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Business borrowing from customers.
Hello, I'd really love some advice from you good people! My child's breakfast club are going to adding £80 onto every child's bill in a couple of months time so they can pay for building work. They're then going to repay by crediting £5 a month onto our bills. I can afford to pay it, but it just feels a bit dodgy. I assume…
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Two Issues ?
Morning all, hope you may be able to advise me. I have two issues. 1. Ordered a product for our business, next day delivery, so ordered before 10am as per the terms of the supplier. Delivery did not come next day, instead will be Monday (tomorrow) 3 days later. Not a courier fault, it's the suppliers fault. They did offer…
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Charity Calendar one off's
In past years a group on facebook has brought a calendar out with pix of us all at gigs etc. Sadly 2016 calendars didn't go as well as expected and we only just broke even. These were bought in as a job lot of 50 from vistaprint and sold at a profit which went to a charity that is dear to our life. Is there anywhere that…
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PayPal Invoices - VAT?
It seems from the information I received when filling in a PayPal invoice that I should be charging my clients VAT. But isn't that just for businesses? I don't remember a section for VAT on my tax form?
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Sponsorted events and gift aid
Hi, our charity recently ran a sponsored event and most of the sponsors ticked the box so we could reclaim gift aid. When it comes to reclaiming the gift aid, is it a case of listing all the sponsors with their home addresses, post codes etc onto the online system for processing? I'm new to this so not too sure
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Advice about corporate rental on a flat
Firstly- I do have an accountant and I will ask them but firstly trying to get a bit more information. I am a contractor working through a limited company. 2 employees- 1 fee earning. I have 3 main contracts and I jiggle between them on a daily and weekly basis (so may work a week for one 1 week and then not agin for 10…
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Commercial mortgage - advice please!
I currently run a rapidly expanding business turning over £60k/yr, approx £40k profit (forecasted for this year). It is expanding and therefore these are conservative estimates. I'm considering expanding into another section of the same industry which requires premises - I've been looking for places to rent but these are…
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Where do you buy your stationery?
I am a volunteer for a small community organisation and responsible for communications etc. This means that I spend a fair bit on stationery, principally printer ink and paper, coloured paper, laminate pouches, envelopes and stamps. I wouldn't dream of charging any expenses but until more people get email I'm forking out…
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lending small biz savings via p2p - accountancy ramifications
Hi Our small business has managed to accumulate £2000 since it opened 9 months ago, and I expect this to increase by about £300/month for foreseeable future. Savings a/cs for SBs have rates even more dismal than normal savings accounts, so we were thinking of lending the money out on P2P. Lendinvest looks promising as the…
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Does anyone have any experience with expired domains?
I recently registered a new domain name, however, there is another variation of it that I'd also like to register. According to WHOIS the domain expired towards the end of last month and I can also see that it's currently up for auction but with no bids. Can anyone recommend my best plan of attack here? I'm thinking if I…
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Can I sell my kleeneze catalogues
Hi, I previously worked for kleeneze but I now have moved on to a better business and easier to do than kleeneze, I have nearly 300 catalogues (I say nearly because I have 2 boxes of 100 catalogues making 200 and 1 box opened but I no some of the catalogues are missing, I need to count box 3) all still valid until next…
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New business - personal travel agent. Thoughts?
Hi, I have worked in retail (successfully) for 17 years, and have recently taken a break. I really started to detest my job, and left. I had received a fairly large inheritance, and so I got married and have just finished a 7 month, 31 country honeymoon. I have always wanted to start my own business as I consider myself…
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Website building.. low cost and easy
Hi there, I am starting up as a sole trader. I need to build a website that will be full of info on my business and has contact details. It also needs to be showing up on searches from mobile phones. I have bought my domain name, but am now finding that the site I bought it from is offering all of these offers which I'm…
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Mobile Grocery Shop
OK, so not the most original idea but I have a few questions. What licences would I need to sell groceries out of a mobile shop? Do I need street vendor licence or something else? If I sold alcohol (to take away!) what licence would I need for that? Just an idea I am looking at and I need to know costs etc to see if it is…
