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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
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<blockquote data-quote="Afraz Akhtar" data-source="post: 231756" data-attributes="member: 43563"><p>[USER=38490]@Kakaboo[/USER] not sure if this has been answered yet, but you should base any commercial awareness topic around the firm you're applying to and it's specific departments/client base - just so you can link it back to the firm and highlight what this means for them as a service provider or for their clients more generally. Basing it off that, I would run a quick google search on the department e.g. competition law and see if the search engine can return a recent business article e.g. RyanAir getting fined £250M for market abuse and decide if it there is anything interest piquing or impactful (where you can link back to the firm/its department/its clients) e.g. Italian authorities seemed to approach the legal threshold of a 40% market share more flexibly BUT what was their rationale for doing so? Does this signal a wider threat to the airline market who attempt to stifle travel agents commission? And so on...</p><p></p><p>All I know is, I seem to feel a little better about RyanAir's hidden charges. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZhYjVjZjE1OTZicTN3bTJxMHp2OHgxNWg3Z3RsbWwyOWc1b2x0aWkxa203ajdpZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/jlylJkp7RmdnW/200.gif" alt="kim kardashian GIF" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Good luck and if you're struggling to find resources, this post has some good tips: <a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/commercial-awareness-sources.7696/" target="_blank">https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/commercial-awareness-sources.7696/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Afraz Akhtar, post: 231756, member: 43563"] [USER=38490]@Kakaboo[/USER] not sure if this has been answered yet, but you should base any commercial awareness topic around the firm you're applying to and it's specific departments/client base - just so you can link it back to the firm and highlight what this means for them as a service provider or for their clients more generally. Basing it off that, I would run a quick google search on the department e.g. competition law and see if the search engine can return a recent business article e.g. RyanAir getting fined £250M for market abuse and decide if it there is anything interest piquing or impactful (where you can link back to the firm/its department/its clients) e.g. Italian authorities seemed to approach the legal threshold of a 40% market share more flexibly BUT what was their rationale for doing so? Does this signal a wider threat to the airline market who attempt to stifle travel agents commission? And so on... All I know is, I seem to feel a little better about RyanAir's hidden charges. [IMG alt="kim kardashian GIF"]https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZhYjVjZjE1OTZicTN3bTJxMHp2OHgxNWg3Z3RsbWwyOWc1b2x0aWkxa203ajdpZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/jlylJkp7RmdnW/200.gif[/IMG] Good luck and if you're struggling to find resources, this post has some good tips: [URL]https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/commercial-awareness-sources.7696/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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