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Business Spotlight Mit Business Spotlight verbessern Sie Ihr Business-Englisch. Germany’s leading magazine for Business English. Part of the ZEIT Verlagsgruppe.

We help you to improve the English you need for your work, no matter what your job is. Our articles from around the world on the economy, business, IT, science & tech, and working with people from different cultures will keep you informed and entertained. You’re guaranteed to learn something new about the world and current events — while improving your English with every article and issue. And: Ou

r leadership coaches give you tips how to get ahead, negotiate, and gain confidence in your work and life, individually and in a team. All our articles are classified easy (A1), medium (B1-B2,) or difficult (C1). This way you always know exactly where you stand, and you can challenge yourself too. Top quality journalism, top quality English teaching. With quizzes, a language section and much more. With Business Spotlight, you’ll always know what’s going on and what to say — at work and in your life!


Have you heard this term before? Although the verb “dupe” normally means “to trick someone”, “dupes” don’t pretend to be...
25/11/2025

Have you heard this term before? Although the verb “dupe” normally means “to trick someone”, “dupes” don’t pretend to be the original products. They’re usually of good quality, but cost a lot less than the originals.

VOCABULARY
📌 brand-name product: Markenartikel
📌 trick sb.: jmdn. betrügen, austricksen, hereinlegen

Have you heard of businesswoman Gina Miller? She was a fiercely anti-Brexit campaigner, and applied to become Cambridge ...
24/11/2025

Have you heard of businesswoman Gina Miller? She was a fiercely anti-Brexit campaigner, and applied to become Cambridge University’s first female chancellor this year. Learn more about her...

Die Unternehmerin und Aktivistin Gina Miller hat in ihrem Leben mehrmals Kampfgeist bewiesen – unter anderem gegen den Brexit.

🎄 Practise the vocabulary you need for Christmas party celebrations! 🎄Plus: 💳️ HEAD-TO-HEAD: Opinions on buy now, pay la...
23/11/2025

🎄 Practise the vocabulary you need for Christmas party celebrations! 🎄

Plus:
💳️ HEAD-TO-HEAD: Opinions on buy now, pay later (BNPL) schemes
🇮🇪 INTERCULTURAL: Test your knowledge of Ireland
🎬 BUSINESS SKILLS: Realistic action plans

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What’s the right way to resign? Listen to our roundtable on leaving a job and find out if any Business Spotlight editors...
22/11/2025

What’s the right way to resign? Listen to our roundtable on leaving a job and find out if any Business Spotlight editors have ever resigned poorly!

Plus:
ODD JOBS: Interview with a maze designer
MARKETING How to sell a product that stinks
NAMES AND NEWS: Pretending to work

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Test your knowledge of the past 25 years! See how much you know about politics, business, and world events in our fun qu...
21/11/2025

Test your knowledge of the past 25 years! See how much you know about politics, business, and world events in our fun quiz, because to succeed in the future, you need to know the past.

Plus:
👚 How your used clothing is affecting the global economy
👋 10 ways to leave your job well
📕 Our book tips for you

Have you heard this expression before? It’s also in a Billy Ocean song! Graphic: © Leremy Gan via canva.com
19/11/2025

Have you heard this expression before? It’s also in a Billy Ocean song!

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Tomorrow is King Charles’s 77th birthday. But this picture was taken in June – when he celebrated his other birthday. Wh...
13/11/2025

Tomorrow is King Charles’s 77th birthday. But this picture was taken in June – when he celebrated his other birthday. Why does the British monarch celebrate two birthdays?

Find out in tomorrows “ZEIT für Englisch” newsletter. Not a subscriber yet? Change that here: www.spotlight-online.de/newsletter

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Some of the biggest companies in America have been thinking about creating their own currencies. What would this mean fo...
12/11/2025

Some of the biggest companies in America have been thinking about creating their own currencies. What would this mean for the world’s financial system? Find out in the current issue of Business Spotlight!

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Can you spot the mistake(s) in this quote? Let us know in the comments section! Graphic: © chatchai issariya via canva.c...
11/11/2025

Can you spot the mistake(s) in this quote? Let us know in the comments section!

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How do you deal with a difficult colleague? Practise vocabulary on this topic so that you can speak about it sensitively...
10/11/2025

How do you deal with a difficult colleague? Practise vocabulary on this topic so that you can speak about it sensitively!

Im Folgenden finden Sie Wörter und Ausdrücke, um sich darüber zu unterhalten, wie man mit schwierigen Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern umgehen kann.

Merging “bro” and “oligarchy”, this term refers to a group of men – particularly men who own or work at a technology com...
06/11/2025

Merging “bro” and “oligarchy”, this term refers to a group of men – particularly men who own or work at a technology company – who are rich and powerful and have or want political influence.

Learn an interesting word every week – and much more – with our "ZEIT für Englisch" newsletter. You can subscribe here: www.spotlight-online.de/newsletter

GLOSSARY:
📌 merge: verschmelzen

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Erica Dhawan is the author of Digital Body Language — in it, she writes that how we say something is more important than...
05/11/2025

Erica Dhawan is the author of Digital Body Language — in it, she writes that how we say something is more important than what we say. Read our article for tips on avoiding faux pas at work!

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