Unit 9 P1 Business Essay

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This report is going to describe the range of locations where different businesses can operate. The two businesses that this report is going to cover are the NHS, which is a government run organisation that runs on a not for profit (NFP) basis and at a National range. The other business that will be covered is going to be Weetabix, which is a Private Limited company and runs on a for profit basis on an international level. The NHS: Starting off with the NHS. The NHS is a National company run by government funds for the well-being of the citizens of the UK, and any pregnant woman, no matter the nationality. So the sole purpose as to why NHS is up and running is to serve UK residents for their medical needs. The services that the NHS provide vary from diagnosing you with a illness to then providing you with the prescription…show more content…
The NHS began in July, 1948. For the first time healthcare had been joined together, so Opticians, Pharmacies, Hospitals and Dentists were all brought together under an ‘Umbrella organisation’ to provide services that were and still are free to UK residents. NHS hospitals will have rubber floors for health & safety reasons, rubber floors are much easier to clean and you have less chance of slipping and causing an injury. The legal status has never changed for the NHS, since it started in 1948 it has been a public limited company, so it is still State run. The British Heart Foundation are a helpful factor to the NHS, the British heart foundation are a charitable organisation in the voluntary sector, which raise funds for patients that require heart surgery etc. As far as the NHS goes, it does not look like the company is going to grow in the future. It is already spread across widely over the UK and it is the largest employer, employing just over 1.7 million people at present and serves all of the UK, that seek medical
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