Free starter pack · Year 12 Business (AQA 7138)

The new AQA Business course, made clear

AQA's new A-Level Business course (7138) started in September 2026 and has new topics that most textbooks do not cover yet. This free pack gives you a one-page guide to the new course and four topic decks on what is new.

  • A two-page guide to the new papers and what changed
  • 4 decks on topics new to 7138, as PDFs you can keep
  • Real UK examples, checked and dated, with sources
  • An Assess and an Evaluate question in every deck, with an answer plan

Get the free pack

Tell us where to send it. The download opens straight away on this page.

We use your details only to send you this pack and related CC messages. See our privacy policy.

Your pack is ready.

Tap a file to open or save it. We have also sent the link to your WhatsApp.

Start with the guide, then read what changed in AQA A-Level Business.

What is in the pack

Y12 · AQA 7138 at a glance title slide
GUIDE

Y12 · AQA 7138 at a glance

How the three papers work, the ten topics named in 7138 that were not in the old course, and the areas it now spells out.

Digital marketing and AI title slide
DECK 1 · 3.1.3

Digital marketing and AI

SEO, PPC, cookies, CRM and AI in marketing, with dated UK examples and an Evaluate question.

Zero-based budgeting title slide
DECK 2 · 3.1.4

Zero-based budgeting

Why a firm might build every budget from zero, and when it is worth the time.

Transformational leadership title slide
DECK 3 · 3.2.1

Transformational leadership

Leading change through vision, compared with autocratic and democratic styles.

ESG, greenwashing and bluewashing title slide
DECK 4 · 3.3.1

ESG, greenwashing and bluewashing

ESG reporting and the rulings that show what regulators will not accept.

Inside every deck

The theory

What the new course asks, explained in short, clear steps with six key terms.

Real examples

UK businesses and rulings, each one checked and dated, with the source listed.

Exam practice

An Assess (9 marks) and an Evaluate (15 marks) question with an answer plan, plus a five-question quiz.

Read first

AQA A-Level Business is changing: what is new in 7138 →Co-operatives explained for AQA 7138 →Try the CC Business platform free for 7 days →
Teachers: you are welcome to share these PDFs with your Year 12 classes. They are written by The Curriculum Circle and are not AQA material.
Next step: read the free Business topic library