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Founded in 2008. The Landscape Juice Network (LJN) is the largest and fastest growing professional landscaping and horticultural association in the United Kingdom.

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Help me close the Bank of Dad

My daughter Ellie, is writing her dissertation on "Consumer awareness in relation to online privacy, and the use of cookies".
Would you please spare a few moments to fill in the survey to help her get a good data set for the dissertation.
https://bri

Started by Adam Woods in Business, Marketing, and Consumer

9 Replies · Reply by Geoffrey King Apr 5, 2017

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Strange or dangerous things...

So then ladies and gents what are the strangest or most dangerous objects you have found in people's gardens?Plants not inc as that would be to easy ;)Mine are...A ladies interactive personal toy, barbed wire, electric cable not buried, socket sets,

Started by Dan miller in Business and Social Media

20 Replies · Reply by Benedict Simmons Mar 31, 2017

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Date set for new London T-Charge to hit toxic vans

What's people's view on this ?

Is it the thin end of the wedge, that we could see rolled out elsewhere ? There's an immediacy to this, especially if you have sites in London that currently incur C-Charges.

I wonder if this ongoing phasing out of dies

Started by Gary RK in Business

1 Reply · Reply by David Benson Mar 25, 2017

just mowing for a living possible ?

Hello to everybody,

I found this forum when looking for lawnmower reviews.

I've bought a Hayter 41, 70 years limited edition new in the end, its only to used on one domestic property and in the dry. I've tried it once so far. I like that it's british m

Started by martin john walters in Business

78 Replies · Reply by Dan Frazer Gardening Apr 6, 2017

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Are cheques about to make 21st century return ?

I read today that the organisation responsible for clearing cheques (C&CCC) in the UK plans to introduce new systems that allow a cheque to be cleared in under 1 day, starting in October this year.

It is also expected that mobile banking apps will le

Started by Gary RK in Business

6 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Apr 27, 2017

Follow up after a quote

Hi guys,Just wondering if you should contact a customer a couple days after giving a quote? Or does it seem a bit desperate?

Started by Steven Fleming in Business

11 Replies · Reply by joe sheppard Mar 25, 2017

Vat registration

HAVING READ THIS ARTICLE JUST WONDERING ANY LEGAL ADVICE ON REGISTERING FOR VATHE BIT WHAT INTERESTS ME IS CONSECUTIVE YEARS ON TURNOVER EXCEEDS YOU NEED TO REGISTER, SO ARE THEY SAYING IF YOU GO OVER ONE YEAR YOUR OK ?????CAN I JUST ASK FOR EXCEPTIO

Started by chris in Business

6 Replies · Reply by Mike Wong Mar 21, 2017

Accounting with Xero users

Hi guys. I'm using Xero in my gardening/landscaping business. I am looking for an app that will work seamlessly with Xero so I can basically mark off when regular maintenance is complete and also note any extras chargable. I want to then generate i

Started by Andy Thorne in Accountancy and Business

7 Replies · Reply by Mike Wong Mar 16, 2017

Brexit. Are we ready?

This week Theresa May will probably be invoking Article 50 to start the process of the UK leaving the EU. Are we ready for whatever the economic outcome will be? What will our future be post EU? I personally think in the short term it will be a bumpy

Started by Andrew Midgley in Business

11 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Mar 29, 2017

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Running a business on a Tablet

I read a recent report suggesting that a considerable % of SME's run their entire business on iPads/Tablets - almost shunning the office based PC systems.

It pointed out this reflects changes in business practices, acceptance of mobile technology but

Started by Gary RK in Business

8 Replies · Reply by Mike Wong Mar 13, 2017

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"White van man told: Expect more pain from the Chancellor"

Somewhat linked to the recent thread on the NIC changes proposed in the Spring 17 Budget, I saw this in today's newspaper - last paragraph is interesting:

Lucky we use Silver vans ............

Started by Gary RK in Business

8 Replies · Reply by Andrew Midgley Mar 10, 2017

National Insurance Contributions........

What do you guys think about the Budget's announcement yesterday about the 1% rise in Class 4 NI for the Self Employed? This will take effect from April this year and another 1% from next April '18. I can see both sides of the argument and with the i

Started by Andrew Midgley in Accountancy and Business

53 Replies · Reply by Andrew Midgley Mar 19, 2017

Hello from New Member

To LJN,

I wanted to introduce myself and reach out to the community. I am one of the co-founders of fastgardener and gained experience in the landscaping industry at a South London gardening firm.

Our company helps clients book professional gardene

Started by Mike Wong in Business

102 Replies · Reply by Mike Wong Mar 18, 2017

Vat Yes or No

This is not another Brexit vote just want to know the forums view, on going over the Vat threshold Good or Bad.With a 50/50 split of commercial private maintenance on turnover, not sure what to do, concerned I will lose some of my private clients. Wi

Started by chris in Business

8 Replies · Reply by chris Mar 2, 2017

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Quote of the Day

Saw this on Twitter today from @LawnBiz. So, so apt:

"Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason"

So, have you seen any good quotes ?

Started by Gary RK in Business

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Business failure rates are extremely high.

According to Bloomberg, 8 out of 10 entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first 18 months, (A whopping 80% crash and burn). and 99.9% will fail within ten years.

But why? What can we learn from the colossal amount of failure with small

Started by 1st Garden Maintenance in Business

23 Replies · Reply by Jes Gardner Feb 22, 2017

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Expansion into new cleaning

I'm hoping here for some experienced knowledge. I am debating expanding the company into new but related fields. Namely patio/driveway cleaning and gutter cleaning. I am aware of a number of different tools to do the job but before I spend money buyi

Started by Andy in Business

4 Replies · Reply by Adam Woods Feb 11, 2017

Highlighting roads on an online map??

Hi folks.

As part of my advertising strategy i wish to highlight multiple roads in different parts of my town without it all joining together as a single route. I have tried Google My Map but it restricts the amount of times that i can do this. Anyone

Started by PAUL in Business and Marketing

1 Reply · Reply by Richard Gadsby Feb 10, 2017

Trade nurseries in Edinburgh area??

Anyone??

I don't know how many people from the Edinburgh area are on here but, if so, what nurseries does everyone use for plants?

I cant seem to find anyone locally that I can get a good selection from without using garden centres too.

Started by Caroline swan in Business, Landscaping, and Plants

7 Replies · Reply by MATT Feb 10, 2017

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Billing a residential client to his business address

This question recently came up on a social media group I'm in...

Is it illegal to bill a client that has had work carried out at his home address and have the invoice made out to the business address?

Started by Robbie in Business

18 Replies · Reply by Phil Birtwhistle Feb 11, 2017

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