3.6 Choose Your Business Premises

1. Understand how the choice of business premises can affect your business success

1.1

Describe how your business might use premises to meet its needs and evaluate how different choices might have different effects on your business success

1.2

Explain what features (such as size, access and facilities) your premises might need and assess how these should help meet your business needs

2. Understand how to choose and evaluate suitable premises for meeting your business needs

2.1

Compare and evaluate different premises to assess their suitability as potential business premises

2.2

Review terms, conditions and legal requirements, assess impact and benefits of them on your business and select the best potential option for your business premises

2.3

Calculate all costs of your business premises chosen (including rental or purchase costs, fees, maintenance costs and taxes) and review their suitability for your business needs

Unit aim(s)

Details of the relationship between the unit and relevant national occupational standards (if appropriate)

• BL2 : Choose a business premises

Details of the relationship between the unit and other standards or curricula (if appropriate)

Not applicable

Assessment requirements specified by a sector or regulatory body (if appropriate)

Assessment to be based on naturally occurring evidence or realistic work environment

Endorsement of the unit by a sector or other appropriate body (if required)

Supported by SFEDI

Location of the unit within the subject/sector classification system

Name of the organisation submitting the unit

OCR

Availability for use

To be used only by the following partners engaged in the SFEDI Framework project when developing Business Enterprise Qualifications

CMI, Edexcel, IAB, ILM, NOCN, OCR, VTCT