a) The impact of movements in exchange rates b) Competitive advantage through: o cost competitiveness o differentiation c) Skill shortages and their impact on international competitiveness This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

2.2.1 Sales forecasting a) Purpose of sales forecasts b) Factors affecting sales forecasts: o consumer trends o economic variables o actions of competitors c) Difficulties of sales forecasting 2.2.2 Sales, revenue and costs a) Calculation of sales volume and sales revenue b) Calculation of fixed and variable costs 2.2.3 Break-even a) Contribution: selling price – variable cost per unit b) Break-even point: o total fixed costs + total variable costs = total revenue c) Using contribution to calculate the break-even point d) Margin of safety e) Interpretation of break-even charts f) Limitations of break-even analysis 2.2.4 Budgets a) Purpose of budgets b) Types of budget: o historical figures o zero based c) Variance analysis d) Difficulties of budgeting

OCR GCSE Business 1.1. The role of business enterprise complete lesson Includes a PowerPoint and a Worksheet on: The purpose of business activity and enterprise Spotting an opportunity, developing an idea for a business, satisfying the needs of customers Characteristics of an entrepreneur Creativity, risk taking, determination and confidence The concept of risk and reward Written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

A Series of blank forms that I made, useful for all boards and GCSE business and A level Business and BTEC Business. Ideal for scaffolding, uploading to Teams, showing what a good one looks like or just speeding things up not waiting for students to spend an hour drawing all the lines. We are not technical drawing, we are business. Hope these help.

New groups or new to a group? These ice breaker quizzes can be downloaded and you can have ready just in case all the whiteboards or technology lets you down. Ideal for GCSE Business and A level Business and BTEC Business (all levels) I always link it that if they can talk about one brand they can talk about alternatives / substitutes / competitors etc. Hope these help

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Business 1.2.3 Different forms of business organisation 1.2.3 Different forms of business organisation: • franchises • social enterprises • multinationals. This is a complete lesson with a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet. Written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Business 1.3.1 Primary, secondary and tertiary activities 1.3.1 Primary, secondary and tertiary activities: • primary sector – extracting raw materials from the earth • secondary sector – converting raw materials into finished or semi-finished goods • tertiary sector – provision of a wide variety of services. This is a complete lesson with a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet. Written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Business 1.1.2 Why business aims and objectives change as busi 1.1.2 Why business aims and objectives change as businesses evolve: • in response to market conditions, technology, performance, legislation, internal reasons. This is a complete lesson with a teacher PowerPoint and a student worksheet. Written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

Three PDF worksheets with ideas for revision methods for students taking any kind of exam or test. These can be loaded onto a shared drive so that students can look at the ideas and try them out for themselves They can be used in lessons, given to groups and they try out all the ideas and vote on the best one They can be given as homework with students asked to rate the methods out of 5 in terms of their usefulness. Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

Edexcel GCSE Business 2.1.1. Business Growth Complete lesson with PowerPoint and student worksheet Covers these topics: Methods of business growth and their impact: Internal (organic) growth: new products (innovation, research and development), new markets (through changing the marketing mix or taking advantage of technology and/or expanding overseas) External (inorganic) growth: merger, takeover The types of business ownership for growing businesses: Public limited company (plc) Sources of finance for growing and established businesses: Internal sources: retained profit, selling assets External sources: loan capital, share capital including stock market flotation (public limited companies)

This worksheet is to help students when they are trying to put together a MOPS section on a 20 mark question. The prompts help them to look at the case study and organise their thoughts for the conclusion. Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This is a logo quiz that will work on a whiteboard or handed out as sheets. Individual or team quiz. Student friendly Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson is suitable for students that need extra support with the tricky topic of break-even It is written for students studying Edexcel A level Business but would also suit students on the Pearson Edexcel A level business course. This includes a worksheet and a separate answer booklet in Word and PDF format Written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

Edexcel A level Business HRM calculations Tricky Topic worksheet lesson This lesson is suitable for students that need extra support with the tricky topic of HRM calculations It is written for students studying Edexcel A level Business but would also suit students on the Pearson International Edexcel A level business course. This includes a worksheet and a separate answer booklet in Word and PDF format Written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

This is a worksheet and an answer sheet lesson for extra support with the tricky topic of capacity utilisation / utilization. It will suit students studying Edexcel A level business and Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business. This includes a worksheet and a separate answer booklet in Word and PDF format It is written by Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation

Students should be able to: understand the meaning of a market and competition analyse potential impacts of competition on businesses and identify situations when businesses face minimal or no competition understand the risks businesses face understand the reasons why all businesses face uncertainty understand the reason why entrepreneurs embark on running businesses understand the activities businesses can undertake to minimise risks This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This complete lesson covers: The purpose of business activity and enterprise Spotting an opportunity, developing an idea for a business, satisfying the needs of customers Characteristics of an entrepreneur Creativity, risk taking, determination and confidence The concept of risk and reward It is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This complete lesson covers: To be able to describe the purpose of planning as a business activity Reducing risk, helping a business to succeed To be able to discuss the role, importance and usefulness of a business plan Identifying markets, help with obtaining finance, identifying resources a business needs to operate, achieving business aims and objectives It is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This complete lesson covers: The aims and objectives of a business Profit, survival, growth, providing a service, market share How and why objectives may change as businesses evolve Why different businesses may have different objectives It is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson covers: The purpose of market research Identifying and understanding customer needs Primary research methods Questionnaires, interviews, trialling, focus groups Secondary research sources Newspapers and magazines, census, websites and internal data How appropriate different methods and sources of market research are for different purposes The use and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data in market research The lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation