AQA A LEVEL BUSINESS 312 UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT BUSINESS FORMS Reasons for choosing different forms of business and for changing business form Different forms of business: Sole traders Private limited companies Public limited companies Private sector organisations Public sector organisations Non-profit organisations Social Enterprises Issues with different forms of business include: Unlimited and limited liability Ordinary share capital Market capitalisation Dividends The role of shareholders and why they invest Influences on share price and the significance of share price changes The effects of ownership on mission and objectives This is a complete lesson including a PPT and worksheet This is lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

AQA A LEVEL BUSINESS 313 UNDERSTANDING THAT BUSINESSES OPERATE WITHIN AN EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT How the external environment can affect costs and demand Factors influencing costs and demand to include the effect of: • competition • market conditions • incomes • interest rates • demographic factors • environmental issues and fair trade This is a complete lesson including a PPT and worksheet This is lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

AS(7131) A-level (7132) Specifications For teaching from September 2023 onwards For as exams in May/June 2024 onwards For a-level exams in May/June 2025 onwards Version 2.0 This lesson covers: The elements of the marketing mix (7Ps) The influences on and effects of changes in the elements of the marketing mix The marketing mix should be considered for goods and services, both industrial and consumer. Product decisions the value of product portfolio analysis and the Boston Matrix the value of the product life cycle model including extension strategies influences on and the value of new product development. Pricing decisions Pricing decisions should include penetration and price skimming. and in part 2 Decisions about the promotional mix Promotional decisions should include: the value of branding Social media Viral Marketing Distribution (place) decisions Distribution decisions should include multichannel distribution. Decisions relating to other elements of the marketing mix: people, process and physical environment The importance of and influences on an integrated marketing mix include: the position in the product life cycle the Boston Matrix the type of product marketing objectives the target market competition positioning. Understanding the value of digital marketing and e-commerce This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

AS(7131) A-level (7132) Specifications For teaching from September 2023 onwards For as exams in May/June 2024 onwards For a-level exams in May/June 2025 onwards Version 2.0 This lesson covers: Internal and external sources of finance debt factoring overdrafts retained profits share capital loans venture capital crowd funding Advantages and disadvantages of different sources of finance for short and long term uses This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: Edexcel GCSE Business 1.1.1 The Dynamic nature of business complete lesson This lesson includes: Why new business ideas come about: Changes in technology Changes in what consumers want Products and services becoming obsolete How new business ideas come about: Original ideas Adapting existing products/services/ideas Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 2.3.3 MANAGING QUALITY (COMPLETE LESSON) 233 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: The concept of quality and its importance in: •The production of goods and the provision of services: quality control and quality assurance •Allowing a business to control costs and gain a competitive advantage Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Sources of finance: o family and friends o banks o peer-to-peer funding o business angels o crowd funding o other businesses b) Methods of finance: o loans o share capital o venture capital o overdrafts o leasing o trade credit o grants Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Owner’s capital: personal savings b) Retained profit c) Sale of assets Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Methods of production: o job o batch o flow o cell b) Productivity: o output per unit of input per time period: factors influencing productivity link between productivity and competitiveness c) Efficiency: o production at minimum average cost: factors influencing efficiency distinction between labour and capital intensive production Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Capacity utilisation: o current output (divided by) maximum possible output (x 100) b) Implications of under- and over-utilisation of capacity c) Ways of improving capacity utilisation Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: a) Internal and external causes of business failure: o financial factors o non-financial factors Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 1.4.2 BUSINESS LOCATION (COMPLETE LESSON) 142 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: Factors influencing business location: proximity to: market labour materials competitors nature of the business activity the impact of the internet on location decisions: e-commerce and/or fixed premises Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

EDEXCEL GCES BUSINESS 1.4.4 BUSINESS PLANS (COMPLETE LESSON) 144 This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers: The role and importance of a business plan: ● to identify: the business idea; business aims and objectives; target market (market research); forecast revenue, cost and profit; cash-flow forecast; sources of finance; location; marketing mix. The purpose of planning business activity: ● the role and importance of a business plan in minimising risk and obtaining finance. Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This is part of the Access to HE Geography and Environmental science course and is conservation. The resource consists of six PowerPoints and one worksheet activity. 1.1 Reasons for conservation 2.1 Interests impacted by conservation 2.2 Ecological principals 2.3 Role of zoos and Botanical gardens 3.1 Role of organisations 3.2 Conflicts of interest

This complete lesson includes a teacher PowerPoint with all the answers and a comprehensive student worksheet and covers all of these topics: a) SWOT analysis • internal considerations: strengths and weaknesses • external considerations: opportunities and threats This resources has been written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation

This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint These are the topics covered in this lesson: a) Mergers and takeovers: • reasons for mergers and takeovers • distinction between mergers and takeovers • horizontal and vertical integration • conglomerates • financial risks and rewards b) Advantages and disadvantages of inorganic growth

This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint These are the topics covered in this lesson: a) Methods of growing organically b) Advantages and disadvantages of organic growth

This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint These are the topics covered in this lesson: a) Ethics of strategic decisions: trade-offs between profit and ethics b) Pay and rewards c) Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and contains a comprehensive student worksheet and a teacher PowerPoint These are the topics covered in this lesson: a) Internal and external stakeholders. b) Stakeholder objectives. c) Stakeholder and shareholder influences: • stakeholder: that the business considers all of its stakeholders in its business decisions/objectives • shareholder: that the business should focus purely on shareholder returns (increasing share price and dividends) in its business decisions/objectives. d) The potential for conflict between profit-based (shareholder) and wider objectives (stakeholder).

This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics: The purpose of business Reasons for starting a business Basic functions and types of business Goods and services Needs and wants Factors of production Opportunity cost Three main business sectors Business enterprise and entrepreneurship Characteristics of am entrepreneur Objectives of an entrepreneur Dynamic nature of business