Accounting and Finance for Decision Making

Accounting and Finance
for Decision Making

Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................4
1.Define the motivation of the proposed investment...................................................................4
2.Conduct investment appraisal using both quantitative and qualitative information.................4
3.Critically discuss the risk and return and its potential impact on its financial performance. . .8
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The report is prepared keeping in mind the influence and changes that took place in the
business of Marks & Spencer due to the effects of Covid-19. The company take in the respective
report is Marks & Spencer. It is a British multinational retailing brand which particularizes in
selling clothings, beauty products, home creations and food products. It presently retails in
almost 950 + outlets across the entire United Kingdom in which almost 600 outlets are
specifically designated to sell the food products. The company is listed on the London Stock
Exchange and also is a part of the FTSE 250 Index. The purpose of this report is based on
providing the organisation of marks and spencer with a suitable business expansion plan. This
investment plan is a requisite due to the economic and financial drain that the company faced due
to the pandemic.
The report aims to analyse and recommend the company to invest in some suitable and
beneficial investment plan which can assist the company in future growth and development
decisions with the help of the analysis and results provided in this report.