This report analyzes the business decision-making process for Murano, a UK restaurant group planning to open a new location. The report begins with a detailed plan for primary and secondary data collection, including survey methodologies, questionnaires, and sampling frames to understand consumer preferences. It then presents calculations for mean, mode, median, standard deviation, quartiles, percentiles, and correlation coefficients based on provided sales and profit data from the past ten years, offering insights into the restaurant's performance. The analysis continues with a business plan supported by graphs and spreadsheets, including trend line analysis and a business presentation. Finally, the report explores information processing and financial tools critical for effective decision-making, along with a discussion on critical path analysis, providing a comprehensive overview of the decision-making process.