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sammy70

What a hot few days!
Ive been busy planning for my future.. after much deliberation, ive decided to try working for myself in the catering industry. We are alongside  the transpennine trail in a quite remote area frequently passed by walkers cyclists etc, so imgoing to give it a go and buy a small catering trailer selling hot and cold drinks, snacks and hot and cold sandwiches. 
We are in the peak park and are a popular tourist area, so i figured i may as well try and harness this to our use 
i have loads to do yet, im doing training, looking into grants, registering, buying equipment, its scary.. i have someone from a free business advice centre calling me tommorow so im hoping they can give me some good advice too.
Im planning a task at least a day towards my goal. Yesterday was setting up my account /card with a great cash and carry, today i bought my online training course, and completed the first 2 modules.
i want to be able to make a decent living wage, i know it wont be easy to start, but if  i never give it a try i will never know.. this redundancy may be the start of my new life as  a small business owner.. fingers crossed

sammy70

on sheep news, she is still lame, the vet came yesterday and said its her shoulder.. injections given and she is on pain killers for the next week.. that aint going to be easy to give to her in her food, as she has the greediest conpanion in the world sharing her pen for company 
i seem to have gone astray with the food shopping budget this week with concentrating on my new prospective ventures, so re-set and stick to budget for next week, as going over means no extra bit sent to mortgage overpayment account 

sammy70

sheep still limping 
Had early ride this morning while the air was cooler, its misty at the moment, dont know if its going to turn red hot, or thunderstorm..
My plan for today- 2 more modules on my training course
Have call from business start up guide at 2.30 today, so need to get my questions ready
tidy up- hoover and mop kitchen/hoover living room
muck out and feed the fur and feather babies 

Fortune_Smiles

How exciting Sammy - good luck with your new venture.

Fortune x

Jessy103

Good luck with the new business venture! It sounds great! X

sammy70

passes my level 2 training, and certificate recieved! 
Over the weekend me and hubby bought our first catering venture- a walls icecream trailer- retro- in original Walls colours. We spent yesterday checking it over, hubby did some strengthening on the chassis etc, i polished the paintwork, so this weeks project- source chest  freezer for stock, go to library to print off business registration docs for council, get signs for prices, and if that all goes to plan, get stock!!  phew

South_coast

Wow, well done 😀 You don't hang around!

Fortune_Smiles

Sounds lovely Sammy - and you're off!

Fortune x

Jessy103

Eek! How exciting!! Good luck Sammy x

sammy70

thanks everyone.. im just sorry we didnt buy this at the start of the summer, we would have made a fortune! but it will earn its keep in 2021 im sure..
im pondering getting some sort of work in the catering industry for a few months to gain some experience, and buying my catering trailer spring 2021..
sent registration off to register the icecream trailer with the council, hope they are quick responding so we can start selling in the last few warm weekends, and evenings possibly too of 2020