The government are hugely in favour of an organisation such as fitness first. This is because they are a private limited company and the government is affirmative of this because a company such as fitness first pay tax towards the government and because of this the government will want their business to be successful because the better they do the more tax the government will receive. Fitness First being a busy centre will provide job opportunities for those who are unemployed and because of this the government are supportive towards fitness first because this will be beneficial for them.The more people who are provided with a job then there will be less employment in the UK.
On the other hand if the government were to change during the future once they calculate the profits they would own all companies themselves and this would negatively impact on fitness first because they would be imposed to sell their company to the government. Legal factors- Within fitness first there are a numerical legal factors that impact hugely on fitness first. All businesses even fitness first have to follow the specific laws that are there for different things throughout the organisation.The health and safety act is one of the main laws which protect the employees and this act ensures the provision for securing the health, safety and welfare at the workplace of the individual for protecting others against risk which are related to health/safety. As employees they would want to be treated with fairness and there is also a minimum wage law that fitness first have no option but to follow. The human resources who have the responsibility to pay employees must abide by the minimum wage which is set by the government.
Fitness first following these rules are part of motivating the employees which will also help to keep customers happy but the most important reason as to why they should follow these rules is so they keep the reputation intact with the public. Social factors- The population within the UK is increasing efficiently so this may become a problem in the future. Due to this it will be near to impossible for us as a population to empower the economy. This will then affect fitness first because if there is no one to make money the population will decrease so they will not have the money to spend on luxuries within fitness first.
In fitness first if they are not making any profit they would have to be extremely cautious over things like loans overdrafts etc. This is because knowing there not doing as well they know it'll be hard to pay it back. The owners will have less money to invest into the business therefore this will impact on the facilities available and also the amount of money they can afford to spend on resources, wages etc. Handy Cross Political factors- Handy cross is run by the government in the public sector. Reasons like this are why the government have to supply the organisation in every way possible.
Since handy cross is owned by the government therefore financially it is secure and does not have any threat of going into bankruptcy or being sold out and this is because the government will never run out of money even if it's not enough. Handy cross also provides job opportunities so the government will be supportive towards this and will be convinced to invest more money into the organisation because of this and another reason is because handy cross will be supporting the public in receiving a healthier lifestyle as these things help the government in the long run with things such as savings, paying benefits, NHS etc.Legal factors- Just like every other organisation handy cross will have to follow many laws. The health and safety act is the most important law which they have to abide by and this act is vital to them because handy cross is an organisation where it's purpose for individuals is to receive a healthy lifestyle and due to this they will be extremely busy with a lot of customers coming in and out.
The Data Protection Act is another major law that must be followed in every organisation.This is because they must make sure all data of customers is kept safely and secured and make sure no one else receives the data of other customers because of the insecurity and dissatisfaction which can be caused towards customers and this will force them to stop visiting the centre eventually. Social factors- Similar to fitness first, the demographics show that we are a growing population so this gives handy cross an idea of the segment they should pay attention to because this will make it more clear to them as to what age groups are more common and then look to target towards them.As handy cross is run by the government therefore if the population starts to decrease this could lead to them being unknown and with the local communities as a result may decide to stop visiting handy cross which is the government run organisation. This cannot be tolerated by the organisation because their purpose will remain unfulfilled which is proving a healthier lifestyle to customers and they will also not be making any profit so they are affected just as much as customers are affected.
