Teach the complete AQA GCSE Business 8132 topic 3.1.5 Business Location with this professionally designed, fully editable three-lesson pack.

This carefully sequenced unit takes students from identifying the factors that influence business location to comparing different business types, analysing offshoring and reshoring and judging which location option is most suitable.

WHAT IS INCLUDED?
• 3 complete PowerPoint lessons
• 3 detailed teacher lesson plans
• 3 student worksheets
• 9 fully editable resources
• Approximately three hours of structured teaching

LESSONS INCLUDED
Lesson 20: Factors Influencing Business Location
Introduces the main factors affecting where a business chooses to locate. Students explore proximity to market, raw materials, labour, competition, costs and infrastructure before applying their knowledge to realistic business case studies.

Lesson 21: Locational Decisions by Business Type
Develops students’ understanding of how location priorities differ between retail, manufacturing, service and online businesses. Students compare customers, raw materials, skilled labour, premises costs and infrastructure before recommending suitable locations.

Lesson 22: Changing Location Decisions
Explores why businesses may offshore production or reshore operations. Students analyse labour costs, skills, transport, exchange rates, quality control and reputation before judging whether businesses should remain offshore, reshore or use a mixed approach.

KEY FEATURES
• Fully aligned with AQA GCSE Business 8132, section 3.1.5
• Clear learning objectives, success criteria and key vocabulary
• Detailed PowerPoint speaker notes and teacher guidance
• Compact knowledge organisers in every worksheet
• Retrieval starters, Think–Pair–Share and mini-whiteboard checks
• Business location factor classification
• Location ranking and prioritisation activities
• Retail, manufacturing, service and online comparisons
• Fictional town maps, decision grids and recommendation tasks
• Offshoring, reshoring and changing location scenarios
• Realistic UK business case studies

Students are consistently required to explain cause and effect, apply knowledge to business context, compare location priorities and reach justified decisions rather than simply memorise lists of location factors.

These lessons completely follow and complement the , making them ideal for teachers using the complete course or purchasing individual topic packs.

A polished, classroom-ready unit that saves planning time while developing secure knowledge, analytical thinking and confident exam technique.

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