Summary:
This revision guide has been written specifically for students following the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies course. It has been designed to help students understand what they need to know topic-by-topic, and how to prepare effectively and successfully for their GCSE exams.

Key features for each topic include:
• What the specification requires — what students need to know, and show their understanding of in the exam
• In brief — a simple introduction to the topic to highlight key points
• Revision notes — clear, concise and memorable notes to kick-start revision
• Speak the language — key terms and phrases that students need to use correctly
• In a nutshell — a succinct summary of the topic
• Boost your grade — what students need to do, according to the Assessment Objectives, to achieve the best possible grades
• Test yourself — a range of different exercises to test and improve understanding, including multiple-choice or short-answer questions, cloze exercises and matching pairs
• Examination practice — exam-style section tests and practice exams
• Controlled assessment — advice on how to prepare for and complete this new area of assessment

Answers to all the tests are provided at online at www.hodderplus.co.uk/philipallan.

• Understand your specification
• See how you can gain the most marks
• Test your knowledge and prepare for success!

Table of Contents:
PART 1 How to use this book
PART 2 Examined units
Unit 1 Introduction to small business
Topic 1.1 Spotting a business opportunity
Topic 1.2 Showing enterprise
Topic 1.3 Putting a business idea into practice
Topic 1.4 Making the start-up effective
Topic 1.5 Understanding the economic context
Unit 3 Building a business
Topic 3.1 Marketing
Topic 3.2 Meeting customer needs
Topic 3.3 Effective financial management
Topic 3.4 Effective people management
Topic 3.5 The wider world affecting business
PART 3 Controlled assessment unit
Unit 2 Investigating small business
PART 4 Answers

About the Author(s):
Neil Denby is Principal Moderator for a major examining board and is Senior Lecturer at Huddersfield University. He is a highly experienced examiner and author who has written widely for Hodder Education and Philip Allan Updates. His previous titles include the popular AQA GCSE Business Studies B (Hodder Education).