WJEC GCSE Business Unit 1 - Friday, May 9, 2025 [Exam Chat]

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How did your WJEC GCSE Business Unit 1 exam go today?

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WJEC GCSE Business Unit 1 (3510U10-1) - 09 May 2025 [Exam Chat]
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Date/Time: 09 May 2025 PM
Length: 2h
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Reply 1

StrawberryDreams

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Good luck! I hope it goes well today everyone, come back and let us know how you got on! :biggrin:

Reply 2

Bella019

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How did everyone find it? I think it went good but I can’t predict because obviously it’s essay based. Lots of my friends found it quite hard. I’m interested in what people think and if anyone can find answers so I can forget about it and move on.

Reply 3

Student44557

some parts were easy however it was hard the essay based
. mixed reactions tbh

Reply 4

St4rs

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Everything escaped my mind for the last franchising question solid 5/10

Reply 5

Bella019

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I think the franchising question was one of the better ones the Sainsbury’s one stumped me a little tbh

Reply 6

maisxiee

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by Bella019

How did everyone find it? I think it went good but I can’t predict because obviously it’s essay based. Lots of my friends found it quite hard. I’m interested in what people think and if anyone can find answers so I can forget about it and move on.

i think it was ok but not great because not much came up and the case study like the app one confused me alot. the last case study was so good tho but now im confused if it said the franchisor payed for the training or the franchisee had to pay for the training??

Reply 7

Pancake747

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by Bella019

I think the franchising question was one of the better ones the Sainsbury’s one stumped me a little tbh

What sainsbury question?? I did the wjec paper but there was no Sainsbury question. Did you do WJEC Eduqas?

Reply 8

Bella019

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by Pancake747

What sainsbury question?? I did the wjec paper but there was no Sainsbury question. Did you do WJEC Eduqas?

Yes it was about how Sainsbury’s are impacted by using small businesses to supply their products in their supermarkets

Reply 9

Pancake747

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by Bella019

Yes it was about how Sainsbury’s are impacted by using small businesses to supply their products in their supermarkets

Please tell me that you did WJEC Eduqas though. I better not have missed a long question.

Reply 10

Bella019

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Original post

by Pancake747

Please tell me that you did WJEC Eduqas though. I better not have missed a long question.

Yes I did

Reply 11

Bella019

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Original post

by Pancake747

Please tell me that you did WJEC Eduqas though. I better not have missed a long question.

Don’t worry likelihood that you just don’t remember as if you did the last question you probably did that question

Reply 12

Pancake747

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by Bella019

Yes I did

I did WJEC (not WJEC Eduqas) so we did a different paper, so thankfully I didn’t miss a long question.

Reply 13

Bella019

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Oh sorry u didn’t know there was a difference

Reply 14

username7182075

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by Evil Homer

WJEC GCSE Business Unit 1 (3510U10-1) - 09 May 2025 [Exam Chat]
Welcome to the exam discussion thread for this exam.
Introduce yourself! Let others know what you're aiming for in your exams, what you are struggling with in your revision or anything else.
Wishing you all the best of luck. :yy:

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Date/Time: 09 May 2025 PM
Length: 2h
Good luck!
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The exam was alright, but I messed up on the Sainsbury’s question. I had never seen such a question before, so I ended up writing about how small businesses are in desperate need of customers. For the cons, I wrote that small businesses don’t benefit from economies of scale, so they have to sell their products at higher prices, which forces Sainsbury’s to sell at higher prices as well. For another pro, I mentioned that the desperate need for customers could result in Sainsbury’s having huge profit margins, as they might sell less but at higher prices. Time ran out just as I was about to write the conclusion, and I also missed that 4-marker, where I only managed to write one point and explain it.

Also, for the supply chain question, did anyone else think the answer was “procurement”?

Reply 15

Bella019

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Yes I answered procurement. For the Sainsbury’s one I wrote about how small businesses products are usually cheaper and most people going to local supermarkets like Sainsbury’s are on a budget so tend to choose unbranded products. This would boost Sainsbury’ssales revenue and profit as they add an additional sum on to the product. I can’t remember the other thing I wrote about though and not sure if that’s worth any marks

Reply 16

username7182075

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So yeah, we’re on the same track.
I hope Paper 2 will be as good as Paper 1.

(edited 9 months ago)

Reply 17

Pancake747

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Anyone find this a lot harder than any past paper? (talking about wjec, not wjec Eduqas) The wording on some of the questions was atrocious. Hope the grade boundaries are low this year

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