around 275 million passengers a year. It is the UK’s largest bus operator and also runs a rail freight business. In the US‚ it operates school transport for nearly four million students a day. The company is seeking to extend it operation in UK in the coming few years. There are challenges faced by the company in UK which need to be addressed. A key government policy affecting all transport services in UK relates to the reduction of CO2 emissions. The UK government has signed an international treaty
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Strategic Management of TESCO supermarket: PESTEL analysis‚ Porter ’s 5 Forces analysis‚ Critical success factors‚ SWOT Analysis‚ VALUE CHAIN analysis‚ TESCO ’S strategic options‚ Core Competences & Cultural Web. IINTRODUCTION The food and drink retail sector represents the largest industry in the UK‚ providing employment for over three million people in primary production‚ manufacturing and retailing. In 2003 retail accounted for 9% of gross domestic product (Datamonitor‚ 2003). In recent years
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[pic] ----------------------- Substitutes Beer‚ Milk‚ Coffee‚ Bottled Water‚ Juice‚ Tea‚ Powdered Drinks‚ Wine‚ Sports Drink‚ Distilled Spirits‚ Tap Water etc… There is a wide array of substitutes that consumers may choose. These products are widely and easily available at low price. Hence the threat posed by these substitutes exist at a high level. However these risks can be mitigated through diversification and offering more products in the portfolio. Since the range and the number of
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“Negative health effects of soft drink consumption confirmed in study” written by Jacqueline Weaver (March‚ 2007). The essay was published to http://www.yale.edu/opa/arc-ybc/v35.n21/story12.html. The main idea of the essay is about issues relating to soft drink consumption. The purpose of the author was to inform readers how soft drinks can affect health and also information regarding false researches and data involving soft drinks. Many people don’t think that soft drinks are that harmful to their
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National Maritime Museum PEST Analysis What political factors affect the Museum’s ability to attract visitors? The museum is required to meet government target to attract any groups. Free admissions in museum are funded by central Government. Foreign tourists are worried about health risk such us the recent outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease and because of this they can stop to visit. What economic factors affect the Museum’s ability to generate income and increase the number and profile of visitors
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PEST analysis A PEST analysis is used to identify the external forces affecting an organisation .This is a simple analysis of an organisation’s Political‚ Economical‚ Social and Technological environment. A PEST analysis incorporating legal and environmental factors is called a PESTLE analysis. Political The first element of a PEST analysis is a study of political factors. Political factors influence organisations in many ways. Political factors can create advantages and opportunities for
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Smith‚ CIO of “Sun drinks” company From: Subject: Proposal for a new soft drink advertising campaign Date: 25th March 2010 Introduction The aim of this proposal is to suggest some ways of advertising a new soft drink that I found most effective and salutary. It also contains comments on the use of the media‚ famous personalities and free gifts. Background The main reason I have decided to run a competition is that I have a great experience of advertising soft drinks. There are a lot of
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Mrs. Acres Homemade Pies and Soft Drink Joaquin Angles BUS 508 The Business Enterprise 04/23/2010 The company produces specialty pies and sells them in local supermarkets and select family restaurants. In each of the first six months‚ Shelly and three part time employees sold 2‚000 pies for $4.50 each‚ netting a profit of $1.50 per pie. The pies were quite successful and Shelly could not keep up with demand. The company ’s success results from a quality product and productive employees who
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offer them more opportunity to holidays. Perhaps this might be good news to the hotel industry to fight in the recession. 2.1.2 REGULATORY Regulation environment is protects companies from each other. While most businesses praise competition‚ they try to counteract it when it affects them. Another way is try to restrict companies dealing any unfair and guilty transactions. Furthermore‚ regulation also aims at protecting consumer from unfair business practices. If unregulated‚ firms might make unsafe
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investigation – decarbonating soft drink identify data‚ plan and perform a first-hand investigation to decarbonate soft drink and gather data to measure the mass changes involved and calculate the volume of gas released at 250C and 100kpa Aim: to decarbonate soft drink and measure the mass changes involved and calculate the volume of gas released Hypothesis: When decarbonating soft drink‚ carbon dioxide will be lost to the atmosphere‚ decreasing the mass of the soft drink can. independent variable:
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