Business study guides

A deep-dive Edexcel GCSE Business guide to Topic 1.1, Enterprise and entrepreneurship. Covers the dynamic nature of business, risk and reward, the purpose of business activity, adding value, and the role of the entrepreneur, with the exam patterns Edexcel repeats in Paper 1.

A deep-dive Edexcel GCSE Business guide to Topic 1.2, Spotting a business opportunity. Covers customer needs, market research, market segmentation and market mapping, and the competitive environment, with the exam patterns Edexcel repeats in Paper 1.

A deep-dive Edexcel GCSE Business guide to Topic 1.3, Putting a business idea into practice. Covers aims and objectives, revenue, costs and profit, break-even and margin of safety, cash and cash-flow forecasts, and sources of finance, with the calculations and exam patterns Edexcel repeats in Paper 1.

A deep-dive Edexcel GCSE Business guide to Topic 1.4, Making the business effective. Covers limited and unlimited liability, types of business ownership and franchising, business location, the marketing mix, and business plans, with the exam patterns Edexcel repeats in Paper 1.

A deep-dive Edexcel GCSE Business guide to Topic 1.5, Understanding external influences on business. Covers stakeholders and their conflicts, technology, legislation and the economy, and how businesses respond, with the exam patterns Edexcel repeats in Paper 1.

A deep-dive Edexcel GCSE Business guide to Topic 2.1, Growing the business. Covers internal and external growth, the plc, financing growth, changing aims and objectives, globalisation and trade barriers, and ethics and the environment, with the exam patterns Edexcel repeats in Paper 2.

A deep-dive Edexcel GCSE Business guide to Topic 2.2, Making marketing decisions. Covers the design mix and product life cycle, pricing strategies, promotion and the use of technology, place and distribution, and using an integrated marketing mix to build competitive advantage, with the exam patterns Edexcel repeats in Paper 2.

A deep-dive Edexcel GCSE Business guide to Topic 2.3, Making operational decisions. Covers business operations and production processes, managing stock with bar gate graphs and just-in-time, working with suppliers, managing quality, and the sales process and customer service, with the exam patterns Edexcel repeats in Paper 2.

A deep-dive Edexcel GCSE Business guide to Topic 2.4, Making financial decisions. Covers gross and net profit, the gross and net profit margins, the average rate of return, and using and interpreting business data with its limitations, with the calculations and exam patterns Edexcel repeats in Paper 2.

A deep-dive Edexcel GCSE Business guide to Topic 2.5, Making human resource decisions. Covers organisational structures, communication and ways of working, recruitment and job roles, training and development, and motivation, with the exam patterns Edexcel repeats in Paper 2.