Commercial Awareness

The digital pound, ‘Britcoin’, is a central bank digital currency (CBDC) proposed by the Bank of England and HM Treasury. In 2023, the Bank of England released the Digital Pound Consultation Paper. In this paper, the Bank outlined the timeline and the future need for the digital pound while weighing, to a certain extent, the benefits and detriments of introducing it. In this article, we examine the justifications for introducing the digital pound, as well as the arguments a

In September 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with 17 state attorneys general, filed a lawsuit against Amazon U.S. under antitrust law. The case alleges that Amazon has been employing unfair practices to maintain monopoly power in online retail and marketplace services. This is a significant case as it marks one of the major cases in U.S. antitrust law in relation to Big Tech’s digital dominance since the lawsuit against Microsoft in the 1990s. The FTC’s C

In medicine and law alike, accountability matters. But what happens when harm is caused not by a company itself, but by someone working for it? The legal concept of vicarious liability answers that question. It allows an employer to be held legally responsible for the actions or negligence of an employee if those actions occurred in the course of their employment. In healthcare, this principle often arises when patients suffer harm at the hands of hospital staff. If a nurse o

What is Commercial Awareness?  There are two kinds of commercial awareness: micro and macro . Micro  commercial awareness centres...

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When the Lionesses roared to victory in the Women’s Euros Final, millions of fans celebrated late into the night, but only because the...

The M&S strawberries and cream sandwich has been all over social media, with shoppers desperate to get their hands on the...