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Activity 1 - sectors of business

 

There are 3 different sectors that a business could belong to

 

Primary -     Extracting products from the ground e.g. mining, fishing and

                   farming

Secondary - Transforming primary products into finished and semi-finished

                   goods.  e.g. manufacturing and construction

Tertiary -    Providing services to individuals and businesses e.g. retailing and

                   catering

 

                        Task 

                            

                              a)  Click here to download a spreadsheet

b)  Follow the instructions on the spreadsheet and draw some graphs to show the trends in the different sectors.  Copy and paste your work into a word document.  Give the document a heading and save it as 'sector trends'  You will use this work in your assignment.

 

c)  Make a table to contain examples of each sector.  Use the 3 sectors as headings.  Find 5 examples of real companies in each sector by searching the internet or from your own knowledge. 

 

d)  Chose one business from c and write a paragraph about it to say 

  • What competition does it have?

  • How does it compete?

  • What is its market share?