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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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Find a mentor who can give your business a helping hand

"Is it essential to have a mentor? If so, how can I find one and what help should I expect?

"The practical advice and guidance a mentor can offer is priceless. Not only can they help you avoid business hiccups, they can share words of wisdom that are

Started by Phil Voice in Business

15 Replies · Reply by Neil Copeland Aug 29, 2015

Hourly Rate or Daily Rate?

I have been self employed as a gardener for over three years since I left the National Trust. I spent a year before leaving the NT building up the business and I was adamant that I would charge a day rate instead of a hourly rate plus expenses (fuel

Started by Andrew Midgley in Business

21 Replies · Reply by Craig Flatters Aug 28, 2015

Diversifying in your business

Hi allHave been taking on some small projects in the last year or so and am thinking of just getting back to my core business garden maintenance, by the time I have arranged sub contractors etc to do the extra work load I'm thinking is it all worth i

Started by chris in Business

3 Replies · Reply by Daniela McGhie Aug 23, 2015

Would you buy someone else's gardening business?

A part time gardener wants to retire and sell his complete customer base with vehicle and tools all in. Even has a couple of commercial contracts.

Would you do this?

Pro's / Con's?

Started by Daniela McGhie in Business

43 Replies · Reply by Mike Wong Oct 10, 2017

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Amazon US starts to sell 'Professional Services'

Interesting move in the US - Amazon.com has fully launched its online "Professional Services' offering, which includes lawn care, gardening and landscaping (to some degree).

Amazon fees range from 10% to 20% of service cost depending on whether it's

Started by Gary RK in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Gary RK Aug 21, 2015

Cordless Tools

We are thinking of investing in some cordless tools- hedge trimmer, strimmer etc Does anyone have experience of the Stihl range? or other makes we should be looking at? Any disadvantages?

Started by fraz in Business

23 Replies · Reply by Doug Aug 25, 2015

Docking wages - legal?

I am going to dock an employees wage this week for quite frankly what was a shit job that he carried out.

It was a simple task of pressure washing some mono blocks and the 'finished' job was so bad that the customer called to ask when we were coming b

Started by B F in Business

16 Replies · Reply by Andrew Midgley Aug 23, 2015

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Wearable tech and employee performance

As a business owner, Would you monitor staff performance with wearable gadgets?

On the face of it, due to the often disparity of working locations and distances travelled, the landscape and gardening industry is perfect for adopting wearable technolo

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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Supplier Emails... A missed opportunity or lost cause ?

I receive my fair share of emails from landscape machinery, relevant suppliers etc (hasten to say; not from any LJN advertisers....) that simply get classed as Spam, go straight in the deleted folder or are moved there.

Sending emails to businesses w

Started by Gary RK in Business

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Jobber question

Hi all, I am currently in the process of moving over to jobber and have a question. What do those of you that use it do for your recurring contacts when you have a week off\shut for Christmas etc. Obviously Having spoken to jobber they recommend goin

Started by Si @ GS in Business and Groundscare

1 Reply · Reply by Robbie Aug 13, 2015

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Do you have a retirement pension?

I've just received my Scottish Widows pension statement.

It will give me some income when I officially retire but not enough for total support.

I stopped paying into it when I sold my company in 2004. Any spare money I had went into renovating our pr

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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I have finally done it.. I have handed in my notice!

Hi All,

I am new to this site this week. I have already replied to a few items on the forum as I felt I had something to offer.

You all seem like genuinely nice people that help each other, which is great! I can see myself coming here regularly.

Right s

Started by Dan Davies in Business and Info

37 Replies · Reply by Andrew Midgley Sep 4, 2015

Ground Control Ltd experience

Has anyone on here had any experience with working with Ground Control as a subcontractor?

Started by B F in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Paul McNulty Aug 2, 2015

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Never talk to real grafting gardeners, do they?

Check out this article

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/11776595/Life-as-a-gardener-Would-you-swap-your-desk-for-muddy-boots.html

How do you persuade school leavers that horticulture is a career worth getting out of bed for? That’s the challenge

Started by Geoffrey King in Business

8 Replies · Reply by Peter Aug 8, 2015

Latest Hot topic of debate gets deleted?

Oh dear, the topic regarding sub contract employee's taking clients over appears to have disappeared, I assume the person on question deleted his account and hence the forum post goes with it. Real shame as we could of all got something out of that

Started by Graeme @ BGS in Business

16 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Jul 29, 2015

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Stihl Knapsack Sprayer

Has anyone used a Stihl Knapsack Sprayer before? Im needing a new one after my cheap one broke, did last 6 months though! they seem reasonably priced at between £55-£70.

Started by Daniel Lampard in Business

15 Replies · Reply by Progreen Weed Control Jul 28, 2015

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The end of capitalism has begun

From the Guardian:

Without us noticing, we are entering the postcapitalist era. At the heart of further change to come is information technology, new ways of working and the sharing economy. The old ways will take a long while to disappear, but it’s

Started by Phil Voice in Business

3 Replies · Reply by David Cox Jul 27, 2015

Weedkillers prices etc...

Alright everyone, I am newly self employed as a gardener/landscaper so the business side of things is something I've never really looked at.

My question is...Why is Clinic Ace more expensive than Gallup 360 when it has the same amount of glyphosate (3

Started by Craig Flatters in Business

9 Replies · Reply by Craig Flatters Jul 27, 2015

Mobile, Ipad type, notebook (not the old school one), what do you use?

I am currently using my iphone to take photos to document my work.

Sometimes I like to show customers the work or a particular plant. But the phone screen is so small.

So, was thinking of getting a bigger screen phone or one of those ipad thingies.

I j

Started by Daniela McGhie in Business

11 Replies · Reply by Paul McNulty Jul 19, 2015

Don't you just love...

Having a fun week ill tell you,

I Priced a nice half day job taking 6' off a conifer tree and reinstating/turning over the ladies borders only to find 3" down a hidden sub layer of stone and clay that felt like it had been cooked in an oven.

Then today

Started by Rory in Business

7 Replies · Reply by John F Jul 19, 2015

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