4 Practice break-even diagram questions with answers provided Can be printed used in lessons or as revision

This worksheet tests students understanding of the importance of cash, cash flow forecasts and how to solve cash flow problems. There are five activities included in this resource: Activity 1 - A fill the blanks activity testing students’ understanding of key cash flow terminology Activity 2 - A cash flow forecast with missing values that students will need to calculate Activity 3 - A true or false activity that tests students’ ability to interpret the information from the cash flow forecast they completed for activity 2 Activity 4 - An anagram activity where students have to solve five anagrams of ways businesses can solve cash flow problems. Once solved, they need to briefly explain how each method helps with poor cash flow Activity 5 - A picture round where students look at 9 good and services, and have to decide which four of the nine are likely to experience short-term cash-flow problems. A brief answer is required underneath explaining their reasons for each answer All answers have been provided in depth This can be completed in class / for homework / as a peer marked activity to save you marking! This worksheet took students around 25 minutes to complete

Included in this resource is a detailed, colourful, engaging and informative presentation on critical path analysis. I have broken this topic down in easy to understand sections as students often find it very challenging. The PowerPoint contains: A detailed and colourful title slide that includes all learning objectives A fill the blanks recap starter activity on ratio analysis / financial statement. All answers are included. An explanation of what project management is and its importance. Contextualised examples of projects applicable to critical path are included **A hyperlink to a great video **of Apple’s new HQ is included. It shows the scale of the project, cost and time taken An activity where students learn the importance of completing activities simultaneously to save time rather than a sequence A step by step breakdown over 10 slides on what a network diagram is, what the values and characters mean, and how to work out EST, LFT, critical path. 5 network diagrams ranging in difficulty all with answers provided Detailed notes and activities on float times Notes on the advantages and disadvantages of critical path as well as how to evaluate the usefulness of critical path analysis as a planning tool A separate supplementary worksheet is included in this resource with all of the activities included in the PowerPoint. These can be printed for students. All answer are in the presentation. Animations have been used throughout to make this as engaging for students as possible The presentation contains 52 slides and took me two and a half hours to go through with students.

A financial education lesson on advertising, media and peer pressure. Included: Colourful and interactive slides with timers, animations and videos Activities (with answers) throughout Worksheet included Detailed notes There are 37 slides in total and this lesson took me an hour and a half to go through

Colourful slides, animations, video links, fun activities, as well as questions (with answers provided) are all included in this engaging and informative lesson on calculating the payback period, applicable to all syllabi Included in the lesson is: A fun (and very popular with my students!) Catchphrase starter activity where students have to guess the name of a well-known brand or product from a selection of pictures. Answers are provided. An eye-catching slide used to explain the purpose of the lesson and introduce the terms capital investment appraisal. An explanation of what it means to invest Contextualised examples and explanations of what investing is with colourful slides and video links provided (a Bitcoin video is included as well as a link to live house price updates) A ‘guess the price of the good’ activity that demonstrates reasons why people make investments (to get a return on their investment) Examples of real business investments (Facebook purchasing WhatsApp, Oculus, extra warehouses for servers) Explanation and step by step demonstration of how to calculate the payback period A 10 - 15 minute activity where students need to calculate the payback period. Answers provided. An explanation as how to evaluate the payback period It took me a lesson and a half to go through all of the content

Using MCDONALD’S TSUKIMI BURGER, Tesco’s failure to succeed in the US, Apple’s failure to succeed in India, and many others, this PowerPoint seeks to explore the reasons why businesses wish to sell in international markets, the challenges and constraints. Included in this PowerPoint: A detailed title page, outlining the key skills covered in this topic A recap on moving averages with answers. This topic is included in some syllabi earlier in the marketing unit but can be deleted if not required A starter activity introducing the concept of globalisation where students need to match McDonalds products based on the country whey are sold (demonstrating how products need to be adapted based on the market they are targeting). Answers are provided An explanation of reasons why businesses choose to sell products in overseas markets A contextualised example for each reason Detailed explanations as to each of the reasons why how marketing activities need to change depending on which country goods are being sold Video 1: Reasons why Tesco failed in US (poor marketing) Video 2: Reasons why Apple failed in India (poor marketing) Introduction to some of the factors that make trade between countries easier This lesson took me an hour and a half to go through.

An 89 slide, detailed PowerPoint presentation on forms of business ownership. This presentation goes into detail about: The public sector The private sector Soletraders Partnerships Limited Companies Not-for-profit organisations This presentation includes a number of editable recap activities (decision tree, guess the question, etc) Colourful, interactive with animations throughout. This presentation took me 3 hours to complete with my students

Included in this presentation: A fun Catchphrase starter activity (my students love this!) A recap activity on cost-based pricing strategies with answers (feel free to remove or skip if you are you to cover this) Notes and examples on the different methods of distribution Notes on the pros and cons of each method of distribution Notes on the importance of selecting the most appropriate method of distribution

A 52 slide presentation detailing capacity and capacity utilisation. This presentation includes: A depreciation starter activity Introductory activity on the concept of capacity Examples of capacity utilisation in different contexts Calculation activity Activity demonstrating hoe capacity utilisation impacts costs / average costs Detailed notes throughout This lesson took me an hour to go through.

This worksheet contains revision notes and activities on how to calculate fixed costs, variable costs, total costs, average costs, marginal costs, direct costs and indirect costs) All answers are included The worksheet is colourful and creative throughout This worksheet contains 7 pages of activities and took my students between 30 - 45 minutes to complete Can be given as classwork / homework / revision

A fill the blanks activity on the 4Ps with emphasis on Boston Matrix Answers are included This is useful as a starter activity or plenary

Test your students’ knowledge of cash flow forecasts with this UNIQUE activity that demonstrates if students can calculate each of the different values. This cash flow forecast contains a number of intentional errors that students need to identify and correct. All instructions are included in the activity, but the key thing to note is that all yellow values cannot change, any others can. Included in this activity are the following: Page 1 - Instructions on how to complete the activity, a cash flow forecast (in colour) and an explanation of what the first error is and how it should have been calculated. Page 2 - All errors have been circled. This can be shown after the cash flow forecast has been completed. Pages 2 and 3 - Detailed explanations of all errors and how they should have been calculated. Page 4 - The completed cash flow forecast with all answers. How I run the activity: Give students up to 10 minutes to complete the cash flow forecast Once finished, ask students to explain any errors they have found (this took my class 10 minutes) Show the circled errors on the board so that students can circle them Explain each error in detail Show the completed cash flow forecast on page 3 and get students to mark them. This will save you time.

Included in this PowerPoint: A detailed and colourful title slide that outlines the key learning outcomes and equipment required for the lesson A starter activity where students are required to guess how the price of 5 goods and services has changed over time (closest for each round wins). Students really enjoy this activity Explanation of why / when inflation becomes a problem, how it affects incomes and sectors where incomes have risen lower and higher than inflation Explanation in basket of goods / weighted index Step by step explanation of how inflation is calculated using weighted index Activity (with answers) where students are required to calculate inflation changes using a weighted index Activity (with answers) - identify which goods and services have been recently added and removed from the basket of goods Explanation of difference between demand-pull and cost-push inflation with examples Diagrams for both types of inflation Presentation is detailed and colourful throughout There are 52 slides in total and this presentation took me an hour and a half to go through.

A simple worksheet where students need to calculate the payback period of 4 investment options. Answer key included

Included in this lesson: A detailed and colourful title slide, including all learning objectives for this topic A recap starter activity on calculating the payback period (answers included) An explanation slide as to what the lesson is about; providing an overview of the problems of relying solely on the payback period as a method of investment appraisal and why other methods are also needed Explanation of what ARR is A scenario showing how ARR is calculated An evaluation of ARR There are 22 slides in total and it took me around 30 minutes to go through the presentation.

This lesson can be used either to teach Business students about competition, market structures and how consumers can be affected by anti-competitive practices OR to teach Economics students about the different features of market structures and why competition / a lack of competition affects different stakeholders. Included in this lesson: A colourful and detailed title slide outlining the key learning objectives An income elasticity of demand starter activity suitable for both Business and Economics students (calculation / explain / diagram question). A printable slide of the questions has been provided with a detailed answer key on next slide for peer marking. A detailed and contextualised example of how a lack of competition affects different stakeholders (Epic Games legal battle with Apple over Fortnite) Brainstorming activity on competition A rank in order activity on types of competitive markets Detailed notes on competition, monopolies, oligopolies, monopolistic competition, perfect competition, Game Theory, types of anti-competitive practices such as Cartels, OFT. This presentation contains 37 slides and took me an hour to go through with my students.

This PowerPoint introduces the theory of Porter’s Five Forces Contextualised examples included (including why Apple hasn’t entered the airline example) Each force is explained individually Notes provided throughout PowerPoint is colourful and engaging

A 20 slide PowerPoint presentation outlining the qualitative and quantitative factors businesses consider when choosing a business location. The PowerPoint is colouful, informative and includes a ‘Tenable’ game show PowerPoint where students have to identify 10 common reasons why businesses fail

This resource is a 58 slide PowerPoint presentation that gives a comprehensive overview of pricing strategies. Included in this resource: A colourful title page outlining the learning objectives A fun catchphrase starter activity where students have to guess the name of a business / product from the pictures given [answers included] A critical path analysis recap activity [answers included] An introductory explanation of the importance of pricing products correctly Detailed explanations with examples of market-based, competition-based and cost-based pricing strategies Colourful examples provided throughout Calculation activities [with answers] for the cost-based pricing strategies Colourful gifs and animation are included throughout This lesson took me just over an hour to go through with students.

Included in this PowerPoint presentation; A colourful title slide outlining the key learning objectives A fun Catchphrase starter activity that my students adore! An introductory slide explaining what the lesson is about An introductory game where students have to recognise brands of drinks currently / previously owned by Coke (this activity links into product lifecycle) A hyperlinked video about the rise and fall of Subway (10 mins in length) Detailed and colourful notes on what the product lifecycle is and what happens at each stage A simple class activity where students have to be creative and think about how to extend the product lifecycle for 4 random products (I get students to either stand up and explain their suggestions / draw them) Colourful gifs and animations are included throughout to ensure full engagement from students This lesson contains 38 slides and took me a full hour to complete with all the activities included