BTEC BusinessYears 10–13Business

The business environment — PESTLE, SWOT analysis

BTEC: Business: The business environment — PESTLE, SWOT analysis

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you're running a lemonade stand 🍋. You need to check what's happening around you — like weather, competitors, and new laws — to make good plans.

  2. 2

    Which tool checks outside things like weather and new laws?

  3. 3

    Let's do a mini PESTLE for your lemonade stand 🍋

  4. 4

    Now try a SWOT for your stand. Drag each idea into the right box.

  5. 5

    A 'Threat' in SWOT is something that could hurt your stand. Which of these is a threat?

  6. 6

    Sort these into PESTLE or SWOT: 'New tax on sugar' (PESTLE), 'Your secret recipe' (SWOT).

  7. 7

    Which PESTLE factor is about how people's tastes are changing?

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