Business Location Quiz

Ella, Priya, and Eesha started a business manufacturing large furniture items. Why did they decide to locate their business close to their customers?

• To keep transport costs down

• To minimize land and property costs

• To attract foreign manufacturers into the country

• To have easy access to parking facilities

Elsie, Sebastian, and Grace are planning to start a business selling handmade crafts. They want to locate their business close to their market. What is a factor they should consider?

• The proximity to competitors

• Wage rates in different regions

• The availability of skilled labour

• The ease of access and traffic congestion

Amelia and James are planning to start a business. They are considering a location with low business rates. Why might they choose such a location?

• To minimize land and property costs

• To minimize the impact on local communities

• To encourage manufacturers to locate where unemployment is high

• To avoid congestion and reduce strain on roads

What is a benefit of locating in a high profile city such as London or New York for office-based businesses?

• To minimize land and property costs

• To improve the image of the business

• To have easy access to parking facilities

• To attract foreign manufacturers into the country

William and Harry are planning to start an online business. Florence, their business advisor, explains how the development of online businesses has impacted location decisions. What did she likely tell them?

• Businesses are restricted to fixed premises

• Businesses can only operate in high profile cities

• Businesses can only operate in specialist shopping areas

• Businesses can serve national markets and operate far away from customers

Max, Rohan, and Anaya are part of a local community council. They are discussing the purpose of strict planning controls imposed by their city government. What could be the reason for these controls?

• To promote trade between their city and specific countries within a trading bloc

• To attract foreign manufacturers into their city

• To minimize the impact on their local communities

• To avoid congestion and reduce strain on their city roads

Why did Freya's bakery deliberately choose a location where other bakeries were closely concentrated?

• To keep transport costs down

• To attract foreign manufacturers into the country

• To minimize land and property costs

• To catch the excess demand from existing bakeries

Alexander, Daniel, and Henry are planning to start a business that manufactures wooden furniture. They have identified a forest area rich in quality timber as their potential source of raw materials. What is a factor they should consider when deciding to locate their factory close to this forest?

• The availability of skilled labour in the forest area

• The proximity to other furniture manufacturers

• The ease of access to the forest and potential traffic congestion

• The difficulty of transporting timber from the forest to their factory

Rohan, Poppy, and Sophia are planning to start a business. They are considering locating their business in an area where premises are cheap and business rates are low. Why might they be considering this?

• To attract foreign manufacturers into the country

• To minimize land and property costs

• To encourage manufacturers to locate where unemployment is high

• To avoid congestion and reduce strain on roads

Ava, Sophia, and Isla are studying the impact of the European Union, a trade bloc, on the location decisions of businesses. What is one of the impacts they might discover?

• It promotes trade between specific countries within the bloc

• It minimizes the impact on local communities

• It attracts foreign manufacturers into the country

• It avoids congestion and reduces strain on roads