Covine Ltd is a company that makes three products and the variable costs are as follows; A B C £ £ £ Direct materials 12 13 15 Direct labour (£12 per hour) 24 36 36 Variable overhead 1 2 2 37 51 53...

Covine Ltd is a company that makes three products and the variable costs are as follows;

                                                             A                    B                    C

                                                            £                      £                      £

Direct materials                                12                   13                   15

Direct labour (£12 per hour)          24                   36                   36

Variable overhead                           1                      2                      2

                                                            37                   51                   53

The sale price of A is £42, B is £57 and C is £56. During the month of June the availability of Direct Labour is limited to 12,000 hours due to staff taking holidays. Sales demand is expected to be 3000 units of A, 3000 units of B and 2000 of C.

Monthly fixed costs are £20,000 and opening stocks are zero.

Question.

Calculate the loss of profit due to this limiting factor