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House Pride - Req. 1

How to analyse revenue in what to write about

This blog goes into detail on how you need to approach requirement 1 and how to write about revenue. You need a clear picture of where you believe the figures are heading, however for House Pride, it's not as clear as some previous exams!
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Beal - MLE Price Increase - How To Approach & What To Include

We believe there is a high chance the examiner will test students on an MLE Price Increase. We believe this is most likely to be an R2, but it can still be covered as an R3. A reduced version could even come in as an R1 Twist! You must be prepared for this scenario.
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Beal & Applied Judgement

Applied judgement is the hardest column on the marking key to achieve. This blog summarises the most likely points which will be in applied judgement column of the Beal marking key in Requirement 1. Use this blog as a great way to improve your knowledge ahead of the real exam.
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New Business Opportunities

Diversification options

With four different new business opportunities mentioned by the Examiner, how will Scour diversify and what points will you need to consider in your answer?
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Franchise Options - Choosing Between Different Options

We provide a large amount of detail on how to answer a Requirement 2 or a Requirement 3 question on Franchisees.
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Franchised Operations

Do you know enough to answer a whole Requirement 1 which focuses on this stream?

It's a tool the summer Examiner has used before to differentiate between strong candidates who know the information well and the weaker candidates. Be prepared for the unexpected.
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Business Measures & How They Can Be Examined

Business Measures help the examiner to differentiate candidates' answers.

If you don't read any of our other blogs, you cannot miss this one! The Examiner often uses Business measures and KPIs to determine between the good scripts and the weaker scripts. In this blog we explore the ways in which he can bring in new measures on the day of the exam.
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Owned Operations

The way to analyse Gross Profit & Gross Profit Margin

The largest stream, but operating on low margins means a small change in the gross profit margin can dramatically change the overall profitability of Scour. How and what will you discuss in your exam?
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Owned Operations

How will you analyse revenue in the real exam?

Our blog provides you with an insight into the key points to discuss when you are analysing revenue for Owned Operations in the real examination. Do you understand the business measures and can you use these to help you discuss the movements?
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Scour's strategic options

What opportunities are available to Scour and which direction would you take the business?

From expanding the franchise network, to specialist cleaning following floods and disasters, the options available to Scour need to be considered before the exam. You also need to consider the potential over-reliance on Thom and the impact this could have on the business.
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Do you know Scour's business model?

Our free to download finance model will allow you to really understand how Scour generates its revenue, profits and cash.

The new franchise segment will certainly grow in importance during 2021. Our model has over 30 separate inputs allowing you to really see how Scour's current business model works.
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Are you prepared?

Tomorrow the AI is released, how will you analyse it?

Our blog provides you with tips on analysing the Advance Information and spotting the key issues facing the business.
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