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A PDF e-book designed to provide a dip-in resource to remind/support teachers in their teaching of pupils with SEND needs in a business classroom.  The book provides brief but effective and tested strategies that can be applied to help us to maximise the potential of each and every individual pupil in our classes.  The guide includes a look at strategies for dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, autism and mixed-teaching classes.

A free starter pack of 15 quick lesson starter ideas for use in the classroom.

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Scottish Higher Business Management specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of Types of Organisation. The presentation starts with an examinations of how the different sectors of the economy (Public Sector, Private Limited, Public Limited and Third Sector) are owned, controlled and funded. It then analyses the concepts of franchising and multinational corporations in detail. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and a final exam style extended answer question (all with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Scottish Higher Business Management specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of Role of Business in Society. The presentation starts with an awareness of how business activity helps to add value and satisfies the needs of customers in a changing competitive environment. It then examines the different sectors of industry with a look at business activity in the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary sectors. It concludes with an assessment of the different sectors of the economy, focusing upon organisations in the public, private and third sectors. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and a final exam style extended answer question (all with solutions).​​

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 5.5 Budgets. The presentation starts with the meaning and purpose of budgets, including a look at how they assist business performance.  It then examines the benefits and limitations of budgeting before looking at the different types of budgeting process including incremental, flexible and zero-based budgeting.  It also considers the uses of budgets for allocating resources and the control and monitoring of a business.  The presentation concludes with a look at the meaning, calculation and interpretation of budget variances. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, as well as several practice calculation questions and a final exam style extended answer question (all with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 5.4.4 Break-Even Analysis. The presentation starts with the meaning and importance of break-even analysis to a business. It then considers the calculation and interpretation of break-even level of output, contribution, margin of safety and level of profit in both graphical and numerical form. It concludes with an examination of the uses and limitations of break-even analysis. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, as well as several practice calculation questions (all with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 5.4 Costs. The presentation starts with the need for accurate cost information before looking at the different types of cost facing a business including fixed, variable, direct and indirect costs. It then examines the different approaches to costing with a focus upon the use of full (absorption) costing and contribution costing and assesses the benefits and drawbacks of each approach. It concludes with a look at the uses of cost information including an examination of contribution costing and special order decisions. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, as well as several practice calculation questions and an extended question (all with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 5.3 Forecasting and Managing Cash Flows. The presentation starts with the meaning and purpose of cash flow forecasting.  It then looks at how to interpret and amend simple cash flow forecasts, with the calculation of opening and closing balances.  It concludes with a look at the different ways of improving cash flow. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, as well as several practice calculation questions (all with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 5.2 Sources of Finance. The presentation starts with an examination of the relationship between the form of business ownership and availability of sources of of finance.  It then looks at the main types of internal and external sources of finance including the likes of crowd funding, debentures, commercial mortgages, venture capital, bank loans, retained earnings, micro-finance and many other examples.  It concludes with an examination of the main factors that affect the source of finance used by a business including cost, risk and levels of existing debt. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, and also a practice essay (with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 5.1 Business Finance. The presentation starts with an examination of why businesses need finance to start-up, grow and survive.  It then considers the distinctions between cash and profit before examining the need for finance in both the short-term and long-term.  Next it looks at the concepts of bankruptcy, liquidation and administration, before it moves on to examine the concept of working capital and the management of trade receivables and trade payables and the differences between capital and revenue expenditure. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, and also a practice essay (with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 10.4 Finance and Accounting Strategy. The presentation starts with an examination of the use of financial statements in developing strategies.  It then examines the contents of a company’s annual report before considering its usefulness to various stakeholder groups.  It then examines the use of accounting data and ratio analysis in strategic decision-making, commencing with an assessment of business performance over time and against competitors.  It proceeds to then consider the impact of accounting data upon business strategy, and the impact of debt or equity upon ratio results.  Dividend strategies and business growth and other strategies are considered in a similar way before the presentation concludes with an examination of the limitations of financial accounts and ratio analysis.  The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, and also a practice essay (all with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 10.3 Investment Appraisal. The presentation starts with an examination of the concept and need for investment appraisal before then analysing the three main techniques of payback, average rate of return (ARR) and net present value (discounted cash flow method). It concludes with an assessment of the qualitative and quantitative issues involved in investment decisions before considering the strengths and weaknesses of investment appraisal techniques. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, numerous practice calculations throughout the presentation and also a practice essay (all with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 10.2 Analysis of Published Accounts. The presentation starts with an examination of liquidity ratios with an assessment of the current ratio and the acid test ratio, including looking at how the figures could be improved. Next profitability ratios are examined, including the use of ROCE, gross profit margin and profit margin values and again an assessment of how to improve profitability is included. Financial efficiency ratios including trade receivables turnover (days), trade payables turnover (days) and inventory turnover are then examined in detail. Next there follows an assessment of the gearing ratio, before the presentation concludes with a detailed examination of the main investment ratios including dividend yield, dividend cover and the P/E ratio. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, numerous practice calculations throughout the presentation and also a practice essay (all with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 10.1 Financial Statements. The presentation starts with an examination of the statement of profit or loss, including its component elements (Trading Account, Profit and Loss Account, Appropriation Account), ending with a look at amendments to the account and their relative impact upon a business. It then goes on to examine the Statement of Financial Position and looks at how it is constructed including a consideration of tangible and intangible assets, liabilities and retained earnings. It assesses the impact of amendments on the statement before looking at the relationship between the two main financial statements. The presentation then goes on to the look at the challenges of inventory valuation and the concept of using Net Realisable Value (NRV) or historic cost. It concludes with a detailed assessment of depreciation and its role in accounting. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions, numerous practice calculations throughout the presentation and also a practice essay (all with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 9.3.5 Operations Planning. The presentation starts with an examination of the need for planning operations and how network diagrams are employed by business.  It then looks at the main elements of network diagrams, including activities, dummy activities and nodes.  Next it shows how networks can be used in critical path analysis (CPA), and analyses how this can be used to calculate the minimum duration time of a project, its critical path activites, total and free float, and how the results of network analysis are of value to a business in reaching decisions.  It concludes with an assessment of the benefits and drawbacks of CPA as a management tool. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and also a practice essay (both with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 9.3.4 Lean Production. The presentation starts with an examination of the aims and purpose of lean production.  It then analyses the associated concepts of: Kaizen; cell production; simultaneous engineering; quality circles; JIT and waste management.  Throughout the presentation it also considers the potential challenges of achieving lean production and considers the links between lean production and quality, the role of employees, inventory control, capacity management and efficiency. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and also a practice essay (both with solutions).

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 9.3 Operations Strategy. The presentation starts with an examination of the influence of human, marketing and finance resources on operational decisions.  It then assesses the changing role of information technology and artifical intelligence upon operations management.  The concepts of flexibility and innovation are analysed next with a focus upon volume, delivery time and specification and the development of new ways of producing products.  It concludes with an examination of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and how it can be used to help improve business efficiency.  The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and also a practice essay (both with solutions). NB.  Lean production and operations planning are examined in separate presentations.

Refreshed and updated PowerPoint resources aimed at assisting teachers with the delivery of the Cambridge International A-level Business specification. These slides are designed to support the delivery of 9.2 Quality Management. The presentation starts with an examination of the importance of quality and how it is used in meeting customer expectations. The methods of quality control and quality assurancen are then analysed, before it then assesses the impact of total quality management (TQM) upon a business. The presentation concludes with a brief assessment of the role and impact of benchmarking and its importance with regards to quality management. The slides contain the Quick Fire Five questions and also a practice essay (both with solutions).