This double lesson starts by introducing learners to how trade has changed in the past, we then look at imports and exports for the UK. A short case study on Nissan’s factory and how that has affected UK through FDI. We then look at another concise study on Croatia and how their government has been helping to attract FDI with a 4 mark question and a model answer for students to peer assess with. In the second lesson we focus on specialisation and comparative advantage, two very important concepts in theme 4, this is broken down with an animated example. A case study on Malaysia and how specialisation will or won’t benefit them - a 10 mark question with structure guidance and a model answer for students to peer assess with and build important exam skills. A second question on Brazil’s commodities with guidance and a model answer too. An engaging box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 1x PPT, 2x word files and a video clip. We start by watching a clip on discrimination at work before looking at the various types of legislation that exists to protect consumers and employees. A matching consolidation activity followed by a case study on an electronics manufacturer, students have the opportunity to consider whether complying with law outweighs not complying with law - 12 mark question with structure guidance and a model answer. Students can self or peer assess with the marking grids before engaging in a kahoot, finally ending with a box plenary. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson introduces learners to the two main types of inorganic growth - mergers and takeovers. We start by looking at the different types of merging with their pros and cons. Some real life examples of mergers and acqusitions that have taken place such as Facebook and Whatsapp and more. We then look go through a case study on Dixons and Carphone Warehouse with a few questions for students to work on. We have two more case studies, both with 12 mark questions, structure guidance and concise model answers for students to peer assess with against the criteria. All you need - open the powerpoint, run through it, and deliver quality lessons whilst saving precious time. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! - all files in zip folder. Thank you

This three lesson bundle introduces learners to gross and net profit, gross and net profit margin and how they make up the income statement. All topics are broken down so that it is very easy for students to see the logic behind calculations and for the teacher to explain. An activity to draw up the income statement for Ian Beale’s fish and chip shop with answers to go through. Lots of calculation practice for all three topic areas with answers to self or peer assess. The statement of financial position is slightly detailed so this could be watered down as students just need to know the basics of the balance sheet. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This resource can be used as a revision lesson for GCSE Business. The aim is to help consolidate key terms by playing a game. This could be used for remote learning if the document is sent out to players but ideally it would be in class with the cards cut out in a deck. 1 In pairs or teams - have at least one describer and one or more guessers 2 Roll the dice and look at the colour the dice lands on 3 The describer picks a card from the deck and demonstrates the key term to the guesser 4 The guesser has 30 seconds to guess the word 5 If correct, team goes again, if not, the next team rolls the dice 6 First team round the board three times wins (Note: the game can be adapted i.e. if no dice, you can just go in order i.e. first card marketing, then external influences etc.) This is an editable version so it can be adapted if you would like to map it to a different specification or course. Thank you

This set of resources includes 2x PPT, 2x word files and can be delivered over 2-3 lessons. Learners are introduced to the concept of inflation. We start by talking about how prices have changed hugely compared to the 1960s and 70s to stimulate students on the topic. We look at what inflation is, how it is measured, changes to the basket in 2021, cost push and demand pull causes, effects of inflation on consumers, firms, workers and the government - all with relevant examples, exam questions with model answers are provided too. In the second lesson, we build on this by looking at index numbers and their uses, particularly when looking at inflation. Finally, we look at the limitations of the CPI index and finish off with a kahoot. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson builds learners understanding on demand-side policies. We look at different interest rates to understand the base rate. We look at fiscal policy and the most recent spending review, students discuss what impact these policies might have on AD. An interesting documentary on the interest rate rise which shows the point of view from different people - an exam style question with guidance and a model answer is provided for students to use before peer assessing. In the second lesson, we look at quantitative easing and demand side policies used in the great depression and 2008 financial crisis. Two links to kahoot quizzes and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson introduces learners to the role of financial markets. We start by discussing what money is and the role of money before looking at what a financial market is, with examples of the role they play. Video case studies to give context to the role of financial institutions. We then look at the different types of financial markets such as money, capital and currency markets before understanding bonds in more detail. Some true or false questions, 15 mark case study question with indicative points and a peer assessment grid for students to use. We finish with a box plenary. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson introduces learners to the world of globalisation. We start by looking at what globalisation is, with examples of the UKs trade with other countries. We look at causes of globalisation such as containerisation and others. Students research the impacts of globalisation on countries, governments, consumers, producers and the environment before filling in any gaps in knowlege on the following slides. We also look at some video case studies of Nike and Apple to better understand the pros and cons of globaslisation. A box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson introduces learners to critical path analysis, quite a tricky concept to understand at first for a lot of students - but not with this powerpoint. We start with an engaging starter to contextualise the topic, then we break down the elements of the critical path such as node, EST LFT, activities and durations so that we can see how it is built. Guidance is displayed step by step how to work out EST and LFT. Students have opportunities to practice completing and calculating critical path analysis, including working out the EST and LFTs, float times and the critical path. A kahoot quiz with a link to consolidate the first lesson’s learning. We then look at the advantages and disadvantages of CPA, followed by a concise case study on the usefulness of using CPA (questions can either be calculations or essay based so both are covered here). Structure guidance and a concise model answer is given to help students improve their exam technique. A group task to construct a more challenging CPA and a box plenary to end with. All you need - open the powerpoint, run through it, and deliver quality lessons whilst saving precious time. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! - all files in zip folder. Thank you

This bundle could be delivered over 3 lessons and introduces learners to return on capital employed and gearing, whilst consolidating ratios from theme 2 such as current ratio, acid test, gross and net profit margins. Students have a chance to consider the limitations of ratios also. We start by demonstrating simple broken down examples of roce and gearing, as well as the other ratios with a range of consolidation activities. We also have a group task where students are given accounts of a major retailer, and they have to report back on how well the company has been performing by carrying out all the ratio analysis. Two kahoot quizzes with links provided and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 2x PPTs which can be delivered over 3 lessons (over 50 slides of engaging and interactive learning). In the first lesson, we start by looking at how marketing, human resources and operations data can be used to assess the internal performance of a business. We look at a variety of ways to assess from each function i.e capacity utilisation for operations, labour turnover for human resources etc. In the second powerpoint, we focus on core competencies and other ways to assess the internal performance of a business such as Kaplan & Norton’s Balanced scorecard and Elkington’s Triple bottom line. Research tasks, exam practice, true or false questions, box plenary, debate and kahoot quiz included. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This resource includes 1x PPT and 1x word document which can be delivered over a double lesson. We start off by discussing what innovation is and the main types of innovation that exist, the pressures that lead to businesses to innovate, the pros and cons of innovation and finally how to protect innovations. We look at how innovation can impact different functional areas. Visual infographics of businesses that spend on R&D to innovate, video clip, debate, true or false questions, a 4 mark and 16 mark exam style question (guidance, concise model answer and peer assessment grid included) before ending with a box plenary. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson introduces learners to public expenditure by the government. We start by looking at the three different types of expenditure (current, capital and transfer payments) before a quick activity where students estimate how much of the pot is distributed in different areas. We then look at various graphs and charts such as spending over time, spending as % of GDP, changes in spending on different areas, future spending forecasts, all this should help to contextualise the topic, we also compare spending as % of GDP internationally. We then go onto look at reasons for changes in public expenditure as well as the impacts on aspects such as productivity, equality, taxation and crowding out. Some true or false questions to consolidate, video case studies for further contextualisation. In the second lesson, there a diamond 9 group activity so students can justify where money should be spent, this creates a great opportunity to turn this into an election sort of activity as we then split the class into two different parties, each preparing a manifesto on how they will spend the budget. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This lesson builds on students understanding of the balance of payments from Theme 2, we now look at the financial and capital account as well as the current account. We start by recapping what the BoP is, some context given on surplus and deficits before we look at the causes and consequences of current account deficits. A group task for students to come up with policies to reduce a current account deficiit before we go through a range of strategies to address deficits in the BoP. Video case studies to stimulate discussion and debate. True or false questions, followed by a box plenary and a kahoot quiz. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This double lesson builds on learners understanding of market failure from year 12, but now we focus on failure in the financial sector. A very interestesting topic due to the application of the financial crisis. We start by recapping what market failure is and how banks fail. We then look at the 2008 financial crisis to understand what happened. Examples of different market failures are given, video case studies to help students contextualise. A 15 mark question on whether banks should be bailed out, indicative points and a peer assessment grid is included for students to use. A research task, some true or false questions to consolidate, a debate, box plenary and kahoot to finish with. A link to a documentary for homework too. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources can be delivered over 2-3 lessons and introduces learners to cash flow forecasting. We start by looking at the importance of a positive cash flow, and how to construct a cash flow forecast from scratch step by step. Students then go on to consolidate this by creating a cash flow forecast for Ian Beale’s fish and chip shop, some further calculation practice followed. We then look at a 12 mark question on cash flow forecasting based on Ian Beale’s forecast. Structure guidance and concise model answer provided for students to peer assess with. Two links to kahoot quizzes on the topic and a box plenary to finish with. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you

This set of resources includes 1x PPT which can be delivered over a double lesson. This lesson introduces learners to different types of strategy businesses can adopt as demonstrated through Ansoff’s Matrix. We start by looking at Ansoff’s and the four types of strategies involved here, each with their pros and cons and examples. We then go on to read a brief case study on a plumbing company, wth an exam style question and a model answer to self assess with. In the second lesson, a case study on Toyota and their strategy. This case study comes with a 4 and 16 mark style question, both with guidance and concise model answers for peer assessment. Debate questions, box plenary and an interactive kahoot quiz with the link to the game to consolidate the day’s learning. Colourful, concise and engaging slides! Thank you 3.8.1 Strategic direction: choosing which markets to compete in and what products to offer