n this task, I have £15,000 to invest in a publicly listed company and will monitor the performance of my investment. I will be analysing the progress of my share and at the end will be deciding whether I would like to keep or sell my share. The FTSE 100 is the share index of one hundred companies with the highest market capitalisation and are listed on the stock exchange. I will be conducting my Stock Market report using Tesco. Tesco is a 'british multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer' (Wikipedia,2018)and is one of the biggest supermarkets in the UK. The reason why I have chosen Tesco over it's competitors like Sainsbury's and Asda is because Tesco 'is the best performing big supermarket in the latest sales figures'(Gwynn,2017). …show more content…
Tesco is an organisation which focuses on customer needs and understands that customers needs are ever changing therefore they always adapt to them and shows why they are at the top. This makes customers want to visit more often and as a result boost's Tesco's sales figures. These excellent sales figures would give me a good return on my …show more content…
The advantage of branching out makes more people aware of the organisation however political factors such as tax rates and legislation could have a huge impact on their performance. In 2011, 'the government had increased the VAT rate from 17.5% to 20% in order to boost tax revenues to cut its deficit' (BBC,2011). The increase in VAT meant that consumer spending drastically decreased. This had an effect on Tesco as it's a general merchandise retailer, it affected their revenue. Because Tesco's sales are their main source of income, it had a huge effect on their profit figures. Economical Economical factors are one of the main concerns for Tesco because they are likely to influence things like profits and costs. It is really important that Tesco are aware of any changes made so that it does not affect them. Regardless of Tesco branching out to different countries, they are very dependant on their UK Market and have a 'market share of 27.9% to the total market' (Neilan,2018). One of Tesco's key strategies is branching out to different countries and has worked out very well for them. If a recession hits the UK, consumers have a decline in disposable income. This gives them less to spend and have to buy cheap alternative products. Tesco went the step further in advertising its value goods rather than the branded goods in times like this. This method is effective as it will still stimulate
How media uses sport to promote itself- This can be done through having dedicated channels for sport, Sky sports, BT sport and Euro sport. These are all examples of how they can be promoted to users who pay for the channels as they are interested. Over the last 20 years the promotion of sport has developed, instead of having sport on channels like BBC and ITV, they know that sport created lots of income. Which has meant they created the channels devoted to sport to the people interested, as its user friendly. Sky has changed the names of their channels from Sky sports 1-5 to things like Sky sports premier league and sky sports F1.
In this assignment I am going to discuss the stakeholders of two contrasting businesses. Stakeholders of Cancer Research- Owners- For a charity the owners of the business will eventually want the firm to expand and grow over a certain amount of years, this will lead to the firm becoming more recognised and they can offer their service not just nationally but internationally.
Three Features from Unit One As I have read though and study Unit one, I have learned a lot. It is amazing how you can use Microsoft word everyday but there are still a lot of feature that you don’t know about. I always mention Op’s plan in my writing in the unit but that is where I use Microsoft word document the most. Therefore, the three feature that I find most useful that I apply to my everyday life is the coping, cutting, and pasting text feature (Wiley, 2014). This feature allows me to move repetitive text around very quickly from document to document making Op’s plan quicker to compose.
In this assignment I will be explaining how the results of measuring and managing performance inform employee development within the business Kellogg’s. Staff within the business can be encouraged to carry out better work and meet their targets in different ways some of which I will explain below. I will be looking at three different roles within the business and analyse how the business manages and measures their performance. The first employee’s performance I will be looking at within the business Kelloggs is a cleaner.
M1.Explain the importance of the quality of code The use of function in programming - In a programming there are different sections of the program that we want to repeat it. There are different type of instruction can be given a name. They are called functions and procedures. Algorithms can be divided into functions or procedures.
Unit 1 In this assignment I will describe the purpose, a description, the sector they operate in and the ownership of two contrasting businesses. My two chosen businesses are ASDA (private sector business) and Oxfam (voluntary sector business). I decided to choose these two businesses because they both vary a lot from each other. ASDA ASDA is a British supermarket chain that retails food, Clothing by George, toys and others. They have also branched out a lot and now own a mobile network called ASDA mobile.
Unit 16 This unit is about missionary work. MIssionary work is important because it helps spread the word of the gospel to those who have not heard it in other countries. Missionary work is important for the development of young men,it is a priesthood responsibility, and helps build character. Missionary work is not just for missionaries, it is for everybody who has the desire to do good and spread the news of the gospel.
Task 3 [M1] What are the benefits and limitations of the PLC you have chosen for in (Task 2). Must include Hardware and Software. The benefits of using a unitary PLC for the process above would be that the cost stays low whilst achieving the number of tasks necessary for PLC to complete.
Web Development 2 (WD2) 1.1 The hardware components which enable internet access are: Routers – A small device which joins multiple networks together, its entire purpose is to send/route data packets between networks and devices on the network. Routers use wireless and wired technologies to send data packets. Allows multiple computers or other devices join the same network. Ethernet cables – which is normally an RJ-45 cable that connects to the Ethernet card inside the device, the purpose of it is to communicate with the hub/modem/router.
D2: Evaluate the effectiveness of business information and its communication as key contributors to the success of an organisation, using examples to illustrate your points. In order to grow and expand, Tesco needs to have a good communication and information management as this will help them to apply their different strategies and reach their goals and objective more effectively. Tesco is a big organisation as they have excellent communication and information management system within the business.
In this scenario, I have been loaned to the non-profit, and the current make up of the non-profit consists of programmers and graphic artists, but the programmers outnumber the graphic artists. There are also a small amount of performance practitioners in the W4 mix. Their desire is to rebrand their organization as HPT practitioners, which are human performance technology practitioners. Programmers and artists are very visual people and they work with design on an intricate level. The programmers have designed complex systems, and the artists create various designs that are used for the nonprofit's advancement, within their advertising and in other areas as needed.
Tesco has 6,784 stores in different parts of UK and US (Myers, 2004, p. 1). In 1994, the company starts Tesco, which is a chain of small-size stores. They have a traditional operation style and are located in small towns, city centres and fuel stations. In this report, the focus is on Tesco Express and its
1. INTRODUCTION OF THE COMPANY Tesco Public Limited Company is one of the largest companies known worldwide, they are the multinational grocery and general stores that has many branches around the Europe as well as Asia. They have been labeled as the grocery market leader in the UK and the third biggest retailer due to its profit measures. Tesco was originally founded in the year 1919. The founder of Tesco was a person by the name Sir John Edward Cohen or also known as Jack Cohen, he was a market stall holder in Hackney, London and soon started a wholesale business.
Based on this two weakness, the most dangerous and have to overcome soon is TESCO’s weakness because it is not independence and it dependence on UK business. The impact of this weakness is extraordinary. By overcome this weakness, TESCO will able to be solid firm in market and will be more competitive. Moreover, AEON weakness also have to overcome soon by a proper research of strategy to build good relationship between customers and location that more suitable and
QUESTION 2 With reference to a firm regulated in the UK in a sector of your choice, prepare a short paper (intended for use as the basis for discussions with the Executive Board), which identifies two key areas of business where conflicts of interest might arise. Explain how these conflicts could be managed in practice, with reference to the organization’s systems and controls, policies and procedures. Introduction The aim of the paper is to analyse the areas of conflict management in an organisation in regards of Sainsbury that is second largest supermarket chain in the UK in regards of retail sector. Moreover, it further aims to highlight the policies and practices to resolve the issues that are arising from the conflict of interest and