What form of business enterprise would you recommend for a tailor? Give reasons for your answer.

Recommendation: a tailor should operate as a sole proprietorship (one-man business).

Reasons.

• Small capital required: tailoring needs only a sewing machine, tools and a small workshop, which one person can finance.
• Easy to establish: there are few legal formalities, so the business can start quickly.
• Direct personal service: the tailor deals face to face with customers and can meet their individual tastes and measurements.
• Quick decision-making: the owner is the sole decision-maker and can respond promptly to customers' needs.
• The owner enjoys all the profit: there is no sharing of profit with partners or shareholders.
• Ease of management and flexibility: the business is small and simple to control, and the owner can easily change designs or working hours.

Because tailoring is a small-scale, skill-based, personal service, the one-man business suits it better than a partnership or company.