BTEC Level 2 Certificate Business
Key Facts
Awarding Body: Pearson Education Ltd (Formerly EDEXCEL)
Level: 2
Attendance: Full Time (FT)
Duration: 1 Year
Course Code: TFG1021
Start Date: September 2025
Code: TFG1021
The aim of the course is to provide you with an understanding of different
businesses and explain some of the key skills required to be successful in
business.
The course is a mix of practical and academic learning, with guest speakers
and visits to different types of businesses.
Your course will be a mixture of research based tasks, presentations, online
exams, and a paper exam. Both exams are marked externally.
Depending on your age, course fees may be waived. Contact Student Recruitment
for up-to-date information. An additional fee of £80 applies to this course to
cover trips and materials.
The course is based on 7 units, covering core, mandatory, and optional,
which include:
- Enterprise in the Business World
- Finance for Business
- Small Business Planning
- Promoting a Brand
- Principles of Marketing
- Principles of Customer Care
- Four GCSEs at grade D/3 or above, including English and Maths (you will be
required to study additional English and/or Maths if you haven’t achieved a
grade C/4 or above)
Upon completion of this course, there are plenty of opportunities for further study and, having developed the key skills that employers are looking for, you will also be able to consider entering straight into a career in the business sector.
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