Start an ironing service... official MoneySavingExpert.com discussion

seeing as everyone else seems to be ..... im in manchester if anyones interested. i iron and clean! pm me!:D

lol Pickle. I've gone quiet trying to sort my life out. I've seen an accountant & I'm all ready to go, but at the last minute the Jobcentre realised I might just be able to qualify for New Deal, Trial Trading for self-employed, so then I was waiting for interview etc. Now I'm accepted on the scheme since yesterday & my first day of trading will officially be..... *drum roll*.... 2nd June !!!!

Under the New Deal scheme you can trade for up to 26 week whilst still getting full benefits, plus £15 extra on top. You must show that you're 'working' 30 hours per week on your business (that could include leaflet distribution, market research, even reading this thread lol). You can't take any drawings from the business during the time you're on the scheme, that is you can pay business bills, but not take a wage for yourself. It's a pretty good deal as far as I can see

Wish me luck !!!!

Ive given up on the ironing and gone for a full whack domestic cleaning service. got my first customers this week! yay! :j

Caz - Hope things pick up for you!

Whoooooosh - That sounds really good. If your not already on benefits (im not) can you still get some sort of help with New Deal etc? I may look into it this week.

Anyone doing ironing in leeds? If so pm me with costs ect thank you

hur575 wrote: »

What a great idea, I love ironing ,cleaning etc, I would love to start this as a business I am based in south London, any one wants some ironing done?
So if you don’t have a shop, you will get the customers [FONT=&quot]clothes[/FONT] yourself??

we do a collect and delivery service, or we iron in the customers own home. depends what you want to do really