ECONOMICS- INTERVIEW

1. What type of business type is Ozscot Horticulture?

 Sole trader
 Partnership
 Private company
 Public company
 Franchise

2. What has the firm found as the strengths and weaknesses for this firm
type?

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3. What sector of production is the firm involved in?

a) Primary b) Secondary c) Tertiary

4. When did the business start tell me a bit about the history?
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5. What is the size of the firm now how is this effective for the business?
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6. What has the firm done to innovate how has this impacted the firm?
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7. How many employees are involved the firm and what type of position are
they employed on?
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8. What are the main costs involved with the business?

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9. How does the business set prices of their products and how do these prices
change reflecting the market?
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10. Does your firm do any advertising/marketing? Has the business found
this effective?
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11. Has the location of the business had an impact on the business? If so how?
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12. What is the business’ turnover?____________________________________

13. What is you opinion of how to run a successful business and what factors
are most important in this?
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14. Has your business encountered any problems? How where these resolved?
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15. Do employees have a impact on the successful nature of the business?

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