It’s September. Retailers are announcing their half-year sales figures; has there ever been a wider gulf between success and failure? For the rest of this blog post, please visit: http://www.businessenglishonline.net/resources/in-company-second-edition-resources/elessons Enjoy the lesson ideas!
New business English blog post from Macmillan: Apple vs Samsung
Apple vs Samsung: the verdict Patents……intellectual property………….touch screen……… Earlier this month, a US court ruled that Samsung had infringed Apple patents for mobile devices. The six patents were mainly connected with appearance and design. The South Korean company were ordered
Olympic e-lesson blog post
The latest Macmillan business English blog post has recently been posted. It is about the black market in Olympic tickets. I cannot wait for the actual events themselves to start – I’ll be going to watch the athletics. From Stratford
New Macmillan business English blog post: the Rich List
Every time the Rich List comes out, I frantically scurry around it’s lurid pages, looking for WHO is the richest actor…..musician…..footballer…. What is fascinating is how, even though we may disapprove of the way the rich get richer, we want
New In-company blog post on tax
Only three things in life are certain. Death, TAXES and the fact that Barca will not be in the 2012 Champions League final The UK government has recently (and anonymously) investigated the tax returns of a number of wealthy individuals.
In Company blog
The new iPad: is the tablet changing the face of business? It’s here: the new iPad, the first product launch from Apple since the death of Steve Jobs. Itâs the higher screen resolution that most tech reviewers are gushing over.
Blue Monday: new business English lesson idea from Macmillan
Macmillan In Company 2012 Resources In 2012 Macmillan’s monthly e-lessons will be based on an article by myself, Pete Sharma, for you to use in class. Each article will investigate something topical to the business world and provide links for further research, information and
New business English blog post – the wonderful world of the Prezi
The latest In Company business English blog post has been uploaded by Macmillan. It re-visits the e-lesson: The best presentation….. ever? Users of Prezi pass the five million mark: is this business tool changing the way we deliver presentations? Last
New business English blog post from Macmillan
Once again, the Macmillan business English website invites teachers to revisit an e-lesson from the past. This time, the lesson is: Salaries Salaries Revisited FTSE directorsâ earnings rise by nearly 50% Once again, directorsâ pay is back in the news.
Banking crisis re-visited – latest e-lesson blog
I woke up this morning to an IM from my daughter in Spain with the sad news about Steve Jobs. She started her text with the words: “Possible E-lesson”. Indeed! Meanwhile, in these days of financial woe, here is the