AS PLC Flash Cards

Perfect for revision of all the key terms for the pre-release case study exam on AS PLC. You can play games, test yourself or even print them. Hope you find them useful! You can also download the Quizlet app so you can play on your iPhone. Just follow the link.

AS PLC Flash Cards

UK Car Sales Boom

UK car sales boom raises industry hopes. Car sales jumped by almost 15% in April compared with the same month last year, defying a slump across Europe. Is this an encouraging sign for the UK Economy that confidence is beginning to return as consumers become more willing to part cash for big purchases?

UK Car Sales Boom

Cineworld Competition Concerns

Cineworld takeover of Picturehouse investigated amid competition concerns. OFT refers takeover to the Competition Commission over fears some cinema goers may face higher ticket prices and reduced choice. How would this apply to some of the suppliers that AS PLC deal with? Also great for Economics of Work & Leisure - Cinema Industry. Take a look...

Competition Cinemas

Responsible Car Owners Only

Volvo eye 'responsible' car buyers as it looks to the future with its new models that will differentiate themselves from gas guzzling rivals. Will they gain the same first mover advantage that maybe AS plc are trying to gain?

Volvo Hybrids

Bentley Drives Out Of UK

Bentley may assemble its next new model in Bratislava, Slovakia. It would be the first time a new Bentley model would not be made in its factory at crew. Consider how this may link to the AS plc case study scenario? Why would they move?

Bentley In Slovakia

What If Everyone Had A Car?

There are more than a billion cars in the world today - and by the middle of the century there could be up to four times as many, as the growing middle classes of countries like India, China and Brazil seek the freedom and status car ownership appears to offer.

Everyone Had A Car

Expensive Taste

The world of luxury lives despite the global recession. Check out some of the items of the website BornRich which include the world's most expensive shirt made of 22-karat gold which would cost you $235,000. Think about the level of quality and skill required to be able to charge these amounts but also the customers which are paying for them.

Born Rich

Still Racing Ahead

China is now the world's second-largest market for "premium" cars and it estimates that China will surpass America by 2020 to become the world's biggest consumer. Essential reading for students studying the AS Plc case study!

China Car Market

Luxury In Recession

Brilliant resource for Year 11 students looking at the AS Plc. pre-release as the BBC takes a look around at all the luxury cars that are being put on show at the Geneva motor show. Can these companies continue survive selling luxury model cars in such a harsh economic climate?

Luxury In A Recession

Super Pram

Silver Cross, a luxury brand itself when it comes to buggies, has teamed up with James Bond's favourite car brand Aston Martin to create a £2,000 pushchair. Only 800 are being made and will be on sale in Harrods, promoted as 'the most exclusive pushchair in the world'.

Super Pram

Recession, What Recession?

While high street retailers are going to the wall, the world's most luxurious brands are reporting booming sales of £2,270 handbags and £900 shoes. For some luxury retailers, more than half of their sales come from emerging markets such as China. The core luxury goods consumers have not been hurt by the recession it instead is the middle that gets squeezed. 

What Recession?

Future of Car Industry

Five years ago mobile phones were at the forefront of technology, by 2010 the focus was on tablet computers and now billions of yen, dollars and pounds are being invested in what is seen as the next digital playground - the car.

Internet Connected Cars

Click: Future of Car Industry

Chocolate Not Yet China's Cup of Tea

China's increasingly wealthy shoppers have embraced global trends from coffee to Hollywood films to smartphones, and become the world's largest market for goods from beer to cars. Yet when it comes to Chocolate it doesn't seem to have taken off as the average Chinese person only consumes 100 grams a year.

Choc Not For China

Excellent Year for UK Car Industry

UK car production in 2012 was at its highest level since 2008 according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). UK factories built 1.46 million cars of which 1.21 million were exported. 

Car Manufacturing Excellent Year

BMW Success

Its group-wide sales in 2012 totaled 1.85 million cars, up 11% from a year earlier. Sales of BMW vehicles made up the majority of this total, rising 12% to 1.54 million. Some great information about the global car market which links with the Year 11 GCSE pre-release! Check it out by following the links below:

BMW Success

Global Car Industry

GCSE Business Pre-Release Case Study

The pre-release case study for the OCR GCSE Business Studies exam is now available. You will receive a copy of it in class but if you want a copy of your own you can download one from here. This year it is all about a car company called AS and the text in this will all link to what you are doing in class for your final unit A293. 

AS Autos Case Study