Business Environment Report: 401MANSC-EL, Barclay PLC Analysis

This report analyzes the business environment of Barclay PLC, a British multinational investment bank. It examines the factors influencing the company's operations, differentiating between internal and external environments. The report utilizes SWOT and PESTLE analyses to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, as well as political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors. Recommendations are provided to address these factors and their impact on stakeholders, suggesting improvements such as leveraging technology and providing social benefits. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of understanding the business environment for effective decision-making and building strong customer relationships. The report is based on the provided assignment brief and covers all required aspects including factors affecting the business, SWOT and PESTLE analysis to know the internal and the external factors which helps in taking the decision in an proper manner and recommendations of the factors affecting the stakeholders decision.

The Business
Environment

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Factors influencing operations of the business............................................................................1
Internal and the external environment of the business.................................................................1
Recommendations of the factors influencing the factors affecting organisation and
stakeholders..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Business environment refers to the environment in which the external forces are to be
controlled in an proper manner so that the effective functioning of business take place in an
environment. There are two factors affecting the business environment these are the internal
factors and the external factors affecting the business in an proper manner so that the decision
can be taken properly (Khan and Quaddus, 2015). The company taken for this report is Barclay
Plc it is a British multinational investment bank and was founded in the year 1896 and had its
headquarters in London U.K. The topic covered under this report are factors affecting business,
SWOT and PESTLE analysis and its recommendations.
MAIN BODY
Factors influencing operations of the business
There are different factors in the organisation which affect the business and the measures
are taken by the organisation to correct them. Factors affecting the Barclay Plc company are
described below:
 Common attitudes: It helps in knowing the attitude of the customers towards the
banking as they are saving the money in the bank so proper security and safety is to be
provided by the Barclay PLC.
 Economy: It is an another factor which affect the operations of the business as the
economy means building the reputation and have the good image. Barclay PLC company
have the good reputation and the good image in the mind of the customers so that the
decision is to be taken in an proper manner.
 Legal consideration: All the legal formalities are done by the Barclay Plc bank before
providing the loan to the customers and the before depositing money in the bank the
customer should be properly aware about the company. Barclay plc bank shout have strict
rules and regulations to be followed so that no one can misuse and no fraud will arise.
Internal and the external environment of the business
There are the different factors which affect the company to find the environment of the
Barclay Plc company SWOT and the PESTLE analysis is described below:
SWOT analysis is done to identify the companies strength, weakness, opportunities and
threats.
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STRENGTH
 Barclay plc company has the strong
presence in the global market.
 The company has the brand visibility
by which the customers get attracted
easily.
WEAKNESSES
 There are various controversies of the
Barclay bank in the past.
 Huge losses are faced by the company.
OPPORTUNITIES
 Barclay company is providing the
various opportunities in the economy
(Katz and Green, 2018).
 There are various online banking
opportunities are provided by the bank.
THREATS
 Barclay company has the impact on the
political uncertainties which affect the
business.
 Bank may also face the treasury and the
capital risk also.
PESTLE:
PESTLE analysis is a tool which helps in finding the external factors affecting the
business. These factors are to be repeated in an regular basis so that in future no big problems
will arise. Factors included in the PESTLE analysis are political, environment, social,
technological, legal and economic factors. Barclay Plc PESTLE analysis is described below:
Political factor
 Government rules and the regulations are to be followed in an proper manner so that the
decision can be taken properly and taxes are to be paid on time. There should be political instability so that the decision can be taken on the time.
Economical factor: There are the various factors which affect the business various macro economic factors
are taken into account so that the decision can be taken on the time.
Social Factor:
 The banks should deal in the customer operations so that the customers have the loyalty
in bank while they are depositing the money. There should be proper demographic changes in the business which helps in providing
the economic benefit properly.
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Technological factor:
 The bank should have the proper security and should use the new technologies so that no
fraud can arise. The technologies are changing fast so the decisions regarding this are to be taken in an
proper manner.
Legal factor:
 Barclay company should follow the legal duties and should follow the laws like the
consumer protection act , taxes so that the trust between the customer and the company
will remain stable (Johnson and Turner, 2015). The company has also impact of the US tax reform that should be followed legally.
Environment factor:
 The Barclay plc should invest in the socio-environment projects so that the individual
will also get benefited by it.
 The Barclay plc company is also reducing the impact of the environment by which
business are affected and the decision are to be taken in an proper manner.
Recommendations of the factors influencing the factors affecting organisation and stakeholders
It has been recommended that the factors affect the decision of an stakeholders and also
have an impact on the organisation also like the technologies are developing now a days the
Barclay plc bank should provide the facilities like the chat box so that the issues of the customers
are to be observed on the regular basis and then correct them. The social benefits are to be
provided to the individual because the company is taking the resources so the benefits are to be
provided by giving them employment so that they can perform well and able to achieve the task
in an easy manner and can perform better also. The company should use the various factors so
that in future the decisions are to be taken in the proper manner and helps the stakeholder so that
they can perform better and giving them the profit to achieve the task properly (Čepel, 2018).
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that the the business environment helps in
building the good relation with the customer so that the decision can be taken in proper manner
and helps in knowing the behaviour of the customer properly. It affect the performance of the
company so the decisions are to be taken in the proper manner. The topic studied is this report
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are the factors affecting the business and the SWOT and PESTLE analysis to know the internal
and the external factors which helps in taking the decision in an proper manner and
recommendations of the factors affecting the stakeholders decision.
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REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Čepel, M. and et. al., 2018. Business environment quality index in the SME segment. Journal of
Competitiveness.
Johnson, D. and Turner, C., 2015. European business. Routledge.
Katz, J. A. and Green, R. P., 2018. Entrepreneurial small business. McGraw-Hill Education,.
Khan, E. A. and Quaddus, M., 2015. Examining the influence of business environment on socio-
economic performance of informal microenterprises. International Journal of Sociology
and Social Policy.
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