Business communication - presentations

A Here are some facts about Pizza Hut (UK). Use the words in the box to complete the sentences.

turnover employs market share located products subsidiary competitors outlets

 

 

1 Headquarters of Pizza Hut (UK) is ……………. In London.

2 Their range of ……………. includes pizza, pasta, salads and desserts.

3 The company ………………16,000 people.

4 Pizza Hut (UK’s) ……………… is over £300 m.

5 Their main ………………… are Pizza Express and Ask.

6 They have ……………….in most large towns in Britain.

7 Pizza Hut (UK) is a …………….. of Tricon Global Restaurants.

8 Their ……………… at the moment is 69%.

B Listen to the short presentation on Pizza Hut (UK). Are these statements true (T) or false (F)?

(BB, 9’45-12’00)

1 The talk is in four parts._____

2 Tricon Global Restaurants is a subsidiary* of Pizza Hut. ______

3 Jon Prinsell is the President of Pizza Hut (UK) ______

4 British people do not eat many pizzas. ______

5 Pizza Hut wants to expand. _______

subsidiary* - дочерняя компания

C Listen again and read the presentation.

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming. My name is Sarah James, and I’m here to give a brief presentation on the company. My talk is very short, so please, keep your questions for the end.

The first part of my presentation is about the company structure of Pizza Hut (UK). The second part looks at the present activity of the company in the UK, and in the last part I want to talk about our future plans. First, the structure. Let’s start with the parent company*. As you know, Pizza hut (UK) is a subsidiary of Tricon Global Restaurants. There are other brands in the group, such as KFC and Taco Bell. The President of Pizza Hut (UK) is Jon Prinsell.

Now, let’s look at our present activity. Business is very good. People in Britain like pizza! We have sales of over £300 million from 400 outlets **. We employ about 16,000 people. In Britain our brand is very well-known. 80% of the population eat at Pizza Hut at least once a year. On top of that, we deliver 75,000,000 pizzas to people’s homes. Pizzas are our main product, but we also sell a lot of pasta, salads, desserts, and drinks.

Finally, the future. In the next ten years we plan to open at least another hundred restaurants. At the moment, our market share of all meals in restaurants in Britain is 6%. We would like to increase that number to 10% in the next 10 years. With our customers and our staff, that aim is possible. Thank you for listening. Do you have any questions?

parent company* - материнская компания, компания-учредитель (syn. holding company)

outlet ** - торговая точка, магазин

D Without looking into the text of the presentation fill in the gaps in these extracts from the presentation.

1 My name is Sarah James, and I’m ………… to give a ………….. presentation on the ……………...

2 The ………. ………… of my presentation is about the company structure of Pizza Hut (UK). The second part ………………… the present activity of the company in the UK, and in the …………. ………….. I want to ………….. ………….. our future plans.

3 ………, the structure. ………….. ……………. with the parent company.

4 Now, …………… ………………… …………….. our present activity.

5 Do you ……………. any ……………?

E Listen again and check your answers.

F In the talk what do these numbers refer to? Match the numbers with the correct information on the right, then check your answers.

1) 300,000,000	a) number of pizzas the company delivers	1____
2) 400	b) number of employees	2____
3) 16,000	c) future market share	3____
4) 80%	d) present market share	4____
5) 75,000,000	e) total sales	5____
6) 6%	f) number of outlets	6____
7) 10%	g) percentage of the population who eat at Pizza Hut at least once a year	7____

Giving a talk

i Presenting the structure of a talk

I am here to talk about / give a presentation on ……

The subject of my talk is …….

The talk is in three parts.

The first second last

part looks at / is about …..

ii Introducing each point

Right / first / now / finally ………….

Let’s start with / let’s look at / let’s talk about …..

iii Ending

Do you have any questions?

Thank you.

 

Presenting a company

i Structure and location

The company / group is called …..