Competitors

How competition effects business during a recession:

http://www.startups.co.uk/6678842909058955190/increased-competition-post-recession.html

http://www.atelier-us.com/consumers-and-ecommerce/article/will-recession-kill-iphone-and-blackberrys-competition

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/vodafone-plans-to-save-1631bn-to-survive-recession-and-intense-competition-1012717.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1091079/Recession-hits-Tesco-Grocery-giants-sales-fall-lowest-figure-16-years-shoppers-turn-budget-supermarkets.html

http://www.just-style.com/article.aspx?id=106631

Debtors and Creditors

How Debtors and Creditors have been affected by the stock market:

Bit of background:

http://bankruptcompany.net/

Creditors:

http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/finance/creditors-scramble-recoveries-underwater-chapter-s/

http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Debt-Relief---How-The-Recession-Helps-Creditors-Accept-Generous-Debt-Settlement-Deals-/830842

Debtors:

http://www.tdxgroup.com/Files/Delphi%202009%20v5.pdf

Share holders

How share holders have been effected by the recession:

Companies and dividends:

http://www.thelocal.de/national/20100405-26339.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/5029300/Legal-and-General-under-pressure-to-cut-dividend-as-recession-bites.html

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/dividends-rise-and-shine-amid-recession/article1353398/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/4224401/Companies-reducing-their-dividend-increase-five-fold.html

Recession and the stock market:

http://market-help.info/stock-market-and-recession.php

Employees

How the recession has affected employees:

Overall picture:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/26/job-losses-uk-europe-usa

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7768708.stm

More Individual:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/budget/3419260/Recession-hits-home-with-12000-job-losses-in-UK-and-US.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/epic/btdota/3455117/BT-chief-signals-more-job-cuts-as-recession-looms.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/28/astrazeneca-shop-direct-toyota-job-cuts

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article5455026.ece

Communities

A few examples of how communities are affected by a recession:

Abit political but provides some insight:
http://www.hampsteadandkilburn.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54:5000-could-be-affected-by-recession-&catid=35:news&Itemid=66

Crime:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4996315/Recession-crime-wave-hits-rural-Britain.html

Village shops/ post offices:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/1581889/1000-village-shops-may-close-with-post-offices.html

Suppliers

How suppliers are being affected by the recession: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article6822843.ece

RBS planning to cut 2,600 UK jobs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/10105554.stm

another cost cutting method.........Royal Bank of Scotland has said it is to cut a further 2,600 UK jobs over the next year.

Most of the losses are in its insurance division, with 600 posts going at the head office of its retail banking arm

Plastic surgery hit by global recession

This article is just another example of an industry that has been affected by the recession! a bit of a weird example to bring up in the exam if you are feeling risky!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7642980/Plastic-surgery-hit-by-global-recession.html