years old and was born in London, England. My mother was originally from there and my father, Sidney Malie, came to London from Glasgow, Scotland. We were a poor family that had too...
Policing development and operation trends paper
Case study - 4 pages - Administrative law
The United States Government has developed what is referred to as the criminal justice system. This system is broken into multi-tier organizations and agencies; though while similar in terms of goals the systems are separate. There are three main systems within the tiered system: Local, State,...
Thomas Hobbes
Thesis - 3 pages - Sociology
Thomas Hobbes was born in England, in 1588, prematurely because of the fear created by the approaching Spanish Armada. He studied at the Magdalen College, Oxford until the age of nineteen, and then he became connected to the Cavendish family, serving as tutor to the later second duke of...
How does "Boating for Beginners" (Jeanette Winterson) use intertextuality to comment the world?
Book review - 5 pages - Literature
Boating for Beginners is a novel by Jeanette Winterson which belongs to post-modern literature and can be defined as a re-writing of the Bible. In her text, she uses a literary device called intertextuality in order to make comments on what she thinks is wrong in our modern society and for what...
The impact of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy on the nation's capital
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
When John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected President in 1960, he was the youngest President in the history of the United States. Deciding to bring a new style, a new look and a new vitality to the White House, he had a major asset: his wife. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was only thirty-one, but she...
Placement report: The launch of eBay in an OXFAM charity shop
Essay - 23 pages - Business strategy
From the 13th of May to the 4th of August, I was in Bristol, a town from the South West of England. From the beginning, I knew that I wanted to go to England because it is the nearest country to learn English and also because I was interested to discover its culture its system a little more. My...
Decisions of investments in the stock exchange - The case study of Burberry
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Burberry was founded in 1856 in Basingstoke (England) by Thomas Burberry. So, investors can consider that the company has a unique heritage associated with Great Britain because many people consider that the brand represents an authentic British lifestyle. First, let's take a look at the history...
Foreign exchange markets (12 slides)
Presentation - 4 pages - Finance
Forex market is an over the counter market, through which we can convert one country's currency into another. Participants like market makers, brokers, corporate and individual customers are physically separated from each other. A Forex trader can work from home or office at his chosen hours of...
Culture and global conflict
Thesis - 4 pages - Social sciences
The global recession not only impacts Western and developed countries, but its effects are also applicable to those from the Third World. On 2 April, 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared an end to the “Washington consensus” at the G-20 Conference in London. Since...
Keynesian economics: The transition to the Washington consensus
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
Recent political events concerning the international economic downturn have revived the discussion of Keynesian economic theory due to the apparent failure of free market neo-liberalism. On 26 September, 2008, French President Nicolas Sarkozy remarked that “we must rethink the financial...
Efficiency analysis of conventional and Islamic banks in Indonesia using data envelopment analysis
Tutorials/exercises - 18 pages - Finance
Islamic banks have been in existence since early 1960s. The first Islamic bank was established in 1963 as a pilot project in the form of rural savings bank in a small town of Egypt, Mit Ghamr. After that, Islamic banking movement came back to life in mid 1970s. The establishment of Islamic...
An analysis of nutritional requirement for athletes
Thesis - 9 pages - Sports
This paper examines the nutritional needs of the athletes. Though there are numerous sports, this paper evaluates Marathon and racing as the example of stressing the importance in athletes. This paper is designed to provide recommendations for British Athletes during the Olympic Games to be held...
Jamestown vs. Plymouth Rock
Thesis - 2 pages - Modern history
Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the New World. Sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, Jamestown was founded on the basis of economic motives. As news of the economic opportunities spread throughout England, entrepreneurs of this company planned to...
Social problems in England
Thesis - 3 pages - Social sciences
Every society, as good as it seems, has many problems. Although England is generally regarded as a high-class place, a playground for the rich, there are many social problems within their society. The gap between the rich and the poor is enormous, and often the plight of the poor and middle class...
Why using brand management in the tourism industry ? The case of destination branding
Dissertation - 45 pages - Management
Nowadays the tourism sector is one of the most important economic sectors. The globalization of our world allows for better, easier, faster, and cheaper travel, and the technological progress achieved has left almost no place unknown. We may observe that many destinations are now featuring in...
Bentley tells it like it is? (2006)
Essay - 8 pages - Services marketing
Bentley Motors is a luxury motor car manufacturer. This operational history of this exclusive brand dates back decades, built on a string of landmark successes. In Bentley's world, the image is one of the most important facts that the firm needs to protect. What problems does Bentley Motors face...
Northern Rock
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
If there is any country that has enjoyed a strong reputation and willpower in the field of finance, it is the UK. UK has enjoyed this position since the end of the 19th century. London has retained and is undoubtedly the leading financial centre in Europe. The banks in London and...
British Airways - case study
Case study - 29 pages - Business strategy
In today's world, characterized by millions of people who have the necessity and the desire to move as quickly as possible from one side of the globe to the other, the sector of the air transports obviously plays a major role of primary importance, being one of the world ?s biggest industries...
The Iraq war: an International Relations Theory Analysis
Case study - 16 pages - Political science
On the nineteenth of March 2003 America and its allies started their invasion of Iraq. This intervention had the official goal of the struggle against a terrorism-friendly country, to avoid the expansion of mass destruction weapons and establish a democratic breakthrough in the Middle East. This...
