Q&A Rapid Revision Guides for Business & Economics
Our series of Rapid Revision Q&A Guides is now extended to 14 units covering a range of Business Studies and Economics specifications. Details below of the current range and how to order:
read more...»Lesson Worksheet - Stakeholders in a Business
This lesson worksheet addresses the key topic of stakeholders in a business. Who are the internal and external stakeholders? What is the difference between shareholders and stakeholders? To what extent might stakeholders have different and conflicting objectives?
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Applying for a Franchise
Writing a good assignment or homework is not an easy task. Text books rarely offer anything that is challenging or interesting enough. I am extremely grateful to Jon Mace’s recent blog on Jaguar Land Rover which I used as homework for my Year 12 pupils. The articles were great and all the pupils produced some of their best work so far. I have been teaching Franchising recently and in an attempt to avoid a standard discussion of the advantages and disadvantages to the Franchisee and Franchisor (yawn!) I came up with the attached assignment.
read more...»Revision Presentation - Adding Value
This revision presentation examines the concept of adding value - the ways in which a business can achieve revenues that are higher than the cost of the inputs into the production or operations process.
read more...»Adding value - turning waste into gold
Good quality potatoes make great potato chips or crisps. But what do you with the smaller or mis-shapen potatoes which fail the raw material quality test for a premium crisp brand? Simple, you use them to create a premium brand of vodka…
read more...»tutor2u launches new resources for OCR AS Business Studies
I’m delighted to announce the forthcoming publication (in early September 2011) of two new comprehensive digital course companions for OCR AS Business Studies Units F291 and F292. Some brief details below…
read more...»OCR GCE Business Unit F291 - Rapid Revision Q&A Guide
This was a 2011 academic year best-seller from our collection of rapid revision Q&A guides for OCR GCE Business and Economics. Written by Richard Young, the Unit F291 (Introduction to Business ) Revision Q&A guides students through all the key content of the OCR Unit F291 specification through a series of guided revision questions.
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read more...»Video case study - enterprise at the sharp end
Market trading. You’ve seen it on various tasks on The Apprentice. And the value of sales at the UK’s 1,000+ outdoor markets is estimated at over £3.6bn. So perhaps it is not surprise that increasing numbers of people are looking to make their first step into enterprise by setting up a stall in a local market. The problem is that running a viable market stall is no easy task. The typical customer at a local market is feeling the pinch and you also need to develop some sharp entrepreneurial skills to make the stall a success.
This excellent three minute video from Jenny Hill of BBC Breakfast takes us behind the scenes at a market in the Midlands to meet some of the experienced traders. Can a new training scheme help budding entrepreneurs make their fledgling businesses a success?
Insights from an Entrepreneur - Fraser Doherty (SuperJam)
A terrific interview with Fraser Doherty here. Fraser has become well known not just for his superb Superjam product, but also for his community activities (the tea parties being one example) and his enthusiasm for meeting teachers and students as a guest visitor to schools. The video is well worth showing as part of AQA (GCSE Unit 1 & BUSS1) and Edexcel (GCSE Unit 1).
read more...»Business structure in the UK - the rise of micro companies
Here’s a term that ought to find itself into the next editions of the traditional business studies textbooks - micro-companies. Of course, it won’t (maybe in 2020) but it should. Because in the last five years there has been an increase of over 250,000 in their number in Britain.
read more...»Lesson Worksheet - Franchises
Here is a lesson worksheet that enables you to test student’s understanding of the basics of franchises as a form of business organisation.
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Lesson Worksheet - Enterprise & Entrepreneurs
This new lesson worksheet allows students to test their understanding of the role of the entrepreneur.
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Essential business reading for the summer!
Rachel Bridge (Enterprise Editor of the Sunday Times) has long been regarded as one of the UK’s best writers on business & enterprise. Her weekly columns (now sadly hidden behind Rupert’s paywall) provide detailed and realistic insights into the challenges and frustrations, as well as the upsides, of starting and growing a business.
However, Rachel’s new book - How to make a Million Before Lunch - has really raised the bar in terms of providing a blueprint for budding entrepreneurs. It is perhaps the most insightful and useful book yet written on how to start and build a business. It should be compulsory reading not only for entrepreneurs, but also for everyone concerned with teaching and studying business startups.
read more...»Entrepreneurs LIVE! 2010 - THE Enterprise Event for Students in 2010
I’m delighted to announce the initial details of our student enrichment event for Autumn 2010 - Entrepreneurs LIVE! 2010.
The event is being held at two of our favourite venues:
London Westfield (Vue Cinema) - Monday 15 November 2010
Salford Lowry Mall (Vue Cinema) - Ruesday 16 November 2010
Entrepreneurs LIVE! 2010 will be a fantastic student enrichment day for students taking part in Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010. It will also be invaluable for ALL BUSINESS STUDENTS who need to develop their underdstanding of how successful businesses are started and grown. The programme will provide your students with the insights, ideas and inspirations from some of the UK’s top entrepreneurs…and also give them the chance to compete for spot prizes by taking our business challenge quizzes and pitching business ideas to the audience.
I’m delighted that two of our speakers (for both London and Manchester) have already been confirmed….
read more...»Primary v Secondary Market Research for a Startup
A very useful article on Startup Donut examines the differences between primary and secondary market research for a start-up. Ideal for everyone preparing for BUSS1 and similar exams in Jan + great for Edexcel & AQA GCSE Unit 1. Well worth a read - here
Exam Board resources
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