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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

Advice on doing a joint venture

Hello,

I would very much appreciate some advice on setting up a joint venture with suppliers of heavy duty gardening equipment.

We currently operate a very successful driveway cleaning business due to the fact that we get weekly enquiries from our webs

Started by peter david robson in Business

5 Replies · Reply by peter david robson Feb 9, 2017

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reMarkable new writing tablet that feels like paper

This could be great for anyone working in a creative industry https://getremarkable.com/

Started by Phil Voice in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Elliott M Feb 4, 2017

Do you take a deposit/upfront payment?

Hi all,I have just spent an hour or so going through all our outstanding quotes to get updates and have had a couple declined and when I asked the reason they said due to the upfront cost involved.The upfront cost for this project was £300 of a £1000

Started by Marc Ollerenshaw in Business

17 Replies · Reply by Alex Feb 9, 2017

Franchise versus Going Alone

Hi folks, I'm new here so please don't treat me rough!

I'm sure this has been covered already loads of times so direction to the relevant bit would be appreciated.

However, tired of the corporate world I'm looking to do something differently. Yes, I kn

Started by Ian Kenyon in Business

8 Replies · Reply by John F Jan 27, 2017

PA1 PA6 - Who polices it ?

I'm halfway through my pa1,pa6 (pa1 passed and practical is on Wednesday) so hopefully fingers x'ed.

I was curious after spending £530 !! on this qualification to allow my co to move to bigger and better things, who actually polices the guys and comp

Started by Andrew Michael Palmer in Business

6 Replies · Reply by Andrew Watts Jan 23, 2017

Garden Design Glasgow

Hi. I was wondering if there were any designer in or near Glasgow? I am looking for someone to put my thoughts into a design drawing to show potential clients.Thanks....

Started by Richard Love in Design, Business, and Landscaping

5 Replies · Reply by Richard Love Feb 12, 2017

Emailing estate Agents/ property management companies

Afternoon everyone.I'm in the process of emailing estate agents and property management companies to advertise my services to them.I've included when I started up in business and number of years experience in horticulture, services I offer and that I

Started by Oliver clarkson in Business

5 Replies · Reply by Ray Littlewood Jan 23, 2017

How many residential customers do you have??

One for the lawn cutters amongst us.

How many customers do you have that you cut there lawn either weekly or fortnightly??

How many members of staff service them??.

At how many customers did you decide to employ help??

Started by PAUL in Business, Landscaping, and Marketing

54 Replies · Reply by Dan Frazer Gardening Mar 25, 2017

Insurance

Please help, I'm completely confused by insurance.

I have public liability insurance...goes without saying as I do garden maintenance.

The query I have if someone can help is I also am a very small sole trader garden designer along side the garden main

Started by Chrissy Spooner in Business

4 Replies · Reply by Chrissy Spooner Jan 18, 2017

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Started by Geoffrey King in Business

5 Replies · Reply by Seth Burgess Jan 17, 2017

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