Business Studies — Year 3 to GCSE
49 lessons, each with practice questions, a printable worksheet and an end-of-chapter test. Free to browse.
- What Is a Business? Years 7–11 · A business combines resources to make goods or services that satisfy people's needs and…
- The Sectors of Business Years 8–11 · Business activity is grouped into primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, which link…
- Enterprise & Entrepreneurs Years 8–11 · Entrepreneurs spot opportunities and take risks to start businesses, planning carefully…
- Business Objectives & Stakeholders Years 9–11 · Businesses set aims and objectives such as survival, profit, growth and service, while…
- Business Growth & Measuring Size Years 10–11 · Businesses grow internally or externally for benefits like higher profit and market…
- Sole Traders & Partnerships Years 7–11 · The simplest unincorporated businesses: how sole traders and partnerships work, their…
- Limited Companies (Ltd & Plc) Years 8–11 · How private (Ltd) and public (Plc) limited companies work, the role of shareholders,…
- Franchises & Joint Ventures Years 8–11 · How franchises work between franchisor and franchisee, their advantages and…
- The Public Sector & Not-for-Profit Years 9–11 · Public-sector organisations, social enterprises and charities, and how their aims differ…
- Choosing the Right Business Structure Years 10–11 · How owners weigh control, liability, finance and growth plans to choose the most…
- Motivation at Work Years 8–11 · Why motivated workers matter, and the financial and non-financial methods businesses use…
- Organisation Structures & Management Years 9–11 · How businesses organise their people using charts, hierarchy, chain of command, span of…
- Recruitment & Selection Years 9–11 · How businesses find and choose new staff using internal and external recruitment, job…
- Training & Developing Staff Years 7–11 · Why businesses train staff, and the differences between induction, on-the-job and…
- Communication in Business Years 8–11 · How information is shared in business, the main methods, and the barriers that stop…
- Leadership & Management Styles Years 10–11 · The autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire styles of leadership and the situations…
- What Is Marketing? Years 7–11 · Marketing identifies and satisfies customer needs profitably; compare market-orientated…
- Market Research Years 8–11 · Primary and secondary research gather quantitative and qualitative data through sampling…
- Market Segmentation & Targeting Years 8–11 · Markets are segmented by age, income, lifestyle or location to choose target markets and…
- The Marketing Mix: Product & Price Years 9–11 · The 4 Ps overview, product design and the product life cycle, plus pricing methods such…
- The Marketing Mix: Place & Promotion Years 9–11 · Distribution channels (place) get products to customers; promotion uses advertising,…
- Branding & Digital Marketing Years 10–11 · Brands build loyalty and value; digital marketing uses websites, social media and…
- Production Methods Years 7–11 · Job, batch and flow production: how each method works, when it suits a business, and the…
- Productivity & Efficiency Years 8–11 · What productivity means, how businesses raise it, and how to calculate output per worker.
- Costs, Revenue & Profit Years 8–11 · Fixed, variable and total costs; revenue; and profit calculated as revenue minus total…
- Economies of Scale Years 10–11 · How larger firms lower average cost, the internal and external economies of scale, and…
- Quality & Quality Control Years 9–11 · Why quality matters, the difference between quality control and quality assurance, and…
- Business Location & the Supply Chain Years 9–11 · Factors affecting where a business locates, and how supply chains and stock (inventory)…
- Why Businesses Need Finance Years 7–11 · Businesses need money to start up and to keep running; managing cash carefully keeps a…
- Sources of Finance Years 8–11 · Businesses raise money internally or externally, over the short or long term, including…
- Cash Flow & Cash-Flow Forecasts Years 8–11 · Cash flow tracks money in and out over time; a forecast helps spot and solve shortages…
- Break-Even Analysis Years 9–11 · Break-even is the output where total revenue equals total costs; margin of safety shows…
- Income Statements & Balance Sheets Years 9–11 · An income statement shows profit over a period; a balance sheet shows what a business…
- Understanding Financial Performance Years 10–11 · Profitability and liquidity ratios turn raw figures into percentages and comparisons…
- Business & the Economy Years 7–11 · How the business cycle, inflation, interest rates and unemployment shape whether firms…
- Competition & the Market Years 8–11 · Who competitors are, how firms compete on price and non-price factors, and how…
- Business Ethics & Halal Business Years 8–11 · Acting ethically, the trade-off between profit and doing right, and halal business…
- Business & the Environment Years 9–11 · How business affects the environment, what sustainability means, and the costs and…
- Globalisation & International Trade Years 10–11 · Why firms trade internationally, what multinationals are, imports and exports, and how…
- Government, Law & Technology Years 9–11 · How consumer and employment laws and government affect business, and how new technology…
- What Is a Business? Years 3–5 · Discover what a business actually is, the difference between selling a good and a…
- Jobs People Do Years 3–5 · Meet the different roles inside a business — the person who makes things, the person who…
- Entrepreneurs & Big Ideas Years 4–6 · Meet entrepreneurs: people who spot a problem, think of an idea to solve it, and have…
- Running a Mini Business Years 4–6 · Run a pocket-money-scale mini business, like a school-fair bake sale. Work out simple…
- Making and Selling Things Years 3–5 · Follow the simple journey of a product from raw material, to being made, to being sold…
- Adverts and Why We Buy Things Years 4–6 · Look closely at what adverts are for, the clever tricks they use to make us want things,…
- The People Who Make a Business Work Years 3–5 · See how teamwork, kind leadership and clear communication help the people inside a…
- Where Does Business Money Come From? Years 4–6 · Discover how a business, not just a person, gets the money it needs to start or grow —…
- Businesses and the World Around Them Years 5–6 · Explore how a good business behaves honestly and fairly with its customers, treats the…