...Pass 1 Tesco Information from Tesco’s website suggests that Tesco PLC is the largest retailer in the UK and the fourth largest in the world. Tesco is an international company as their stores are scattered around twelve different countries around the world. The company employs 500,000+ people across the countries that work for and supply Tesco supermarkets. Out of the 500,000+ people working for the company internationally, over 310,000 work in the 3,378 UK stores. Their profit gain before tax is £2.3 billion. Internationally, there are exactly 6,784 stores, with the business making £70.9 billion group sale. Tesco compete against a wide range of supermarkets such as, Morrison’s, Sainsbury, Co-Operative, Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose, ASDA. They compete with them for customers to purchase their product for a fair price however, Tesco still need to make a profit on it. Tesco is a retailer and is therefore part of the tertiary sector, as it provides a service and sells goods for the publics’ needs. Its main intention is to make a profit for its shareholders. Tesco believe that success depends of people. “The people who shop with us and the people who work with us.” More evidence to suggest that Tesco is a retailer is that the company makes profits on their products. Tesco is a Public Limited Company (PLC) which is a business that is owned by its shareholders, run by directors, and more importantly, whose liability is limited. Limited liability means tat the investors can only lose...
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...Introduction M&S is one of the UK’s leading retailers they sell stylish, high quality, clothing and food products, footwear, accessories, and household products. M&S is responsibly sourced around 2,000 globally Over the last 129 years M&S has grown from a single market stall to become an international multi-channel retailer. (M&S, 2013) Marks and Spencer is a major British retailer which was founded in 1884 and operates 766 owned and franchised stores in the United Kingdom; and 418 owned and franchised stores in 51 territories in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. Type of business M&S is an international business because it is located in various other countries with the United Kingdom and 418 owned and franchised stores in 51 territories in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia. M&S is in the private sector organisation because it is part of the national economy made up of private enterprises. It includes the personal sector (households) and corporate sector (companies), and is responsible for allocating most of the resources within an economy. See also public sector (business dictionary, 2013) M&s is a large size business because there are more than 250 employees, M&S has up to 82,000 employees and the majority of the people are in the UK. M&s is in the tertiary sector because they are providing services to individuals and business an example of the type of service M&S would provide is they could provide fresh lingerie this would include:...
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...Name: Arsalan Anwar Business level 3 Unit 1: P1 Introduction: In this assignment I will be selecting two contrasting business which are going to be Tesco and Oxfam. I will be writing a written report describing their purposes and ownership, to do this I’ll talk about what goods and services they offer and to whom they offer these to. Finally I’ll talk about where they operate and which industrial sector of the economy they operate in. Introduction of Tesco Tesco is a massive company with high revenues, it is also a public limited company (PLC) that means it has limited liability, the meaning of limited liability is that the investor cannot lose more than the amount he has invested within the company intern this means that the investor is not personally responsible for the debts of the company so linking this to Tesco it will mean that if Tesco goes into debt the investors are not responsible to pay it off. The main aim of Tesco is to make profit and the reason it will make profit is because it is a well know and established company which has been trading for many years. It has over 2000 stores around the world and it is employing nearly up to 300,000 people which proves that it is a global organisation. Sector of the economy Tesco operate Tesco operates in the tertiary sector which is also know as the service sector and is one of the three main economy sectors, the tertiary...
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...Unit 1 - P1 Table 1 Types Of Ownership: | Definition: | Example: | Sole Traders | A sole trader business is owned and controlled by one person and the most common type of business. | Window CleaningPlumbing Electrical Work | Partnerships | A partnership is usually formed by signing a Deed of Partnership (which sets out how profits will be shared and the different responsibilities and payments to partners) with the paperwork being supervised by a solicitor. | Medical PracticeDental PracticeAccountantsSolicitors | Private Limited Company | Private limited companies tend to be smaller than public ones. Often family businesses. There must be at least two shareholders. Shares in private limited companies cannot be traded on the stock exchange. | Green EnergyJohn Lewis PartnershipVirgin Atlantic | Public Limited Company | Public Limited Companies have their shares bought and sold on the stock exchange. This allows the company to raise large amounts of capital very quickly. | ASDAMicrosoftBlackberryMcDonald’s | Government Departments and Agencies | They operate on behalf of the government and are staffed by civil servants, known in this department as customs and revenue officers. Civil servants are people who work directly for the government. Their job is to collect income tax & other taxes on behalf of the government, to collect repayments on student loans and make payments such as tax credits. | Child Protection AgencyCabinet OfficeDepartment For TransportNHS England...
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...CPU stands for central processing unit and is a piece of hardware in the computer, the role of a CPU is to carry out instructions in the computer. The CPU produces a large amount of heat therefore it tends to be found underneath a heat sink and a fan. A heat sink and fan helps the processor to stay cool while it is running, this is to ensure that the processor doesn’t over heat. AGP stands for Accelerated Graphics Port, the AGP is based on the PCI but is designed for graphics. The AGP uses point to point channels to communicate with the graphics cards improving both the look and the speed of the computer graphics. RAM (random access memory) is type of computer data storage, RAM is a form of volatile memory and this means that when the computer is switched off the memory that was stored would be lost. Also RAM is only available to use...
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...plotted around many counties. McDonalds is a global business which is in a public sector, the purpose of the business is to sell plenty of food to different type of customers and make a vast amount of profit. The business supply’s a wide variety of food for example: burgers, chicken, fish, pork and many deserts. The aim of the organisation is to serve perfect food in a fun and friendly environment also to be responsible of any mistakes that occur. McDonald’s is a franchise which could be opened buy any one and they will training and supply’s, although you got to pay for stuff. Advantages: 1) Many stakeholders can put their money into it 2) You can use the same brand name. You benefit from any promotion by the owner of the franchise. 3) The franchisor gives you support usually including help setting up the business 4) The government interacts with the business Disvantages: 1) Costs may be higher than you expect. As well as buying the franchise. 2) The franchisor might go out of business 3) You may find it difficult to sell your franchise you can only sell it to someone approved by the franchisor. Source: British heart foundation British heart foundation is a charity in Britain which prevents people from heart diseases in humans. It was found in 1961 by a group of medical professionals. British heart foundation is a national and tertiary business and does not make...
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...P1 - Describe the Potential Prompts that Initiate the Installation of New or Upgraded Software In this work I will describe the potential prompts that initiate the installation of new or upgraded software. I will write about three main prompts and explain the problems with existing systems, additional functionality required and external prompts for software bug fixes. • Problems with existing systems Overtime if you use a lot your laptop or PC it starts becoming really slow and popping up faults which need to repaired or improved. This happens only when there’s something wrong with your existing system. Sometimes it crashes, because of new installed updates or because it can’t run on your operating system. One of the reasons might be if you browse a lot on in internet and download a lot of illegal this might slow your PC. For example, if you download regular music, games or movies all these files take a lot of memory. To avoid these problems you need to regularly defrag your computer and run couple antivirus scans to fix it....
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...Business Ownership P1 Organisation 1 – NHS The NHS is a national public sector health service maintained and paid for by the UK. The NHS was founded in 1948 in an attempt by the then heath secretary, Aneurin Bevan, to bring good healthcare to all. It was founded to provide affordable healthcare to the citizens of the UK who need it. Today the NHS has a very good reputation as it continues to provide good healthcare to those in need, they currently employ over 1.6 million government people to achieve this endeavour. The NHS is a national business as it only operates in the UK and only provides its services to those living in the UK. It only operates in the tertiary sector as they provide a service for the public but do not manufacture, sell or harvest raw materials. Because it is a public business it doesn’t make a profit instead it uses it’s funding to help with the financial burden of medical procedures. There are down sides to this for example the NHS don’t always have the most up to date equipment. Because the service is maintained and paid for by the government they are the ones that will be held liable for any problems with the way the NHS runs or if it overspends. The NHS is limited by their annual budget for the year 2015 their budget was £115 Billion. Organisation 2 - Starbucks Starbucks Coffee is a privately owned American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain. Public limited companies become a legal entity whose assets and liability are separate from their...
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...The aim is to describe the different types of business organisation that operate in the UK. This will include a comparison between a Limited Company and a Charity in terms of their ownership, aims, economic sector and main stakeholders. For the report, I have chosen to investigate Sainsbury’s and RSPCA. Sainsbury’s Background information Sainsbury’s Supermarkets is the UK’s longest-standing major food retailing chain, having opened its first store in 1869. The Sainsbury’s brand is built upon a heritage of providing customers with healthy, safe, fresh and tasty food. It differentiates itself by offering a range of great quality products at fair prices with a particular emphasis on fresh food, an ethical approach to business and continuous leadership. Size of business J Sainsbury plc consists of Sainsbury’s – a chain of 504 supermarkets and 319 convenience stores. A large Sainsbury’s store offers around 30,000 products and an increasing number of stores also offer complementary non-food products and services. Business sector Sainsbury’s is currently in the Tertiary and Secondary Sector this is because Sainsbury’s provide services (they have banks), sell Food and also they have their own farm. Main goals and purpose At Sainsbury’s they will deliver an ever-improving quality shopping experience for their customers with great products at fair prices. Their aim is to exceed customer expectations for healthy, safe, fresh and tasty food, making their lives easier every...
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...Stakeholder: | Description: | Interest in DFS Furniture: | Interest in The University of Nottingham: | Consumer: | A consumer is an individual/organisation who buys a good/service for their personal use. They are a key stakeholder in some business’ as they are the primary source of their revenue. | A consumer would be interested in DFS, as they want them to produce high-quality, value-for-money products and the after-sales service in order to make any future sales. As they are the purchaser of the good, the business is essentially interested in the needs of the consumer. They can have a huge impact on the business as if they receive a poor quality product it would lead to any future sales being lost. This is vital as like every business, they need to sell in order to survive. In this instance the consumer could be pivotal to the survival if decline occurs. | A consumer would have an interest in The University of Nottingham as they want them to produce high quality service education. As the consumer are the students, they are market the business need to survive. If the educational system failed, then private businesses would fail to survive. This means that the business has to tailor the consumer’s needs for service. | Employee: | An employee is an individual who is hired under a contract of employment to work for a business. This could be Part-time, Full-time. Employees are key stakeholders in the business as they have that particular interest to work there, which should...
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...Introduction Marketing- is the action or business of promoting and selling products or services, including market research and advertising. A more simple definition is the right product, in the right place, at the right time, at the right price. It involves a business trying to understand its customers by identifying their needs and produce the products which satisfy those needs. The concept of marketing is that firms should analyse the needs of their customer and then make decisions to satisfy those needs, better than the competition. Nowadays most firms have adopted this marketing concept but it’s not always the case. The philosophy of this concept came around after World War II, when people had to be selective with the products they brought and only buy the ones that meet their needs and requirements but to businesses these would not always be obvious. Now companies have to always keep customers in mind when thinking of a product and the market is so competitive you will need to be the best product out there in that market to have the most chance of being brought. Three simple questions are often used when businesses decided to come up with a new product; what do customers want? Can we develop it while they still want it? How can we keep our customers satisfied? All being very good and valid questions to ask which will help to increase customer satisfaction as they are always in their minds. The two businesses I have chosen to use in order to compare and contrast their marketing...
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...|Assignment brief – QCF BTEC | |Assignment front sheet | |Qualification |Unit number and title | |BTEC Subsidiary Award in Business |Unit 1 The Business Environment | |Learner name | Assessor name | | | | |Date issued | Hand in deadline |Submitted on | |23 June 2014 |22 September | | | | | |Assignment title |Assignment 1: Type, purpose, ownership and stakeholders | |In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence...
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...brief for QCF BTEC | Qualification | Unit number and title | Health and CareBTEC National Diploma and Extended Diploma in Health and Social Care | Unit 1 : Developing effective communication in Health and Social Care | Learner name | Assessor name Ruth Higgins | | | Date issued | Hand in deadline | Submitted on | W/B 8.9.14 | W/B 13.10.14 | | | | Assignment title | Understanding effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care | In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found. | Criteria reference | To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the learner is able to: | | Task no. | | Evidence | P1 | Explain the role of effectivecommunication and interpersonal interaction in ahealth and social care context | | | | | P2 | Discuss theories of communication | | | | | M1 | Assess the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in health and social care with reference to theories of communication | | | | | Learner declaration | I certify that the work submitted for this assignment is my own. I have clearly referenced any sources used in the work. I understand that false declaration is a form of malpractice.Learner signature: Date: | ASSESSMENT RECORD SHEET | Programme | BTEC National Diploma...
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...ASSESSMENT RECORD SHEET | Programme | BTEC EXT DIP IN PUBLIC SERVICES | Learner name | | Assignment title | TYPES | Assessor name | SIMON TAYLOR / TONY GREENHALGH / RAY MOFFAT | Unit no. & title | UNIT 10 – LANDBASED ADV ACTIVITIES | Targeted learning aims | P1 M1 | Issue date | | Submission deadline | | First submission / resubmission?* | | Date submitted | | Resubmission authorisation by Lead Internal Verifier* | | Date | | * All resubmissions must be authorised by the Lead Internal Verifier. Only one resubmission is possible per assignment, providing: * The learner has met initial deadlines set in the assignment, or has met an agreed deadline extension. * The tutor considers that the learner will be able to provide improved evidence without further guidance. * Evidence submitted for assessment has been authenticated and accompanied by a signed and dated declaration of authenticity by the learner.**Any resubmission evidence must be submitted within 10 working days of receipt of results of assessment. | Targeted criteria | Criteria achieved?(Yes / No) | Assessment comments | P1 | | | M1 | | | General comments | | Assessor declaration | I certify that the evidence submitted for this assignment is the learner’s own. The learner has clearly referenced any sources used in the work. I understand that false declaration is a form of malpractice. | Assessor signature | | Date | | Learner comments | | Learner signature | | Date...
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...Faculty: Business and IT Exeter College BTEC Assignment Brief |Course Title: BTEC 90 Credit Diploma in Business/BTEC Certificate in | | |Business | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |[pic] | | |[pic] | | | | |Assignment Title:...
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