Sarah Hilton has been a business examiner for over 20 years and a business teacher for longer. She is now a teacher trainer, business teacher and qualification developer. She runs the website revisionstation which provides smashing business teaching resources at budget prices.
Sarah Hilton has been a business examiner for over 20 years and a business teacher for longer. She is now a teacher trainer, business teacher and qualification developer. She runs the website revisionstation which provides smashing business teaching resources at budget prices.
This is a complete lesson written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation and it covers the following topics:
Different legal structures that businesses adopt
• Sole traders
• Partnerships
• Private limited companies (ltd)
• Public limited companies (plc)
• Not-for-profit organisations
The concept of limited liability and which legal structures benefit from this
Which legal structure would be most appropriate for a variety of business examples, including new start-up businesses and large established businesses
This is a PPT and a learning mat
It covers the A1 of the BTEC business level 3 national
Unit 18 creative promotion
A1 The purposes of marketing communcations
Written by Sarah Hilton
For Revisionstation
This lesson is suitable for students that need extra support with the tricky topic of decision trees
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 lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet which covers:
a) Reasons for mergers and takeovers
b) Distinction between mergers and takeovers
c) Horizontal and vertical integration
d) Financial risks and rewards
e) Problems of rapid growth
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 2.1.1 BUSINESS GROWTH (COMPLETE LESSON) 211
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers:
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)
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 1.5.5 EXTERNAL INFLUENCES (COMPLETE LESSON) 155
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers:
The importance of external influences on business:
possible responses by the business to changes in:
technology
legislation
the economic climate
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Business
1.8.1 Measuring success in business:
• revenue
• market share
• customer satisfaction
• profit
• growth
• owner/shareholder satisfaction
• employee satisfaction.
Complete lesson with a PPT and worksheet
By Sarah Hilton at Revisionstation
a) Growth rate of the UK economy compared to emerging
economies
b) Growing economic power of countries within Asia, Africa
and other parts of the world
c) Implications of economic growth for individuals and
businesses:
o trade opportunities for businesses
o employment patterns
d) Indicators of growth:
o Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita
o literacy
o health
o Human Development Index (HDI)
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a student worksheet
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers:
a) Factors leading to a change in supply:
changes in the costs of production
introduction of new technology
indirect taxes
government subsidies
external shocks
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This is the updated version with the blue front slide
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers:
a) Factors leading to a change in demand:
changes in the prices of substitutes and complementary goods
changes in consumer incomes
fashions, tastes and preferences
advertising and branding
demographics
external shocks
seasonality
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson is suitable for students that need extra support with the tricky topic of ratio analysis
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
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:
Influences on the extent and methods of employee involvement in decision making
Employee representation methods to include trade unions and works council
How to manage and improve employer – employee communications and relations
Value of good employer – employee relations
This lesson is written by Sarah Hilton from 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:
Influences on the mission of a business
Internal and external influences on corporate objectives and decisions
Influences on corporate objectives should include the pressures for short termism, business ownership, the external and internal environment.
The links between mission, corporate objectives and strategy
The distinction between strategy and tactics
The impact of strategic decision making on functional decision making
Internal and external influences on functional objectives and decisions
The value of SWOT analysis
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
Pearson Edexcel International A Level Business (132) 3 Markets
This lesson covers:
The interaction of supply and demand
The drawing and interpretation of supply and demand diagrams to show the causes and consequences of price changes
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 value of setting financial objectives to include:
The concept of a return on investment
Revenue, costs and profit objectives
Cash flow objectives
The distinction between cash flow and profit
The distinction between gross profit, operating profit and profit for the year
This lesson was written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers:
a) PESTLE (political, economic, social, technological, legal
and environmental)
b) The changing competitive environment
c) Porter’s Five Forces
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson includes a Powerpoint and a worksheet and covers:
a) Development of corporate objectives from mission
statement/corporate aims
b) Critical appraisal of mission statements/corporate aims
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers:
a) Quality:
o control
o assurance
o circles
o Total Quality Management (TQM)
b) Continuous improvement (Kaizen)
c) Competitive advantage from quality management
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 2.1.3 BUSINESS AND GLOBALISATION (COMPLETE LESSON) 213
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers:
The impact of globalisation on businesses:
•Imports: competition from overseas, buying from overseas
•Exports: selling to overseas markets
•Changing business locations
•Multinationals
Barriers to international trade:
•tariffs
•trade blocs
How businesses compete internationally:
•The use of the Internet and e-commerce
•Changing the marketing mix to compete internationally
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation
EDEXCEL GCSE BUSINESS 2.2.3 PROMOTION (COMPLETE LESSON) 223
This lesson includes a PowerPoint and a worksheet and covers:
Promotion:
Appropriate promotion strategies for different market segments:
advertising
sponsorship
product trials
special offers
branding
The use of technology in promotion:
targeted advertising online,
viral advertising via social media,
e-newsletters
Written by Sarah Hilton for Revisionstation