JEN1E

does anyone know exactly what one is?

DaveEscos

someone that analyses industry sectors!

GARETH T

i "think" dave is right

MWF

It's where you look at the Industry sector and analyise something about it, clues in the name.

Since you are in the West Midlands it's probably something like which ones need help the most.

Why do you need to know?

JEN1E

My bf is doing a business plan as an assignment for uni and it says that an industry sector analysis is to be included in the apendicies

MWF

Yeah that's pretty normal. Bascially it's to determin and estimate the effect his business plan should have within the sector. Either because the plan proposes to sell to it or compete within it.

So if your business plan is to sell say lemonade to kids you need to analyise if kids actually want/need it and if other people are already selling a competative product.

Where's he studying?

Paddy

I would imagine they're looking for financial information [past, present and future] on whatever the Industry is his assignments about, also any news clippings or relevant articles from associated trade press.

They just want proof of where he gets the information from for the assignment if it's supposed to go in the appendix, but surely it was all explained by his lecturer Or can be if he go's back and asks

JEN1E

He's at Nottinghan trent uni.

the business plan is for a garage.

would info from motoring magazines and possibly stuff off news websites like the bbc be ok?

MWF

Not really because those would just be interpretations of journalists opinions. That said some of the factual information they present may have some relevance.

There's usually loads of analysis reports available to students for this sort of thing.

I'd recomend he speaks to his lecturer about the sort of information he needs to reference and then goes to a labrary AIA and find out if they have anything for him to use.