BTEC National Business - Unit 1 - Exploring business activity

This unit offers aims to enhance students' understanding of

  • business structure and ownership
  • the influences on business when setting strategic aims and objectives by leading them through the use of the PESTEL analysis tool

The documents which can be downloaded are:

  • A student assignment and support guide for Unit 1.
  • An overview timetable for the delivery of Unit 1 over 60 hours.
  • A detailed lesson plan for the PESTEL activity. This is both in PowerPoint and as a pdf print-out. There are also three resources linked to this lesson.
  • Further reading and research - this includes a useful list of websites categorised against the six PESTEL criteria.