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FSB’s viewpoint on today’s NIC announcement

FSB's Viewpoint - hot off the press from Donut - a trusted source, complete with the sting-in-the-tail for Directors

 

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Selling landscaping business

Hi all,

Hope everyone is doing well. 

I am looking at selling my landscaping business down here in Cornwall. Any advice for where to advertise for genuine buyers? I'm thinking possibly Daltons, but not sure if ebay would be the way to go?

Anyone's exper

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Your own garden

I can't be the only one here with the sort of garden you would politely turn away for work. Children and dog toys everywhere, children running feral, chickens roaming free getting under your feet, everything kept a bit wild for the birds and bees, sh

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Taking waste away.

Morning everyone hope everyone is doin good. I've been asked by a potential customer if I can take the waste away as they don't have a garden bin. This is something  generally I don't do. The waste is going to be from maintenance visits so majority o

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How to Value a Landscaping Business.

To value a landscaping / garden maintenance business depends on the following:-

How much turnover there is (Revenue per annum) It usually has to be over £250,000pa to get serious buyers looking.

How much net profit is made. The norm for this sort of bu

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Van Repair Day options ?

My van needs to go in for a mechanical repair and a small job doing but looking at Two days without it . 

If i take Two days off i lose earnings and it sets my schedule back 

If i hire a van for Two days its an extra expense and when added on to cost o

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Design business case study

I am a second year RHS MHort student looking for a design business that I could use as a case study for my current assignment. My assignment is to create a business development model for my own business, which is maintenance, and develop it into a de

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Employing staff ... ?

After some advice for anyone that employes staff.

Been running 2 years, fuly booked and turning down big jobds daily because I havent got enough hours in the day! .. Im considering employing someone but it seems like a bit of a minefield so just have

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Value your time ....

Not mine, but this little 'story' sent to me via SM and so relevant :

A customer asked a contractor how much it would cost to do this project.

The contractor gave him a quote: £4500

The customer responded: That’s seems really high.

The contractor ask

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Community Interest Company

Has anyone else had dealings with a Community Interest Company? One of my local villages have a community group that cut communal grass around the village, Strim the edges along country walks, and basically keep the village looking nice and neat. How

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Non chemical lawn care.

Hi all been a while since I've posted  I hope everyone is stayin safe.  So my question is about lawn treatments is it possible to improve a lawn without using chemicals I'm interested in taking as organic an approach as possible and I'm mindful that

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Directory of landscape/gardening/maintenance based software apps

We would like to create a directory on LJN of known software applications for our industry (ideally UK centric) to help people looking for suitable business solutions.

It is  clear there is a growing number of software vendors in this marketplace, so

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