How to start a Business??

mikul182

Tallaght wrote: »

I knew a few people who did this and they leased a 3.5 tonne van with tail lift.The UK market seems to be over saturated though and it is very competitive.There seems to be a lot of one man van businesses on places like ebay and other forums.The student market is a good one pre term and end of term etc.

I moved house myself last month and had a chance to sample the market, services and prices of potential competition.

lincroft1710

mikul182 wrote: »

I moved house myself last month and had a chance to sample the market, services and prices of potential competition.

Not quite the same as actually doing the job

mikul182

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Not quite the same as actually doing the job

Obviously not. But good to see what potential competition's prices, customer service and all round service were like.

DCFC79

mikul182 wrote: »

Obviously not. But good to see what potential competition's prices, customer service and all round service were like.

It gives you a starting point from a customers view.

Owain_Moneysaver

Get a waste transfer permit and you can do house clearances as well.

Savvy_Sue

have you checked the costs of insuring this kind of van for the purposes of removals - getting goods in transit cover as well as normal vehicle cover? And the public liability? it is not like insuring a van for normal 'domestic' use.

Tallaght

Try one of the 'backload' websites.If you do a removal from Manchester to Liverpool for an example,you can advertise that you are available for jobs in the liverpool area at a certain date and time.Most couriers or removals do this so the extra money pays their diesel overall for the day.Just type backloads on google and there should be loads there.

mikul182

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Get a waste transfer permit and you can do house clearances as well.

It’s on the list of things to research. Thanks. Do you have any experience in this?