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Do you sub out work

Generally I carry out landscaping and general maintenance but often asked to price tree and Hedge worksi wouldn't feel I could carry out the works to aacceptable / safe standard so udusually passthis year seem to passing over works on a weekly basisD

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parish council' local authority work ??

Do the council pay ok if your lucky enough to get on board with them as self employed contractor.

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London Congestion Charge

One for any 'London' based landscaping contractors that travels into London - how do you account for the congestion charge if you have a regular job or project within the zone ?

- Do you detail it and show as an item ?
- Absorp into costs ?

Have you

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Setting up my own gardening business

Hi everyone, I am new two this network and fairly new to gardening.

I am planning on setting up a gardening buisness in the south staffordshire area that involves services such as lawn mowing, hedge trimming, weeding and general gardening services. I

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Taking on jobs that are too large

I visited a garden yesterday to have a look and quote. They told me theyHad a budget of xxxx amount of thousand. As I'm only solo I'm thinking it may be a bit much as they want the whole garden levelled, walls built (I'm not a builder and have only e

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A new kind of business overdraft for SME's

Landscape Juice loves disruptive business models. That's why we've partnered with Capital on Tap to help LJN members get ahead and reduce business banking costs.

Capital on Tap is delivering a unique overdraft facility that no business bank can compe

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I'm back!!! Taking the plunge into the world of the self employed landscaper and can't wait :)

Well I've been thinking about it for long enough! I've been working for a company in logistics of agri machinery and getting involved in shows etc for 22 months and working in a big company just isn't for me I want to be my own boss again and recent

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What makes a 'Great Boss' ?

I've worked for some excellent bosses in the past and recognise some of these, but not sure how many of  I can tick ;-) but never the less an interesting infographic showing some of the traits/behaviours of a 'Great Boss' 

It's easy to rubbish things

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payment in advance

Just went on to ebay to look for some spares and a advert for a garden maintenance company came on at the bottom of the search page , keen to see what others are doing with there web pages i thought i have a quick look
i was surprise to see that the

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Expand or not?

What are your thoughts on business expansion?

I'll tell you my dilemma. I started my hard landscaping business a year ago, my first summer ticked over ok and winter was quiet so I started some property maintenance to see me through. I had one weeks wo

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Business Banking Insight helps small businesses compare bank accounts

The Business Banking Insight site shows results from a survey of thousands of UK small and medium sized businesses, who were asked about their experience of the banks they use.

It is free to use and you don't need to sign up for anything. The site is

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Landscape estimating software for mac

I don't enjoy doing estimates, which is a shame as it's the main part of my job!To make this easier and more bearable I want to get some estimating software to use on my mac. I have read good things about LibeRate but it seems to be windows only. A f

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Potential customer was "Hyacinth Bucket"

Every time I drive past this house I have to have a little chuckle. Im so glad I decided to hike my prices up at the last second as I had a feeling this quote would be annoying. The borders had freshly churned soil everywhere and hardly any plants. S

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Government 'Growth Voucher Program' Grant for Strategic Advice

The government has recently introduced a grant scheme for small businesses (under 50 employees) to get some strategic business advice in areas such as:

- finance and cash flow
- recruiting and developing staff
- improving leadership and management ski

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Tips on becoming more efficient.

Ok guys, beside the obvious ones like bigger machines and good staff, is there any other subtle changes which in you're experience has made a difference to get the work done to the same high standard but faster? A question for both domestic and comme

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other tradesmen quoting a price to you ?

car mechanic
sprayer

plumber
chippy
labourer
chip shop
pub

car hire
electrician

tell me the last tradesman that you 'knocked down' on price?

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Changes in Consumer Contract Regulations on 13th June 2014

A new law called;

Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Payments) Regulations

comes into force on June 13th 2014. 

It replaces two old laws :

1- Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000
This law provides a right

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money money money £500 a day !

How much is a day-off 'worth' to you?

to:

go mountain-biking on a great track in wales ?

go for a nice walk/ picnic by a canal or the sea?

do your own garden / or sit in the sun listening to music/reading?

or go for a country drive in your classic car or

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Under-priced and under-priced

So I have been a busy fool for far too long and I decided with help of LJN and other online forums to give the prices a go that seem the standard.

Block paving from 80m2

Patios from 50m2

Turfing from 12m2

Fencing 50 per metre for a panelled fence 60 per

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Vertical gardens create income for your business

Time Out London May 2014 has made verticalgardenonline.com even busier.

We have vertical garden install projects for interested UK businesses. Looking for more work? contact felicity@verticalgardenonline.com

Vertical garden design and installation can

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