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Wyndham

Learn how to spell 'advice'?

Sorry, couldn't resist, and can't really help, but good luck!

colino

Sorry to pour cold water on it, but to run a successful business, you have to have that ambition. From your posts it seems that you are in the driving seat looking for any alternative to the current position.
The UK is full of mediocre and failing businesses that, outwith the triple-dip, are the result of people launching businesses as, "a last resort".
The viable businesses are run by enthusiastic, passionate people who live their businesses. They can take an ordinary idea to great heights, whereas time-fillers can grind down a great idea in no time flat.
The UK needs more businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs, but not fundamentally flawed ones opened by people running away from a job. They should be running towards an opportunity.
Be wary of paid advisers too from Business Link/Gateway (studiously avoid CoC - they just want to recruit new members!) Ask them what businesses they have set up and run. Unlikely you will find many that have. There are too many redundant bank managers, executives and corporation juniors giving, "community time" in these roles. They do not have the first idea about the motivations and drivers of successful new-starts and this is transparently obvious by their keenness to drive enquirers onto business plan/accounting/VAT courses instead of encouraging and growing the core, money-making, potential idea.

chalkie99

Wyndham wrote: »

Learn how to spell 'advice'?

Sorry, couldn't resist, and can't really help, but good luck!

Learn how to look at post dates!

Sorry, couldn't resist it. :D

Wyndham

That's really odd, my post has moved and was in reply to someone wanting to set up as an insurance broker. This isn't the thread I replied to (the post I did reply to was new....)

Wyndham

This one:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4414609

(kinda, there were two similar posts and I think they have been merged - badly!)