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GCSE / IGCSE Business

An accessible team activity that makes pricing, costs and competition tangible — students run a firm together and see the market react, live.

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What each decision teaches

The decision-by-decision breakdown, from pricing to hiring to VAT.

 Guide

Running it in one lesson

Class size, phase timers, what the teacher controls — answered in the FAQ.
How it fits GCSE / IGCSE teaching

Concrete, not abstract

Price too high and customers leave; overspend and cash runs out. Core concepts land because students feel them.

Whole-class, team-based

Up to 32 students in 8 teams, every firm with a CEO — nobody sits out.

Simple to run

Join by PIN in any browser; you set the pace with three phase timers.