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Assess the impact of health and safety law and consumer law on businesses.
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Legislation
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Employment, health and safety, and consumer law
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Short explanation
In an exam context, Assess the impact of health and safety law and consumer law on businesses sits within Employment, health and safety, and consumer law and Legislation for AQA GCSE Business 8132. Use a business such as BeanBarn serves online shoppers while training staff; the case evidence includes customer retention of ?3,491, sales of 426 units, and a 10% change in costs or demand to keep the explanation applied. The important reasoning is to connect consumer law with the business objective, the financial implication, and the effect on local community. Avoid treating internal and external finance as the same thing. A high-quality answer should explain the commercial trade-off, use precise evidence, and finish with a judgement that depends on the context rather than a generic definition.
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2 linked- Employment, health and safety, and consumer law common mistake 1: Answer by clearly explaining how to assess the impact of health and safety law and consumer law on businesses..
- Do not turn consumer law into a generic Legislation point: Start with the business evidence, explain how Employment, health and safety, and consumer law changes the decision, then judge whether the benefit outweighs the cost or risk for BeanBarn. Separate break-even output versus profit before writing the final recommendation.
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Open revision notesRelated learning objectives
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