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  1. GCSE
  3. Business Edexcel

Business

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Free Edexcel GCSE Business revision: 370 exam-style questions and past papers from 2019–2025 with mark schemes.

1 Investigating small business

1.1 Enterprise and entrepreneurship

1.2 Spotting a business opportunity

1.3 Putting a business idea into practice

1.4 Making the business effective

1.5 Understanding external influences on business

Subject content and assessment information

Qualification aims, business contexts and business decision making

2 Building a business

2.1 Growing the business

2.2 Making marketing decisions

2.3 Making operational decisions

2.4 Making financial decisions

2.5 Making human resource decisions

Quantitative skills

Calculation

Interpretation

Formulae

Costs, revenue, break even, margin of safety and interest formulae

Cash-flow formulae

Profit, margin and average rate of return formulae

Assessment at a glance

AssessmentFormatDurationMarksWeighting
Paper 1: Investigating small businessWritten exam1h 45m90 marks50%
Paper 2: Building a businessWritten exam1h 45m90 marks50%

Course aims & skills

Edexcel GCSE Business builds the skills examiners reward. By the end of the course you should be able to:

  • Apply business concepts to familiar and unfamiliar business contexts
  • Analyse business data to identify trends, issues and opportunities
  • Evaluate business decisions and justify a recommended course of action
  • Interpret and calculate financial data such as profit, break-even and cash flow
  • Investigate real businesses and contemporary business issues
  • Construct well-argued, evidence-based business arguments
  • Use business terminology accurately and confidently
  • Make justified decisions using both qualitative and quantitative data
  • Evaluate the impact of ethical, environmental, economic and technological change on business

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