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Case study · Hand car wash (HCW) firms in the UK
Evaluate the microeconomic and macroeconomic factors which determine the number of firms in an industry. Refer to HCWs or another industry of your choice.
Specification point 3.1.1 · Theme 3
Sizes and types of firms
Business growth · Business behaviour and the labour market
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Case study · The energy market
With reference to Figure 2 and Extract B, discuss the possible constraints on business growth for firms supplying energy to households in the UK.
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Case study · Changes in the nature of UK towns and cities
Examine two reasons why retailers on the high street tend to remain small.
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Case study · Mozambique
Examine two reasons, apart from access to finance, why 90% of the manufacturing sector in Mozambique ‘is made up of small enterprises’ (Extract E, line 9).
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Context‘Bettys’ is a luxury café, first opened in Harrogate in 1919 specialising in afternoon tea service. Since then it has opened a further five branches in Yorkshire. It has no plans to increase the number of cafés. The six branches have 2 million customers a year.
Explain one likely reason why this business has remained small.
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