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WorksheetsGCSE Business Factors that affect business location
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Another word for how close a business is......
location
accessibility
proximity
What are the five things that a business must think about when deciding to locate their business is a particular place?
how close they are to the market(customers), materials, labour, competition, transportation, cost
Shopping centre, schools, trampoline park for fun, supermarkets, cost
Internet connection, competition, distant to schools, distance to supermarkets
What is meant by labour when looking at business location?
workers
other competitors
amount of work done in a day
employers
Which type of business may not need to be too physically close to its market?
retailing (shops)
manufacturing (factory)
restaurants
Which two o the following are the most important factors of location for a car manufacturer?
Proximity to suppliers
Proximity to labour market
Proximity to city centre
Proximity to supermarkets
Which two of the following are the most important factors of location for primark
Proximity to suppliers
Proximity to labour market
Proximity to city centre
proximity to competitors
What does the term 'market' mean?
The Shareholder
The competitors
The manufacturer
The consumers/customers of the business
A business that needs labourers with high levels of skill would need to be located near...
countryside
small population
the sea/airport
big cities or/and universities
The most important factor for most businesses when deciding their location is...
the cost of renting/buying the building
whether there are competitors nearby
Whether there is a carpark nearby
Whether there is roadlinks nearby
Which of the following is likely to be the main factor influencing the location of a small barber shop? Proximity to:
The market
Labour
Raw materials
Competitors
The rise of the internet has meant that many businesses costs are:
Lower as there is more need for expensive retail premises
Lower as there is less need for expensive retail premises
Higher as there is more need for expensive retail premises
Higher as there is less need for expensive retail premises
A business has the choice to locate at Site A, which is close to the market, or Site B, which is close to materials and labour. The benefit of choosing Site A over Site B is that it is close to:
Customers
Suppliers
Raw materials
Employees
Which of the following businesses is most likely to locate close to the market?
A clothes retailer with a national chain of fixed premises stores
An internet book store
A manufacturer of high performance sports cars
A small chocolate producer
The location factor known as proximity to labour involves knowing where:
Employees are located
Suppliers are located
Customers are located
Materials are located
Which of the following businesses is most likely to locate close to its raw materials?
Yoghurt manufacturer
National supermarket chain
High street mobile phone store
British online clothing retailer
A new start-up café is most likely to locate close to its:
Competitors
Suppliers
Employees
Customers
What could be a reason for a business to choose a location out of town?
Because they require a town center location to attract customers
To benefit from high foot traffic
To take advantage of cheaper rents for planned purchase businesses
To be closer to their suppliers
Match the following
Are these people near the location who would buy from the business?
Customers
Is there a lot of this in the local area to take our customers?
Competition
Are there people near the business which could work for us?
Employees
Are these close to us so we can re-stock our products to sell?
Suppliers
Customers and employees need this to access our business.
Parking
What is one benefit of a clothes shop being located in a busy, expensive town centre?
it will be able to hire more highly skilled workers
It will cost the shop more money
The shop will be likely to get more customers
Where would a law firm be best located?
Close to highly skilled workers
Closer to low skilled workers
close to raw materials
