Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Paper 2: Building a business June 2025 question paper 1BS0/02

Which of the following is a stage of the product life cycle?

Select one answer.

Figure 1 shows a monthly bar gate stock graph for a business.

Which one of the following is the earliest date that the buffer stock level is reached in Figure 1?

Select one answer.

Explain one benefit to a business of providing good customer service.

Explain one impact a pressure group may have on the marketing mix of a business.

Which two of the following are services?

Select two answers.

Which two of the following are elements of the sales process?

Select two answers.

Table 1 contains information about a new piece of machinery purchased by a business.

Using the information in Table 1, calculate the average rate of return. You are advised to show your workings.

Explain one benefit to a business of employing people on flexible hours contracts.

Explain one benefit to a business from using product trials to promote a product.

Which one of the following is the best definition of the term ‘logistics’?

Select one answer.

Figure 2 shows the profit of a business from its four locations in south-west England

Using the information in Figure 2, calculate the percentage of total profit made by the business in Devon in 2023. You are advised to show your workings.

Explain one reason why businesses train their employees.

Explain one method that a business could use to retain employees.

Discuss the impact on a business from using job enrichment.

In the Source Booklet, look at Figure 3 and read Extract A, then answer Questions 4, 5 and 6.

Outline one drawback to Pladis of focusing on new market segments.

Analyse the benefit to Pladis from having factories in different countries.

Table 2 contains information about the financial performance of Pladis in 2022.

(Source: adapted from https://find-and-update.company-information. service.gov.uk/company/09295357/filing-history)

Table 2

Using the information in Table 2, calculate to 2 decimal places, Pladis ’ gross profit margin. You are advised to show your workings.

Using the information in Table 2, calculate Pladis ’ net profit. You are advised to show your workings.

Analyse the drawback to Pladis ’ from using batch production.

State one way Pladis could improve the quality of its products.

Outline one method of external growth that Pladis may use.

In order to fund the four new production lines, Pladis considered the following two options:

Option 1: become a public limited company (plc)

Option 2: loan capital.

Justify which one of these two options Pladis should choose.

In the Source Booklet, look at Figure 4 and read Extract B, then answer Question 7.

Give the name of one document a business may send to an applicant during the recruitment process.

Figure 5 shows the percentage of new car and electric vehicle (EV) registrations in the

(Source: https://cleantechnica.com/2023/08/05/uk-ev-share-at-24-1-bevs-double-model-y-top/)

Figure 5

Using the information in Figure 5, identify the type of electric vehicle (EV) that had the highest percentage of registrations.

Outline one impact globalisation may have on Polestar.

In order to reduce its costs of production, Polestar is considering the following two options:

Option 1: increased use of just in time (JIT) stock control

Option 2: finding new suppliers for its components.

Justify which one of these two options Polestar should choose.

Evaluate the importance of the aesthetics element of the design mix for Polestar ’s electric vehicles (EVs). You should use the information provided as well as your knowledge of business.