Topic 1.3 PESTEL Factors and the Business Environment · pipeline build

Bean & BrewMinaPminimum wage ↑Eoat milk price ↑Lcalorie-label lawTdorm delivery appnone of it camefrom inside the shopthe environment a business does NOT controlTopic 1.3PESTEL Factors and the Business EnvironmentPESTEL = the six factors that shape which businesses are viablePPoliticalEEconomicSSocialTTechnologicalEEnvironmentalLLegalPPoliticalEEconomicSSocialTTechnologicalEEnvironmentalLLegaltrade policy · taxes & subsidies · mandates · bans · stabilitySUBSIDY / MANDATE → pushes activity UPBAN / TAX → pushes activity DOWNsugar tax: sweet drinks cost more → less soldexam cue: government encourages or discourages → POLITICALPPoliticalEEconomicSSocialTTechnologicalEEnvironmentalLLegalECONOMIC: stability · income · inflation · unemployment · interest ratesincomeinflationunemploymentintereststability→ how much consumers, businesses, government SPENDfancy caféboom: thrives$1 coffee cartdownturn: thrivessome businesses WIN in a weak economy — ask who gainsPPoliticalEEconomicSSocialTTechnologicalEEnvironmentalLLegalSOCIAL: demographics · cultural norms · lifestyle trends · population growthconsumer business viability = meeting needs & wantsand those come from WHO the customers areoat milk: niche → normalMina adds oat milkpopulation growing → more customersexam cue: change in the PEOPLE (age · values · habits · numbers) → SOCIALPPoliticalEEconomicSSocialTTechnologicalEEnvironmentalLLegalTECHNOLOGICAL: internet access · automation · rate of innovation⚙️PRODUCING🚚DISTRIBUTING💬COMMUNICATINGdelivery app → distribution changes overnightauto espresso → faster, fewer baristasno internet → some businesses impossibleexam: can the business keep up? does new tech open a door for a rival?pause & check the first four lettersPPoliticalEEconomicSSocialTTechnologicalEEnvironmentalLLegalENVIRONMENTAL: geography · resources · waste policy · consumers’ green views1 · the physical side🌵drought → bean cost ↑🌀hurricane → port closed2 · the customer sidestudents prefer cafésthat compost & skip plastica buying decision — still ENVIRONMENTALrecycling LAW = legal · customer who WANTS recycling = environmentalPPoliticalEEconomicSSocialTTechnologicalEEnvironmentalLLegalLEGAL: employment · consumer protection · health & safety · environment · IP · antitrustchanges OPERATING COSTScan make operations ILLEGALmin wage ↑ → labor cost ↑food-safety rule → training timepatent law → protects her syrup recipe(or stops her copying)CAREERS: jobs in a place = which businesses are viable there= PESTELdownturn → layoffsnew factory → hiringproduct ban → jobs endexam can ask from the worker’s side, not just the owner’sMina: open a second shop in Riverside?list relevant factors → score attractiveness & risk for YOUR productPsmall-business grant+Elower income, higher unemployment−Syoung & growing population+Tdelivery app already there±Elocation floods every few yearsriskLseparate food licensecostan honest picture instead of a hunchenter where PESTEL fits your model: resources · production · customerstech company → cheap internet & powerfarm-to-table → customers who want local foodfactors CHANGE: any letter can flip viabilityP · policies: subsidy/mandate up, ban/tax downE · income · inflation · unemployment · ratesS · demographics · norms · trends · populationT · internet · automation · innovationE · climate · resources · disasters · green viewsL · laws that change costs or legalityPESTEL also sets which jobs exist wheretraps: environmental vs legal · economic vs socialBusiness Canvas · Task 2Run PESTEL on your market: one line per letter, + or −
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A city council votes to give a $5,000 grant to any restaurant that installs an electric kitchen instead of a gas one. For a restaurant deciding whether to open there, this is best classified as which PESTEL factor?

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