Expert Comment
Premier Foods and 'pay and stay'
Professor Janet Godsell is Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Strategy at WMG. She gives her thoughts on Premier Foods asking its suppliers for payments to continue doing business with them.
The old adage that it is ‘supply chains that compete and not companies’ has never been more true in the case of Premier Foods. The company is struggling to find a cost effective way to supply branded goods to the supermarkets, who themselves are in a fiercely competitive market.
Tablet computers now in '70% of schools'
Dr Meurig Beynon, Computer Science at the 果冻传媒, shares a view on the report by the education technology charity Tablets for Schools, which has found tablet computers are now used in 70% of schools.
UK's warmest year on record predicted
Physics Professor Sandra Chapman talks about why we can expect the UK's warmest weather for almost 250 years.
Low-risk pregnant women urged to avoid hospital births
Professor of Obstetrics, Siobhan Quenby shares her views on the new NHS guidelines released today for expectant mothers.
Evictions rocket as welfare reforms and rising property prices hit home
Professor Andrew Oswald from the School of Economics shares his thoughts about the number of tenants being evicted from their homes in England and Wales hitting record levels.