Why did milk prices reach an all-time wholesale price record in December?

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How to make 50,000 meals a day and take into account the fact that food can taste different in the sky?

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One for Year 13 economists. Larry Elliott looks here at the future of the World Bank in the aftermath and asks the pertinent question about whether an institution that emerged in the aftermath of...

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What a story to start a new week. The Mayor of London is drawing on higher than expected tax revenues from business rates to fund a one-year universal programme offering free meals to all primary...

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A debate is raging about whether we can truly believe the super-charged economic growth that is taking place in the Irish economy. Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has labelled the rapid...

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In our revision blast session last week, we looked at measures of competitiveness and focused on macro and micro supply-side policies that might help improve the UK's relative standings in...

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This is one of those twitter streams that arrives once in a while and provides a veritable gold-mine of interesting examples of when industries draw on ideas from others to fast-forward the...

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Some excellent revision material here for Year 13 Economics students; Nestle have announced that continued cost rises mean that they are going to have to increase prices again.

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Here's our weekly economics news quiz.

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Improving the energy efficiency of the UK’s ageing housing stock has become increasingly important considering increasing energy prices - how strong is the case for government financial support to...

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The decision by McDonald's to raise prices on five core menu items brings into play many aspects of business economics such as the likely PED, the effect of rising costs, food price inflation, the...

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One of the external members of the Monetary Policy Committee, Jonathan Haskel, has estimated that Brexit has effectively imposed a productivity penalty equivalent to £29 billion on the UK economy....

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A half term hat tip to Prairna Sharma for spotting this timely article from Eric Solheim lauding Nepal for their success in increasing forest cover. This is a great example of Elinor Ostrom's work...

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You'll find plenty of hand car wash businesses dotted around the towns and cities of the UK. The hand car wash industry has come under increasing criticism in recent years both in terms of...

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This BBC article looks at the profits being made by the big oil companies and attempts to explain them.

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OFCOM have decided to investigate mobile phone and broadband suppliers who introduce price increases mid-contract.

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With central banks in many countries including the UK and the USA raising policy interest rates, we have added two short topic videos to our reference section on how increased interest rates might...

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Norwegian state-owned energy firm, Equinor is accused of following 'rocket and feather' pricing and exploiting consumers. As a result, it posted annual earnings of £62bn and is intending to hand...

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This clip highlights the adoption of new technology in the pizza industry, looking at how Domino's have automated production, lowering their costs, and changing the nature of work in the sector. A...

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This news story from the health section of BBC News offers a terrific opportunity to A level economists and teachers to open up the economic analysis and policy toolbox to address an important...

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