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How much commission would you pay to someone getting your business work?
I am making referrals and getting work for local business that offer a great service but need help in letting people know about them. I now want to charge for this but need to know what is the going rate. Business are accounts, builders, plumbers, graphic designers. Should I charge a flat fee or charge according to cost of…
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Easy fundraising help
My daughter helps out her cheerleading friends, who are going into year 8, with fundraising for their costumes they recently got £33 at a cake sale which gets them up to £300 which could only buy 3 costumes. I want to see them doing easy fundraising that gets money comming, she set up a easyfundraising account but isnt…
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Advice on terms and conditions
Hi, I run a small business providing admin support to individuals and businesses and I need some help with revising my terms and conditions. I do have some on my website that I drafted when I first set up 6 months ago, but they seem very weak now I am revisiting them! I havent felt the need to give written copies to my…
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Bailiffs seizing assets
Does anyone know what could happen in the following situation: a limited company allows a sole trader to use part of their business premises to trade and store his equipment there; the company has debts and bailiffs turn up to seize assets to cover the debt. Would the bailiffs be able to seize the sole trader's assets if…
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Business Loan Help Please.
Hi, I would really like some advice on the chances of my OH getting a business loan :D He is currently self employed but is having to turn work away because of lack of premises. At the moment he is managing to borrow some space in a friends unit but it isn't big enough for the work he is being offered. He's been offered…
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Bad Debts Previous From Tennant
Hi, I have a lease on a commercial business unit. The previous tennant had all services disconnected due to non payment. The electricity was cut off by the supplier after they obtained a court warrant and the gas meter was disconnected and taken away. I have resolved all of these problems but I am curious to know if bad…
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Self employed question
My husband runs a very small business as a landscape gardener, he has another person working with him on a self employed basis. The person that works with him sends invoices at the end of the week for the hours that he has worked which we then pay to him. He has asked us now to provide him with proof of payment which he…
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How do you make a business a franchise
Can any one tell me how to turn a business in to a franchise or point me in the right direction. :j
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New Hand bag retailer starting out - tips?!?
Hi guys, Just hoping there are some experienced handbag retailers out there! I have started setting up a handbag retailing business which i plan to operate from Retail Merchandise Units (RMU's) located in my local shopping centres. I have found suppliers (based here in the UK) but wanted to know if any similar retailers…
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Leaving work, limited company in 2 months, Sole trader in the meantime? Help!
Hi there Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer. I will soon be finishing work to setup a limited company with my partner, for various reasons there will be a delay of two months before we are able to get this on the ground. In the meantime I will be undertaking a few odd jobs to get the money in (clearly I want…
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Dexter cattle
Hi we breed rare breed sheep and want to go in to cattle so are looking for a breeder of dexter cattle any one on here heard of or know a breeder?.
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What was the best advertising you did?
What advertising method and with what company was the best for your company?
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Share certificate for not paid up shares
Hi, I'm filling out a share certificate following a recent transfer of ordinary share between two parties for a small amenities company. The shares issued are not paid up i.e. they were issued without the current owners paying anything to the company. However on the current share certificate it states "...upon each Shares…
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Running food business in a rented property?
Firstly, sorry if this is the wrong place to post this question. Secondly, I've had a search through the site and can't seem to find an answer. I'm currently living in a rented student house and want to start up a small food catering business using the kitchen and am not sure whether I have to ask permission from the…
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software for application forms
hi i was wondering if anyone could give me any advise on a software for documents that people can fill out. at the moment i am using pdf and word but when the applicants are typing their info for example Name:_________ Date of Birth_______ when they type next to Name, DOB moves and they find their having to alter the…
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Facebook Help! Group or fan page or use my own personal profile???
I am running a lifestyle business offering support weightloss to mothers using my network of mothers that I already know to building on this. I am a mother myself. I am not sure if I should keep my own personal facebook name and have other new potential customer link to that. I would then let the customers/friends/etc get…
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Directors Loan/Tax Credit query
Hi Not sure if this should be in the Forum or the Tax Credit one but more people here will know about Directors Loans, I figure! I have a limited company with several £000 invested as a Directors Loan. My partner is losing his job in a month's time. Could we pay him a fixed figure each month as a Directors Loan payment…
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Supplier Records - What is Needed to keep HMRC Happy?
Hi everyone I am a partner in an events management business. We have no employees, but occasionally get other businesses involved when we don't have the expertise or equipment necessary for the job - e.g. chair/table hire, musicians and so on. We bill the customer, the supplier bills us and it is all documented. However,…
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staff being off work
hi not sure where to put this but one of my staff keep taking time off because of other members of the family for example one is ill and she is telling me she has to care for them she is not a parent herself and her siblings are around her age and young healthy parents is she entitled to this time off or am i just being a…
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Cost of a company car
Hi, I should be due a pay rise in December and I have discussed with the option of a company car as I thought it may be more tax efficient for both the company and myself. I thought this as I would save on what I pay for car insurance, tax, MOT and maintenance now and have a nice shiny car not a 12 year old box. For the…
