Aqa a level business
paper 2 WITH Mark
Scheme 2023
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A-level
BUSINESS
Paper 2 Business 2
Wednesday 7 June 2023 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours
Materials For Examiner’s Use
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Instructions 1.2
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0 1 Read the information below and then answer the questions that follow.
AJS plc
AJS plc is a manufacturer of non-recyclable packaging. This packaging is widely used by
takeaway food outlets. AJS plc plans to invest £500 000 in new technology to increase
capacity and make its factory more capital intensive.
Appendix A Data on proposed investment (produced by AJS plc’s operations manager)
Annual net cash flow Discount factor
Year
£000s (10%)
0 (500) 1.00
1 (50) 0.91
2 250 0.83
3 600 0.75
Appendix B UK market for non-recyclable takeaway food packaging
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Appendix C UK market for recyclable takeaway food packaging box
Appendix D Selected Human Resource data 2022
Industry
AJS plc
average
Average salary £22 000 £26 000
Salary costs as a percentage of turnover (%) 40 35
Labour turnover (%) 15 4
Working days lost through industrial action 25 5
Average number of applicants for vacancies 14 55
Appendix E Selected Financial data for AJS plc
2022
Current assets £550 000
Current liabilities £270 000
Non-current liabilities £4m
Operating profit £3m
Gearing 22%
Change in the share price of AJS plc over the year –15%
Change in the share price of the top 100 UK companies
+8%
over the year
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