OCR A2 Business - Unit F297 Belvoir Park Ltd (BPL)

Experienced OCR teacher and regular tutor2u blogger Tom White has completed his superb revision toolkit for the OCR A2 unit F297 on Belvoir Park Ltd (BPL). This essential guide provides students with a high-quality support resource as they prepare for the final synoptic unit. It is available as a network licence and can be ordered directly here.

The contents of the BPL revision toolkit are summarised below:

Introduction: BPL’s aims – a stakeholder perspective

Analysing BPL’s situation
Market research: Figure 1 – Nationality of guests
Product life cycle
Time series analysis
Financial accounting and ratio analysis – introductory note
Financial analysis
Measuring solvency, or liquidity
Measuring profit and profitability
Measuring financial efficiency
Shareholder ratios
Measuring debt
Financial summary

The economic environment
The effects of economic change on BPL’s financial performance
The effects of economic change on BPL’s room occupancy rates

Business Culture: Leadership, Management and Change

Legal, ethical and social issues: corporate social responsibility at BPL

SWOT summary of BPL’s current position

Implementing proposals for change at BPL
Ansoff’s Matrix
Problems with BPL’s costing structure
The 75% room occupancy target

Making effective use of the decision tree
Decision trees – the qualitative dimension

Exam overview and advice

Mock exam paper