Pearson Edexcel As Business Paper 1 2025 Question Paper

Download the official Pearson Edexcel AS Level Business Paper 1 question paper for the June 2025 examination series (8BS0/01). This examiner-authentic PDF contains the complete Marketing and People assessment together with the official source booklet used in the live Edexcel AS Business examination.

The paper focuses on key AS Business themes including marketing, market positioning, pricing strategies, online retailing, recruitment, employee motivation, training, organisational growth, and promotional methods. Students are required to apply business concepts to realistic case studies involving Duffy Sheardown chocolate, Lidl UK, and Riverford Organic Farmers.

Questions assess understanding of niche and mass markets, market share calculations, innovation, online retailing, cost-plus pricing, on-the-job training, employee financial incentives, market mapping, external recruitment, workforce motivation, and business growth strategies. Students also evaluate the impact of social objectives, promotional methods, and employee management on business performance and profitability.

The examination includes calculation questions, short-answer responses, extended analytical explanations, and evaluative essay-style tasks requiring application of business theory to real commercial scenarios. Students must demonstrate analytical reasoning, quantitative skills, business judgement, and evaluation using evidence from the provided extracts and source booklet.

The final 20-mark evaluative question requires students to assess whether Riverford Organic Farmers should focus on social objectives or promotional methods to increase profit in a growing organic-food market. This develops high-level evaluative writing, contextual application, and strategic business analysis skills under authentic Edexcel exam conditions.

This official Edexcel AS Business Paper 1 question paper is ideal for timed exam practice, mock examinations, revision planning, classroom assessment, independent study, and preparation for the 2026 AS Business examinations. Pair this paper with the matching Edexcel 8BS0/01 mark scheme on markscheme.net for complete examiner-standard revision and accurate self-assessment.

This document is designed for Pearson Edexcel AS Level Business students studying the 8BS0 specification, especially Year 12 students preparing for the 2026 examination series who want authentic exam practice using official Edexcel assessment materials. It is particularly useful for students aiming to improve analytical writing, quantitative business calculations, evaluative judgement, and application of business theory in realistic case-study contexts.

The paper is also highly valuable for Business teachers, tutors, sixth-form colleges, revision centres, home-schooled learners, and retake candidates who require official Edexcel exam-standard materials for mock exams, classroom activities, structured revision sessions, homework tasks, and exam-technique preparation. It supports stronger understanding of marketing, people management, business strategy, and evaluative essay-writing skills.