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Commercial property class uses for bottle shop.
Hello! just wondering if someone could help me with what class use I would need if I was to open a bottle shop. Within the shop i would be both selling bottles and cans both through online means and through the store to be consumed off premises, and also having a few tables inside for tasting, drink ins etc. I understand…
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Home office ideas?
I am looking to set up a new home office / studio in an existing room. Where to begin? Interested in ergonomics and cost. Furniture budget (desk, chair and desk light is approx £500 - £1000) Ideas welcome
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Sole trader - am I doing it right?
Hello fellow savers My wife last year started a small activity from home that brings in some 8-10k/year. I now want to formally register it so she can start paying NICs to be eligible for state pension in many years time (she has never worked since she moved here - she has settled status). Having read gov.uk it seems to me…
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Tide Bank / How to Access Bounceback Loan?
Hey all I want to apply for the Bounceback loan before the deadline, we're 100% eligible to receive it. My business bank is Tide bank, which isn't issuing BBlonads anymore I've spoken to a few other banks who won't allow me to open a Biz account to apply for a BBL Can anyone advise which Business Bank will allow me to move…
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Can I claim garage roof repair as an expense?
We're getting our garage roof repaired, solely used for storing stock. Can I claim this as a work expense? Or is this seen as an improvement to my home? Many thanks.
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Help with Mail/Parcels
My business has started to pick up and we are now sending 200 large letter parcels a day (£1.15) and 20 small parcels (£3.80).Currently Im using stamps and with larger parcels using parcel2go, typing each address, printing and labeling. Then driving to the post office and newsagent to drop them off.Which can take maybe 2…
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New Business
Morning all, I’m hoping to get some advice. I’m starting a new business in the next 2 months. I’m expecting this to bring in approx £1,000 per month, with the payments being made through PayPal. Alongside this I have a full time job, which pays approximately £40,000 per annum. My biggest question at the moment is around…
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Postage Outside UK
I wonder if I could get a bit of guidance... I sell a lot of cards and prints in the UK. Commonly it is 1-2 in an order so very thin and light weight posting. recently I’ve had quite a few non-UK orders, specifically Germany. looking up Royal Mail info online, it claims standard and economy is between 5-7 days and on my…
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Complicated Ebay/Paypal Business Question
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Is there any high street bank opening any new business accounts?
For the last month I keep trying to open a new business account. I don`t want to go for internet only banks, so I will exclude those. I have personal accounts with 3 different banks and 2 of them are not opening new accounts at the moment. 3rd one, RBS, told me they can`t open a business account for me because my business…
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Same Sole Trader Business Name
Hi, In January I'm due to become self employed as a sole trader. I've been offered the chance to use the same business name that my friend previously used for his own sole trader business. He no longer actively runs the business now, so I would be taking the name (and hopefully reputation). I would register the same…
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Partial payment
My husband is a self-employed painter and decorator (14yrs in the trade) He has finished a job and invoiced the customer. She sent partial payment and said that he will get the remainder when he comes back to do additional work that she wants done. We have politely asked for payment in full but she has refused. We live in…
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Do I need to keep record of sales invoices with on Flat Rate Scheme for Ltd Company
Hi, I'm not long become a limited company and am on the flat rate scheme which I now longer need to keep vat invoices I believe (only need to give a vat invoice to any customer that asks for one), am I right with what I'm saying here and would I need sales invoices for showing detailed customer sales for the corporation…
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Need Accountant - Will HMRC investigate me if my drawings increase significantly?
I own a small business but I've been up a substantial capital reserve of around £90,000 by simply not withdrawing all of my profits each year for a long time. When I started the business, I borrowed some money from a family to get started. £50,000 to be exact. It was a long term, interest free loan with no repayments.…
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Changing Company Address??
Hi, Currently my registered address is with my accountant they are also scanning and sending all letter to my email. I've been trying to create a seller account with Amazon and its been a nightmare, because they require a utility bill matching my registered office address and trading address. I want to change my registered…
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Best way to send money abroad for business.
So the situation.I am buying something for my business from abroad. The person I am buying from abroad is a Sole Trader lets say Mr John Smith trading for example as ABC Holdings.He runs his business finance from his personal bank account. The invoices will be in his Trading name.Which platform am I best using (Eg. Azimo,…
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How to find a reputable E-commerce Accountant
I run a small business through eBay and currently use a very traditional accountant. He is my father’s accountant of many years and is very reputable. However, he does not seem familiar with e-commerce businesses and small problems are occurring (eg. He will not use my PayPal statements because it is unfamiliar to him). I…
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Purchase of an existing business
I'm completely new to this and hoping I could get some advise. My husband and I are looking at purchasing an existing business and do not know where to start. We have been offered the opportunity to purchase the cafe that my husband currently works in. We know it is a profitable business and the owner is willing to sell…
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Yell.com Warning
Hi All. I just wanted to post something to warn other small business and one man bands about Yell.com. We run a small laundry business and were approached by yell.com reference advertising with them. I invited their salesman in and we had a pleasant talk about the business and what we wanted advertising to do for us. In…
