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someone stole my idea- not amused
i had an idea at work, after selecting 40 new mums i tested the theory and its practice with the consent of the mums. they loved it - the evaluation of the process went very well (almost 98% success). anyway my boss (NHS) suggested i do this privately and the mums were asking to pay privately for this service (i'm not…
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Selling a business
I am looking to sell my small carpet cleaning business because I simply no longer have the time, anyway I was wondering if anyone knew where I should advertise this for sale? Any Ideas, TIA
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Courier problems
:mad: :mad: :mad: Can anyone advise me as to the best way of tackling this nightmare. Couriers cannot find my house!!!! It is not difficult to find, it is on fact of a major A road in the Midlands, but the problem is the road is split into three street names, I live at no.7 but couriers keep trying to deliver to the 2…
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CH Retirement do - creative help required please!
:confused: I'm looking for help in organsing a 2 hour lunchtime retirement do for a colleague who has worked for our charity for 20 years. After some debate we have decided to hold the do at our head office instead of hiring a venue as, understandably, there are issues around spending money on this whilst there are other…
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e-mailing lists
Hi, Can anybody help please, I need to get some e-mailing lists. Preferably free. Thanks in advance Shaz
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Savings accounts for businesses?
Hi all I have around £5k sitting in my business account for my new start up. The majority of it is money from a Princes Trust loan, others are local grants I've been awarded. Due to lease issues, my shop premises is STILL not mine :mad:, so this money is just sitting not earning interest. I don't intend to have the lease…
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SB: Share Allocation
My husband and I officially took over a family business recently. Our accountant gave us a raft of forms to sign we we duly did. So we've removed directors, added me as director, changed the company name etc. Having just changed the signatories on the Bank Account, the bank tells us that the share allocation is still that…
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notice period
I have an employee who is leaving after almost 3 years, she has a contract saying that I require 4 weeks notice and has only given me 2 1/2 weeks. Is there anything I can do about this or is the contract actually meaningless?
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Saving Money in Business Electricity
Setting up a business is a costly affair. Electricity bills consume a large part of our investments. This has been troubling businesspersons all over the world. Does anybody have any idea on how to cut costs of electricity mainly for my business?
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Grants for employing disabled people?
Hi All, Hope you are well and your collective brains can help us. We are www.werm.co.uk ; we are involved in the re-use before recycling of electrical and electronic equipment including IT equipment. By that I mean we try to keep it as a computer instead of turning it into a flower pot! We supply schools, charities,…
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SB: New to Limited company, looking for a few tips.
Hello, My girlfriend and I have set up a small limited company and would like some advice on how to best set up our finances in our situation. Here are the main things we would like some feedback on: 1) Pensions Neither of us have pensions at the moment, but we have been keeping back £400 per month in our business account…
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Dabs
I work from home and use a Limited Company to run my business. My Limited Company has a different landline phone number from my home phone number, this phone number is an 0871 number. Basically this is to stop timewasters calling me. Any business person or business who really wants to contact me uses my mobile number. Any…
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Avon : need help quick
I have just become an Avon rep ( for the 3rd time in my life) and have just filled in my first order on line. This part is all new to me as I didn't know what a computer was the last time I did it :rotfl: Anyhow... Ive done pretty well getting £400 orders at my first attempt and have just put it all in but I need to order…
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More Wasted money on Advertising!!!!
To cut a long story short.. When myself and my mom set up in business (Seperatly) two years ago, we were approached by a company called Windsor Associates, who managed to get us to advertise with them in our local tesco store. Our cards were placed around the saving stamps machine. How many enquires have we had in two…
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Becoming Self-employed offering different services/products
Hi, Just a quick query really. I would like to bring in a little extra cash and am looking at the possibility of becoming self employed. However I do not want to 'specialise' too early. For example, I would ike to offer bookkeeping, small business financial advice, along with small IT repair service. Plus also a…
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Can I change the days of the week I need employee to work?
Hi, We have recently taken a franchise. The employees transferred to us under TUPE regulations. One employee who has a 37.5 hour per week contract has been employed for eight months. He has always worked mon - fri. We need him to work Saturdays (and have a day off in the week instead) as all the other full time staff do.…
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should i be self-employed?
I was offered a job by a market gardener who has offered me full-time hours to work. He asked if i would work as self-employed or for him. It would be great to think that i work for myself, but i don't want to jump in before i find out whats best for me to do. Thing is i don't know what the pro's or con's would be to work…
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my business - can you help?
Hello Hope im ok to pick peoples brains on a facet of my business im trying to develop. The basic story is ive set up a sister company to my dad’s private hire coach firm. Its call goldstar self drive (self explanatory but it’s a vehicle hire company). Initially im planning on specializing in people moving vehicles from…
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Student Business: Advice Needed
Hi all, I'm 15 and I recently started a student business with my friend. We think (after working very hard for 2 months around school and other commitments) that it is a viable business idea and we're both happy to pursue it for the forseeable future. However, we are getting to the stage where we need some solid legal…
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Forget 'Rogue Traders' - what about 'Rogue Customers'???
We have had a very very awkward customer recently. We did a double dormer extension on their property and from the start had problems - they wanted to pay cash and we said no, told them if they wanted to pay contractors (i.e. plumbers, electricians etc. directly, then we would allow them to arrange themselves. We passed on…
