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Hello,

This could be a sensitive subject so sorry in advance!!!! But advice would be appreciated....

A look through my older posts would give you a bit of back round.... I am a Team Leader within a national company....

Money in this role in this industr

Started by Ben in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Graham Wright Sep 21, 2015

Hi allWe have a need for about 15-20 days of work to be carried out between now and the end of October.The work is general garden work on a 13 acre site such as mowing. Strumming, weeding etc and you need to be onsite by 8 and gone by 3.Location is E

Started by Busy Bee Garden Services Limited in Business

5 Replies · Reply by Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd Sep 20, 2015

hedge trimming/cutting

Would there be much call for a company who solely cuts/trims hedges

Started by garry kidd in Business, Groundscare, and Landscaping

27 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Sep 30, 2015

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Sole trader or limited company? Your decision may have just got trickier ....

Great blog helping to clarify the decision, especially in light of the recent 2015 Autumn Budget changes re:taxation of Dividends:

Started by Gary RK in Business

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Landscope Win "Scotland’s Best Landscape Company" award!

Hi all,

just a quick note to let you know that we here at Landscope ( https://www.facebook.com/landscopescotland ) are delighted to have won the category "Scotland’s Best Landscape Company" at the home improvement awards ( http://homeimprovementawards

Started by Landscope in Business

6 Replies · Reply by Landscope Oct 15, 2015

Charging hours in a developing country

Dear all,

I am a garden designer and constructor in Cape Verde. Things are a bit different here.

Salaries for manpower are about 10 euros/day. This in contrast with me having an hourly that is far beyond that.

So of course I cannot go and spend days on

Started by Yves Rutten in Accountancy, Business, and Landscaping

14 Replies · Reply by Daniela McGhie Sep 22, 2015

One.com, Ipage, Arvixe, GoDaddy, Ehost, SiteGround & the other 5 million host providers

Hello, I have spent the last few days trying to decide who to make my new website with (last one was a very poor template from yola which cost £16 per month and achieved very little). Since looking around, it seems very apparent that all the review c

Started by Ashley Robbins in Business

3 Replies · Reply by Robbie Sep 16, 2015

Maintenance Customers contracts

Would someone be so generous and send me a copy of their maintenance contract? For private customers. The docs in the BOG are not quite what I am looking for. EnchantedGardeningServices@Gmail.Com

Thank you very much!

I am sick and tired of customers tr

Started by Daniela McGhie in Business, Consumer, and Documents

9 Replies · Reply by Hugh Gunn Aug 7, 2017

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Making a holiday work when running a small business

A recent survey found that three quarters (76%) of small business owners and entrepreneurs forego holidays in order to keep their business running smoothly.

But while there may never be a good time to take a holiday when you’re the boss, entrepreneur

Started by Phil Voice in Business

7 Replies · Reply by Daniela McGhie Sep 15, 2015

Travelling to work 'is work', European court rules

BBC article

How much of a nightmare is this going to be, along with the new living wage. I've been looking into putting a 2nd van on the road to do mostly fencing, I was planning to pay per hour when they arrive onsite, plus a bonus per hour.

Also, if

Started by Fran Logue in Business

13 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Oct 3, 2015

Advice with pricing for large garden

Hi All,

Im after some advice from the wealth of experience on these forums.

I've been contacted by someone wanting maintenance in their large garden. The site is only 3 miles from my home but its humongous compared to anything i do. I only started self

Started by Matt Capper in Business

6 Replies · Reply by Andrew Midgley Sep 12, 2015

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Cutting down to a 4 day week, good or bad idea?

Hi everyone, gardening has played a major role in my life for a lot of years and I love it dearly, however recently myself and my wonderful wife were blessed with having twins, super little ones and a joy to be with, only thing I have struggled with

Started by Harry@VWGS in Business

13 Replies · Reply by Colin Hunt Sep 11, 2015

Maintenance clients and what not to include!

I know there is a similar thread about moving clients to a fixed price rather than hourly rate (and yep, I still charge hourly!), but I thought it worth saying about what you do for 'maintenance clients'.

I have a number of maintenance clients and bas

Started by Andrew Bentley in Business

6 Replies · Reply by Angela Sharp Sep 12, 2015

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Can the landscaping industry afford the proposed living wage?

From the Guardian:

George Osborne’s £7.20 “national living wage” is sending “shockwaves” through the labour market as employers seek ways to minimise the extra costs, one of Britain’s largest recruiters has said.

Manpower said its survey of 2,100 em

Started by Phil Voice in Business

4 Replies · Reply by Freshscaped Oct 2, 2015

Customer arguing written quote / bill

Started by B F in Business

5 Replies · Reply by Daniela McGhie Sep 8, 2015

Investing in your business and diversification

I have reached a point where I am making a healthy profit as a sole trader with enough work and also managing to save money. However I sometimes wonder what the next step should be for someone like me who does not want to employ anyone, it's just so

Started by Peter in Business

8 Replies · Reply by Mitchel ingham Sep 12, 2015

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Fixed price contracts

Hi all,

I've recently begun the process of moving some of my regular residential garden maintenance customers from hourly billing to fixed price. I already use this system with commercial customers but they have always provided me with a contract and

Started by Green Girl Garden Care in Business

13 Replies · Reply by Daniela McGhie Sep 8, 2015

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Business Branded Envelopes

Does anyone use these for posting quotes/invoices through doors? I try to e-mail everything but of course some people prefer the paper version but I've never really liked putting the invoice as is through the door but never really did anything about

Started by Seth Burgess in Business

3 Replies · Reply by Seth Burgess Sep 5, 2015

WordPress sites

Ok so I finally built a site using WordPress.

I have been using a vistaprint site for about 7 years and with all the Google changes it stopped appearing on page 1, so I had to build a new one.

I have been just working on layout not much content at the

Started by Paving & Landscaping in Business

11 Replies · Reply by Paving & Landscaping Aug 31, 2015

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Pre Qualifying Clients

This thread is about asking how many of you provide clients with figures/estimates at first point of contact, prior to visiting the clients site.

If you don't, is this something you would consider doing?

We as sole traders/small business owners are o

Started by Simon Land in Business

12 Replies · Reply by Daniela McGhie Sep 8, 2015

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