SafeSip makes reusable children's bottles. It discovers that the lid on one model leaks. Replacing the design and offering refunds would cost £18,000. Continuing to sell the bottle could breach consumer-law obligations relating to quality and consumer rights.
Analyse one impact on SafeSip of meeting its consumer-law obligations.
37 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Business 1.5 Understanding external influences on business, covering 1.5.1a Business stakeholders and their objectives, 1.5.1b How stakeholders and businesses affect each other, 1.5.1c Conflicts between stakeholder groups, 1.5.2a Types of technology used by business, 1.5.2b How technology influences business activity, 1.5.3a Principles of consumer law, 1.5.3b Principles of employment law, 1.5.3c The cost impact of legislation, 1.5.3d Consequences of meeting legal obligations, 1.5.4 The economy and business, and 1.5.5 External influences. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.