1.3.3 Cash and The importance of cash to a business: Students look at case studies in the Edexcel See the Edexcel GCSE Business 7 To pay suppliers, overheads and GCSE Business Studies Student Book Studies Student Book Introduction employees. Introduction to Small Business on a T-shirt to Small Business, Chapters 16 and To prevent business failure maker calculating cash-flow, and on a travel 17. (insolvency). agency, explaining the uses of a business For a cash-flow case study see The difference between cash and plan. Business Case Studies for GCSE profit. Student use a series of resources including Business Studies by M. Hancock practical activities on forecasting cash-flow. (Pearson, 2007) – Case Study 26, Calculation and interpretation of cash-flow Peterborough United FC. Students use a large-scale simulation that forecasts: enables them to input details into a cash-flow Cash inflows forecast and ‘run’ a business for a year, Cash outflows responding to possible changes in Net cash-flow Opening and closing balances circumstances that affect cash-flow. Students estimate and evaluate cash-flow using a case study. Students analyse the features of a good business plan.
7 1.3.3 Cash and The importance of cash to a business: To pay suppliers, overheads and employees. To prevent business failure (insolvency). The difference between cash and profit. Calculation and interpretation of cash-flow forecasts: Cash inflows Cash outflows Net cash-flow Opening and closing balances Students look at case studies in the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book Introduction to Small Business on a T-shirt maker calculating cash-flow, and on a travel agency, explaining the uses of a business plan. Student use a series of resources including practical activities on forecasting cash-flow. Students use a large-scale simulation that enables them to input details into a cash-flow forecast and ‘run’ a business for a year, responding to possible changes in circumstances that affect cash-flow. Students estimate and evaluate cash-flow using a case study. Students analyse the features of a good business plan. See the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Student Book Introduction to Small Business, Chapters 16 and 17. For a cash-flow case study see Business Case Studies for GCSE Business Studies by M. Hancock (Pearson, 2007) – Case Study 26, Peterborough United FC.
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