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What is the national minimum wage?

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Workers aged 24 and under but of school leaving age have to be paid the national minimum wage

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What is the national living wage?

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Workers aged over 25 and over have to be paid the national living wage. Slightly more than the minimum wage.

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How does the living and minimum wage affect businesses?

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  • cannot cut costs
  • if a company doesn’t pay its workers enough they get large fines
  • they can increase the costs , which will effect the firms profit
  • can lead to better motivated staff
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What does the equality act 2010 state?

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Recruitment procedures cannot discriminate against anyone for example on religion ,gender,race,age,sexual orientation or disabilities. Also all employees must be paid the same if they do work of an equal value

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What will they company pay if they discriminate against someone?

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Pay compensation

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What is the health and safety act of 1974?

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  • requires all employers and their employees to take responsibility for health and safety
  • firms need to carry out risk assessments
  • need to take steps to reduce risks , all staff must be trained
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What is an advantage of a business keeping a safe workplace?

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  • Fewer accidents means a more productive workforce
  • encourage people to apply to company as they know they are safe
  • prevent prosecution and fines
  • prevent bad publicity
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Disadvantages of having a safe workplace?

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Can be expensive

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What does the consumer rights act 2015?

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  • product has to be fit for its purpose
  • product should match its description
  • product should be satisfactory
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Point of consumer law?

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Protect the consumer from being exploited

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How the consumer law affects businesses?

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  • if a business breaks consumer law it will be faced with costs and inconvenience
  • could end up in court or prosecuted
  • breaking consumer law can harm the businesses reputation
  • businesses have to be careful when selling products
  • need to train staff properly to avoid making mistakes
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How can firms use technology to communicate with stakeholders?

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  • social media
  • web sites
  • email
  • mobile apps
  • live chats
  • video calls
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How has the development of information and communications technology (ICT)?

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Improve the businesses efficiency . Computers can do jobs more quickly. More training will be needed to and also equipment is expensive

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What is e-commerce

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Using the internet to buy or sell products

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How does e-commerce effect the business?

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  • websites help sell product to wider market

- firms have to adapt and will need more employees and system to distribute their product

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What are ethics?

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Moral principles of right and wrong

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What are ethical policies?

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A way a firm developed ways of working with stakeholders think are fair and honest

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Advantages of acting ethically ?

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  • able to market policies
  • get a good reputation
  • more likely to a get more investment
  • potentially a more motivated workforce , which will lead to a higher productivity
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Disadvantages of acting ethically ?

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  • higher labour costs as have to pay employees
  • ethically sourced materials may cost more
  • may have less profit as will increase costs per unit
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How business harm environment ?

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Produce waste which may end up at a land full

Cause traffic congestion

Factories cars and lorries cause pollution

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What is sustainability ?

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Working in a way that doesn’t damage the earth for future generations

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How will global businesses damage the earths environment?

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Resource depletion- use of non renewable resources

Global warming- many industries release carbon dioxide

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What are the advantages of being environmentally friendly?

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  • people like to buy from environmentally friendly companies and goods
  • gives firm a good reputation
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Negatives of being environmentally friendly ?

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-could lewd to higher costs , like mew equipment and developing new processes in order to be more sustainable-can be expensive.

25
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What is unemployment?

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When somebody is able to work but doesnt have a job

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What does unemployment mean for the economy?

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Produces less output than if everyone was employed

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How can firms benefit from unemployment?

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Able to pay lower wages to workers ,also will be able to fill jobs easily

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How can high unemployment effect businesses negatively ?

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Less people able to buy wants as they do jot have enough money to spend. Lack of demand for most products

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What happens if prices rise at a faster rate than income?

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  • people will spend more on needs, such as rent, electricity , food
  • businesses that provide wants will suffer
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What happens if prices rise at a slower rate than income?

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-people will spend less on needs. More money to spend on wants , so demand for these goods and services will go up.

31
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What is interest?

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When you borrow money you have to pay back interest , so you have to pay back more than you borrowed

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Who sets the base interest rate?

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Bank of england

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What does low interest rates lead too?

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  • cheaper to borrow money, so consumers and firms borrow borrow more and save less
  • consumers will have more money to spend so demand for goods and services increases. Firms are more likely to make a profit and may need to increase output.
  • also decrease costs of businesses as small loan repayments
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What does high interest rates lead too?

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  • borrowing money becomes more expensive , but savers get better returns on investments.
  • firms and consumers will have less money available to spend, higher rates on loans, so will save more.
  • reduces demands for products and may lead to decrease in profit and more unemployment
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What three things can markets mean?

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1) place where goods are traded between customers and suppliers, e.g internet shop or village market
2) trade in a particular type of product , e.g oil market
3) potential customers for a product , e.g 18-25 age market

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What is a competitive market?

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One where large numbers of producers selling to a large number of consuemrrs

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What effects does operating in a competitive market have on a business?

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  • nobody powerful enough to dictate price, forces producers to be efficient
  • firms need to convince their product is the best, could be costly to provide high quality products, training , promotion
  • firms will rush to fill gaps in the market
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When will businesses have very little competition?

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  • when a brand new product is created
  • specialist products not many people will want to buy
  • some markets are hard to start a business in because the start up cost is very high
  • monopolies
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What is globalisation?

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Process by which businesses and countries around the world become more connected . It has resulted in a single businesses operating in lots of countries.

40
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How the uk can stand out around the world?

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  • lots of money in design

- reputation for high quality products

41
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How can globalisation be a positive thing for uk businesses?

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  • having larger markets can lead to increase sales and higher profits. Having a larger market to buy from may mean cheaper supply costs.
  • easier for businesses to set up factories in other countries.
  • more opportunity in a greater market
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Drawbacks of globalisation?

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  • higher wages in uk means industries cant compete with firms from other countries, more competition
  • exchange rates effect business if interacting with other countries
  • bad publicity if unethical behaviour in countries.
43
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What are exchange rates?

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The cost of another currency compared to another.if companies want to import products , have to pay for it in the currency of the country it was made in

44
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How does a weak pound effect the economy?

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  • exports less expensive abroad

- imports are more expensive , raw materials from other countries will be more expensive

45
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How does a strong pound affect the economy?

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-exports more expensive and imports cheaper

46
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Why might someone start a business?

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  • financial objectives
  • want to be own boss, want to follow passion
  • want a challenge
  • want to benefit others
47
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What are the risks in running a business?

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  • Starting a business, need money , more likely to fail , needs to make profit
  • health of economy
  • actions of competitiors
48
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What can businesses do to reduce risks?

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1) planning

2) researching

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