GCSE Business Studies

The First Scheduled Meeting - Thursday 14th December It has been decided to schedule a regular weekly meeting with Peter and Emma every Monday after school. This will be in addition to any other meetings you set up within your businesses. Thank you to all of you that made the effort to attend the meeting last night. If you weren’t there I suggest you catch up with the rest of your business partners to find out any relevant information. The deadline for making the minimum £80 and opening your bank accounts is January 8 th . If you need a hand completing the paperwork please come and see me. Don’t forget the following: your company secretaries now have to create a timeline of events you need to complete deciding on a company name   you need a logo/brand you need to decide on a product and how it is going to be packaged to encourage sales you need a spreadsheet to work out all of your start-up costs, direct and indirect costs; it also needs to show your income

Students Meet Young Enterprise Advisors Last Wednesday saw the first meeting between the students and the Young Enterprise representatives and advisors. Both student companies were well represented with few exceptions. After being introduced David Graham, YE coordinator for the West Midlands took the students through the whole process that they will be involved with for the next few months. He was followed by Peter Walton  (YE), who is going to be the students business advisor throughout the process. He talked about his business experience and how he could help the students through the process. Last but not least the students met Emma Lockwood a local business woman with vast experience in Sales & Marketing and Directing Operations for large corporate businesses. Following the introductions students were invited to ask questions and meet their advisors, which they did with a lot of enthusiasm. Overall the meeting was a great success and the students went away wit