What are the advantages and disadvantages of continuing to trade as they do at present?

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Business Law UJUUJ4-15-2
Referral Assignment 2014/15 WORD LIMIT: 2000 words
Barbara, Helen and Maureen have been working together for 18 months, running a business in England, making and selling celebration cakes and luxury desserts. They call the business ‘Sweet Pleasures’.
Between them they have been sharing the costs of buying materials, equipment, ingredients and paying the general running costs. They have been splitting the net profits equally (after paying running costs for the business) for the past 18 months. They have no written agreement setting out the terms of their business arrangements.
The business is doing well and recently they have been offered a 12 month contract to supply a variety of their luxury desserts to a very popular delicatessen’s shop. With the expansion of their business they have decided that it would be a good idea to investigate the possibility of formalising their business arrangements and are thinking of forming a private limited company as they have been told this would be a suitable business arrangement for them.
Task 1
Describe the type of business organisation Barbara, Helen and Maureen currently operate under. What are the advantages and disadvantages of continuing to trade as they do at present?
Task 2
Advise Barbara, Helen and Maureen as to the advantages and disadvantages of setting up a private limited company.
Task 3
Barbara, Helen and Maureen want to retain their current business name, advise them as to whether they can do this if they form a private limited company.
Task 4
If they form a private limited company Barbara, Helen and Maureen want to raise additional capital to support their business expansion by issuing more shares or by taking out a bank loan. Explain what implications each method of raising further capital might have upon the running of their business?
Task 5
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Create a GANTT chart for the imaging project assigned as the Systems Analysis Assignment.Develop a Gantt Chart for the implementation of an imaging system as described in the “Systems Analysis Assignment.”

Students will create a GANTT chart for the imaging project assigned as the Systems Analysis Assignment.Develop a Gantt Chart for the implementation of an imaging system as described in the “Systems Analysis Assignment.” Be sure to plan for each of the phases in the project’s life cycle. Develop this chart using whatever software package you choose (Excel, Word, or something else) and save as a .pdf file and attached it here for grading. Be sure to describe the rationale behind the planning. Use the SDLC and chapter topics in the book as a guide to the phases that should be included.

Visit the website of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and review current information regarding current real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) trends.

In this assignment, you will visit the website of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and review current information regarding current real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) trends. You can find this information by clicking on the above link and then selecting the “Release Highlights” link on the right hand side of the webpage.

Answer the following questions in essay form (500 words minimum). Your completed essay should be in either APA or MLA format and include citations from at least 3 sources (1 citation may include the textbook and 1 citation may include the Bureau of Economic Analysis website). Save your work as an doc or docx file, and submit your completed essay through this link above, which is the name for the assignment.

What trends in real GDP have occurred in the time period shown in the BEA release highlights document?

What time period shown in the document experienced the most significant growth?

What time period shown in the document experienced the least amount of growth?

Based on the data you have researched, what do you project real GDP will do during the duration of this year? Be specific in your answer.

What will be the primary cause that will cause your prediction in the previous question to occur? Why?

BEA Real GDP Information

Current information on real GDP trends for the U.S. economy is available from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis website via this link.http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm

Imagine you work for a company that produces software, and the Research and Development department has a developed a way of getting information from consumers about their buying habits and producing an ’unmet needs list’ that accurately anticipates future purchases.Prepare a proposal of the marketing plan.

Imagine you work for a company that produces software, and the Research and Development department has a developed a way of getting information from consumers about their buying habits and producing an ’unmet needs list’ that accurately anticipates future purchases.

The information, however, comes from the customers’ use of credit cards and bank cards, raising some privacy concerns.

Nonetheless, with only a few months of data, this new software can predict with some 95 percent accuracy what product a consumer will likely buy (or need to buy) in the next 30 days.

Senior management is cautiously optimistic about the product and has asked you to develop a marketing plan. The tasks for this assignment is to prepare a proposal of the marketing plan including the below points:

1. The nature of the project

2. The sources of information you plan to use, and

3. the most important concepts and techniques to be applied.

Pick two of the basic principles of influence apply to consumer behavior (Cialdini’s Principles of Influence) and apply them to one of your recent consumer decisions.

HW-5: Social Influence Applications
Assignment:
• In class, we will cover how basic principles of influence apply to consumer behavior (Cialdini’s Principles of Influence). Pick two of the principles we discussed and apply them to one of your recent consumer decisions. One page, single spaced.
• Late assignments will not be accepted.

What are your plans and hope for the future?

What are your plans and hope for the future

add the following scholarships including in the essay that would help you meet your goals.

1.Milton and Hattie kutz foundation scholarship

2. Joann H. Gilbert memorial fund

3. Betty J. And Ralph E Merit scholarship

4. Linda Thomas scholarship