1.8 Location and Site
Location and site factors including cost, infrastructure, labour, market, supplies, accessibility, footfall, competition, size and technology.
How to study WJEC GCSE Business
Learn the concept, apply it to the named business and stakeholder, use qualitative or quantitative evidence, and make a context-limited judgement.
Core concepts
Concept 1
A broad location choice considers market, labour, infrastructure, input access and cost.
Exam cue: Identify the WJEC unit, business context, stakeholder and command word before selecting theory or evidence.
Concept 2
A particular site adds accessibility, footfall, competitor proximity, size and personal constraints.
Exam cue: Separate location from site factors and explain how the factor affects cost, revenue, labour or customer access for this business.
Concept 3
E-commerce, m-commerce and remote working change but do not eliminate location, workforce and logistics decisions.
Exam cue: Trace the decision through a business consequence, use qualitative or quantitative evidence and finish with a context-limited judgement.
Risk pitfalls and guardrails
Choosing the cheapest site without considering revenue, accessibility, workforce or supply consequences.
Guardrail: Avoid generic chains, unsupported current figures and cross-board assumptions; make every point depend on the given business evidence.
Importing the legacy WJEC two-exam structure, the Eduqas route or an England 9-1 grading convention.
Guardrail: Use qualification code 3160QS or 3160CS and the four-unit untiered structure; do not import the legacy WJEC or Eduqas route.
Listing generic advantages and disadvantages without applying them to the named Welsh, UK or global business context.
Guardrail: Avoid generic chains, unsupported current figures and cross-board assumptions; make every point depend on the given business evidence.
Memory anchors
Location
The wider geographic area in which a business operates.
Site
The specific premises or position chosen within a location.
Infrastructure
Transport, communications, utilities and other systems supporting activity.
Footfall
The number of people passing or entering a site.
E-commerce
Buying and selling through electronic networks, especially the internet.
Remote working
Working away from the employer's main premises using communications technology.
Checkpoint rule
Do the check-up only after you can summarize each concept in one sentence and identify one dangerous pitfall from memory.
Knowledge Check (after reading)
Short check-up to confirm understanding of this module.
Check-up Questions
A manufacturer chooses South Wales because skilled engineers live nearby. Which factor is decisive?
A distribution centre locates beside the M4. Which factor is most relevant?
Answer all questions to submit.
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