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Started a web hosting business
I've started a web hosting business and have spent bit on facebook offers but no one buys when they claim the offer. Any ideas how I can turn these into sales. I've done a offer of 75% off unlimited web hosting for only £4.99
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Ltd Co & Back Paying Wages
We started a Ltd Company 1st Nov. My husband as director and myself as company sec. To date neither of us have drawn a wage but now we intend to do that at £144 per week. Assuming no pre-company employment is it feasable to backdate these payments to the date of company formation? We both registered PAYE. Thank you!
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New business account - Cash plus?
I am in the process of setting up an Ebay business so need to register a business account. I have a personal account with them so I know how it works. To do this I obviously need a paypal account, and also give the details of a credit card, and a bank account that accepts direct debits (I believe). Although I probably wont…
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New business, disabled person and Grants available ?
First time poster so please be gentle :) After working for many years in the healthcare sector at assistant management level, I find myself seriously unmotivated and looking for a new challenge. I have registered and applied for many 'jobs' with various agencies, only to find these jobs simply do not exist ! I feel I have…
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sole trader to partnership help!!!
For the last few years my wife has been working as a sole trader. In August 2011 I gave up my job to join the business and we started a partnership. What I would like to know if anyone can help is two things. 1: When we started the partnership we took on the current sole trader debts of approx £3500 as this was stock…
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How do you find Warehouses for stock
I am thinking about starting something up selling hair for extensions. How do I find a warehouse to get some costings? This is just pie in the sky at the moment but cant seem to get past this first hurdle thank you - any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Small business accounting software
Hi guys :) Newbie here! Just wondering if anybody has some advice about accounting software for small businesses? I'm currently looking at Sage Instant Accounting and Quick Books Pro (no need for any pay roll options). Does anyone have any experience with these and have any pros and cons for each? On paper they seem to…
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Home insurance with business use help needed please.
Hello, I hope someone may be kind enough to help with this problem. To cut a long story short my wife will be working from home in an outbuilding that will be converted into a beauty salon, the client will never have to enter our house. Now the hard part, we have been trying to get home and contents insurance (for the…
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PDQ Machine Set Up Fees
Hi all, Alomst ready to launch my new garden centre business in the next few weeks..... Sorting out many things at the moment including a Credit Card machine for payments. Does anyone have any experience of set up fees relating to pdq machines? HSBC (My bank) have said £250 set-up for the machine, which to me seems a lot.…
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Etiquette on handing out leaflets for local shops to display? Help please!!
Hello everyone, I've recently started up a small cake making business. I was wondering how I should go about asking local shops and businesses if they could display my leaflet on their community/notice boards. Should I ask to speak to the manager? Hand it to any shop assistant? Send it with a letter in the post? I just…
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Start up fitness facility
Hi everyone, So a bit of background first I think! I used to weigh 21 stone, smoked, drank, was basically a big mess. So I decided to change my lifestyle. Losy 6 stone (still going) and enrolled on a Bsc degree in Sport, Fitness and Exercise Instruction. I have always wanted to help people, and would love to open my own…
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First time doing self assesment help please
I have a couple of things I am not sure about when doing my tax return. It's only for 1 month of a new business as I started in March. The first is when you have stock left that was purchased in the tax year 2011-2012 do you just put the amount the stock cost as a loss in that years loss total and then if it is sold the…
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self employed question regarding petrol and electric
hi all ! im about to go self employed (fingers crossed) and have a few questions. im going to be doing domestic help such as ironing and cleaning and some basic paperwork filing for a friends business. i already have a car but know that i can claim back a percentage of my petrol and insurance and electric for the ironing…
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Trying to hand in notice for office lease
I'm looking for some advice on terminating a lease for an office. I am renting an office on a large industrial estate. The 6 year lease started 6 months ago on 19th July 2012 and there is a 12 month break option, which you have to give 6 months notice. Last week on 16th January, I wrote a letter to the landlord, informing…
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I have a business idea but I'm clueless
Hi. First of all be gentle with me. :) I have an idea for a business, it seems a great idea to me (I'm sure a lot of people say this) I can really see it working and I've gathered a general opinion as the whether people think it would be of interest to them, the majority agree it seems a viable idea for a small business.…
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Free Website
Hi, I would like to set up a small website for a gardening sideline that I do. Does anyone know if there are any free ones out there other than Google? I don't need to take payments but I will need to add text and images. Any suggestions, thanks, K
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Burger Van Start up
Hello! This is just an idea in my head at the moment, haven't put too much thought into it, but what would be the minimum start-up costs for a small burger van? Inc stock, licensing, the van itself etc.
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Self-employment SA - short version
Anyway, been looking and it seems if your turnover is less than £73K you can use short version of self-employment pages. Looking at the pages and the notes, it seems all they want is turnover, and expenses total - thats it. No mention of creditors/debtors or opening/ closing stock which seems weird. It seems you can enter…
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Self Assesment Tax on Bank Interest Again
Just done my self employeed self assesment online and put on the figures and seen the break down and seen that I am getting taxed another 20% on the personal Bank Interest, so virtually paying 40%. Why as an none self employeed person you only pay 20% (bank takes off) on tax, but as self employeed you have to pay another…
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Help business partner lost utr no
HI I have a business partner who has lost his paperwork which had the business UTR tax number on it, so now I cannot complete my tax return or do his. Is ther a way I can find this out? thanks delebert:mad:
