If you are a Lego fan you might be aware that today, 6th October 2026, Crowdfunding opened for Series 9 of the BrickLink Designer Program providing an ideal opportunity for us to see how Crowdfunding can work in the real world. Crowdfunding and Lego Crowdfunding is where a small business makes an online appeal for lots of investors to each invest small amounts of money. It enables a business to access finance when it might otherwise not be able to. The BrickLink Designer Program is a scheme...

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today released the latest GDP quarterly national accounts for the UK covering April to June 2026. So, a useful opportunity to link the content of GCSE Statistics to real life!

It was announced this week that inflation in the UK rose to 3.1% for the year to August 2026. This is well above the Bank of England's target inflation rate of 2%. It is widely expected that inflation will rise again in the coming months. But what is inflation? And how might this rise in inflation affect businesses?