Btec Business Level 3 Unit 1 Business

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Unit 1 – Business Environment Teacher: Frank Awonusi Student: Valdemar Martins Group 1A P1 Introduction In this assignment I will be describe the type of business, purpose and ownership between two contracting organizations which are Tesco and Post office. Tesco was founded by Jack Cohen in 1919 and opened its first store in 1929 in Middlesex. Tesco has stores in 14 countries across Asia, Europe and North America and is the grocery market leader in the UK who retails books, clothing, electronics, furniture, petrol, software, financial services, telecoms, internet services, DVD rental and music downloads. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesco A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting,…show more content…
In addition, some post offices offer non-postal services such as passport applications and other government forms, car tax purchase, money orders, and banking services. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_office Business Activity Local business is a business which is located around your area. These types of business are normally owned by sole traders because they don’t have as much money. An example of local businesses would be a corner shop. National business is a business which is located in the whole country. These types of business normally franchise this is means the governments allows the owner to sells their product or service. International business is a business which is located in more the one country. An example of this would be Tesco or McDonald’s because they’re both located in different countries such as America and England. Size and Scope of Business Small size and scope businesses are normally privately owned or sole traders this is because they have a small amount of employees which means they can’t afford to have more in a small shop. Medium size and scope businesses are business like Post office which have about 5-10
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