Political, legal, social factors affacting Tesco.

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The factors I have chosen to explore for the stakeholders of Tesco and the business activity are:

> Political Factors

> Economic Factors

> Social Factors

Political Factors

There are various laws nationally and locally which affect Businesses especially large ones such as Tesco and the NHS. International bodies such as the European Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) effect both Tesco and NHS, however not in the same way.

As Tesco is arguably the largest Supermarket chain in the UK it is always in the spotlight when decisions have to be made. Should Tesco ever decide to open another store or expand an existing one they will have to apply for planning permission and that impacts them as they have to wait and can't do nothing until they get the go ahead.

Also a large issue at the moment is the environmental situation which attracts huge attention and the EU has set a number of laws which Tesco must abide by including:

> How much waste can be thrown away by the business from packaging which was placed as law in 1999 and amended in 2004.This law also helps