Business types covered in Part 1 (Part 2 will be published later this week):

1. Sole Trader (including simple visuals explaining unlimited liability)
2. Partnership
3. Franchise
4. Social Enterprise

What’s included:

• Revision starter: 5 true-or-false questions reviewing business objectives.
• Entrepreneur activity: Students identify the roles of an entrepreneur from a comic-style image (decision-maker, innovator, etc.).
• Business types activity: Match business descriptions to the correct business type.
• Advantages & disadvantages: Class and online activities about sole traders, partnerships, and franchises (QR codes and links included).
• Student-friendly examples: Wednesday’s detective agency (sole trader), Enid and Agnes’s dance studio (partnership), and Peter Parker opening a franchise.
• Online task: What should be included in a deed of partnership?
• Online task: What does the franchisor provide, and what does the franchisee do in return?
• Calculation activity: Costs and benefits of the franchise model, with answers provided.

Total slides: 71 Powerpoint and PDF available.

Additional notes
Some images and text prompts were generated using AI.
All activities and resources have been tested with an online teaching group.

The theoretical content is primarily based on:
Jones, R. Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) Business Student Book. Pearson Education.