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GCSE Business Studies - Year 11 Worksheets for 09/10 Academic Year

New for this year, we have included all 13 of the worksheets to be completed in class from September 2009 by Year 11 GCSE Business Studies here on ebitnow in a PDF format! Every worksheet features exam style questions, revision help, opportunities for self assessment, scores, homework and information about where extra help can be found. Feel free to download and use at anytime...

• Production & Methods of Production - Download Worksheet_24
• Scale of Production - Download Worksheet_25
• Efficiency & Innovation - Download Worksheet_26
• Quality Control & Stock Control - Download Worksheet_27
• Location Decisions - Download Worksheet_28
• Market Planning - Download Worksheet_29
• Market Research - Download Worksheet_30
• Marketing Mix - Download Worksheet_31  
• Protecting the Consumer -
• External Costs & Benefits -
• Business & Changes in Economic Policies -
• Business & The State of the Economy -
• EU & International Business -

Videos Galore!!

The ever-fantastic www.tutor2u.com has produced a fantastic video resource database in many of the key Business areas. Great for bringing some of those more complex bits of Business theory to life...

SMALL BUSINESS / ENTERPRISE

Biofuel farmers feel the pressure
The Car Boot Sale
The wonder of Wellies
Jivana Style finds niche in the greetings card market
Pubs diversify to survive
Roadside Markets
Startup Bean Grinder
Diversify or Bust (Small Retailers)
Three Small Businesses Born in the Storm
Never Too Old to Start a Business

MARKETING

Fresh pizza from a vending machine
Pricing tactics for an upmarket restaurant - how to increase demand at lunchtime during the downturn
Product Life Cycle of the Standard Light Bulb
Behind the Scenes of Marketing at a Gift Business
Tiffinbites and the Curry Franchise
Yorkshire Firms Battle over Trademark
Product Innovation in the Recession
Christmas Tree Pricing

FINANCE

Profitability of Onion Farming
Market Traders and Fixed Costs
When the Bank Overdraft Becomes the Problem

PRODUCTION / OPERATIONS

Inside the Easter Egg Factory (2) - Cadburys
Fresh pizza from a vending machine
Making the world’s cheapest car
Mass market house production
Inside the Easter Egg factory (1)
Flexible storage is a boom business
Manufacturers move to short-time working to reduce production capacity
LG moves away from mass production to meet customer needs
Investment in Cricket Bat Manufacturing
Paul Smith Warehouse Expansion
Inside the Pizza Factory
Technological Change at the Cinema
Nissan and the Effect of Declining Demand on Production

BUSINESS STRATEGY

Export Success for Mining Tools Manufacturer
Poundland Thrives in the Downturn

EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT

Supply and demand in action (tea)
Quarry business dispute with local stakeholders
Substitute products - three great examples of how demand is shifting during the recession
Exporters Benefit from a Weaker Pound
Bettaware Beats the Recession
Demand for Real Ale
Pashley Bicycles Battles the Recession
Tourist Town Reinvents its Economy

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT

Google’s Non-Financial Methods of Motivation

Franchise Information - Extra reading for GCSE Business Students!

Morning Year 10 GCSE Business Students,

Attached below is an interesting and very up to date extra worksheet on setting up a Franchise (McDonalds). Find out how much it genuinely costs to become a Franchisee!

Download McDonalds Franchise Requirements

16 Fantastic Enterprise Lesson Plans ready to deliver...

Fantastic lesson plans and resources on 16 key Enterprise / Business topic areas. Lesson Plans, Teachers Info, Toolkit and Answers are available to download below...

Download 16_Enterprise_Lesson_Plans 

Download Teachers-notes

Download Teachers-tool-kit

Download Teachers-answer-sheets

Online Fashion Retailing Challenge

The retail fashion market is big business in the UK - yet only 6% of sales are made by customers online (a much lower percentage than other consumer product markets such as electronics, music, games and books).  Here is an article that could be used to support an interesting student challenge.

Most students will be more than familiar with the process of high street fashion shopping.  So the two questions for them are:

(1) What is it about the physical process of shopping for clothes that makes it so preferable to buying online, and

(2) What could an e-tailer of fashion do using a web site to encourage a higher proportion of sales online.

A group or homework exercise might identify a variety of methods / approached to enhancing the online fashion experience.

You could then compare the student responses with the information in this excellent article, which reports the results of some market research by online retail consultants:

Thanks again to Jim Riley at tutor2u.com!

Ever milked a Camel?

Camel milk has been prized for centuries by communities in Africa and India for its supposed curative properties. But it has not been commercially produced in Europe. Reporter Paul Henley visits this continent's first camel farm, situated in the village of Cromvoirt in the Netherlands. Check out the Radio Interview below and consider how you might market this or make it attractive to customers who love their average cow's milk!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8282000/8282304.stm

GCSE Business Studies - Year 10 Worksheets for 09/10 Academic year!

New for this year, we have included all 23 of the worksheets to be completed in class from September 2009 by Year 10 GCSE Business Studies here on ebitnow in a PDF format! Every worksheet features exam style questions, revision help, opportunities for self assessment, scores, homework and information about where extra help can be found. Feel free to download and use at anytime...

• Enterprise - Download Worksheet_1

• Sole Traders - Download Worksheet_2

• Partnerships - Download Worksheet_3

• Limited Liability Companies - Download Worksheet_4

• Franchises - Download Worksheet_5 

• Cooperatives - Download Worksheet_6

• Public & Private Sectors - Download Worksheet_7

• Aims & Objectives - Download Worksheet_8

• Business Size - Download Worksheet_9

• Business Growth - Download Worksheet_10

• Structures & Organisation - Download Worksheet_11

• Managers & Management - Download Worksheet_12

• Management of Change - Download Worksheet_13

• Motivation - Download Worksheet_14

• Labour Requirements - Download Worksheet_15

• Recruitment & Selection - Download Worksheet_16

• Training & Development - Download Worksheet_17

• Employment Law & Industrial Relations - Download Worksheet_18

• Sources of Finance & Business Plans - Download Worksheet_19

• Costs, Revenue & Break-Even Analysis - Download Worksheet_20

• Cashflow & Profit / Loss Accounts - Download Worksheet_21

• Balance Sheets & Business Ratios - Download Worksheet_22

• Methods for Improving Profitability - Download Worksheet_23

Break Even Practice

Good Morning,

Attached below is a Word Document containing 3 Break Even Questions that will help you learn all about this key topic in a practical way! Please answer all questions on the sheet itself. 

Year 10 GCSE Business Studies students please print this when complete and hand-in with Worksheet 20.

Download Break Even Practice Qtns

Many thanks,

Mr Coakley

ASOS Case Study - A real challenge for new Level 2 students!

Please take your time to read the following case study about the very popular online fashion retailer asos.com...then answer the 4 questions at the end.

This will really test your ability to read, absorb and anlayse information aswell as how professionally you can present your findings. What you learn from this exercise could really help you in coping with the Level 2 BTEC Business course! Good Luck!

Download ASOS Case Study

More Cashflow Forecasting Practice...

....this time looking also at the implications of regular and irregular cashflow. You will firstly need to read the detailed scenarios and then fill in the cashflow in the spreadsheet.

Download Investigating Financial Control - Flowersense Scenario

Download Flowersense Scenario 1 & 2

Download Flowersense Cashflow