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Public liability insurance..

Now i have basic cover.. up to 5 million i believe, For me to start an up and coming project at the local school requires me to have cover of up to 10 million.. however my current insurance provider (allianz) do not give cover to this amount apparent

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What is the key to running a dual serving business of landscaping and maintenance

Any thoughts on this, particularly from the 3 or less employee businesses?

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Asulox 20lt – for bracken control – now available under EU emergency approval 2014

We thought you would like to know that Asulox for bracken control is now available for 2014 - having been given another EU Emergency Authorisation for use in the UK.

Once a favoured choice for bracken control there was an outcry when Asulox was remove

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Hello LJN!

Last couple of months I've been determined with the idea of starting a landscaping and maintenence business. I have read discussions on this forum almost everyday and it's been more than helpful.I'm currently helping out with my mother in laws garden

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Just how big is the US Lawn Care Market..? See Scott's Miracle Gro Q2 results

Scotts Lawn Service (part of the Scott's MiracleGro group - recently merged and rebranded US Lawncare giant)  just released it Q2's figures, stating a 12% fall in revenue due to, mainly, a late starting springs...but get this : 

It's Q2 revenue was s

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Google maps....did you know ?

For those 'into' Google Maps, most know you can create your own map under 'My Places' and place all your sites etc on the map with marker pins, colour code them and keep details in the notes box (similar to that being done for the LJN maps - Green wa

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Do you take cheques?

I am thinking about stopping taking cheques as a payment.

When I invoice customers they all get an invoice with the options of cash, cheques, BACS, debit/credit card.

Apart from payment from the older generation no one seems to use them any more, am I

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Tendering for work ?

Have you ever wanted wanted to be part of the growing list of companies that would like to work with their local Borough Council or County Council.

Over the last few years these organisations have dramatically changed the way they work and to tender f

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Simply Business, delighted!

Got home today to find a cheque from Simply Business for my stolen tools. It's not a new-for-old policy, but I think the settlement is very reasonable, and at least goes some way to replacement costs.

I can't believe how fast they've dealt with this.

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Concern as Inland Revenue set to get new tax collection powers

"Around 17,000 a year people could be affected by the new tax collection powers, which are expected to raise around £100m a year.

"The Treasury insists there are sufficient safeguards as HMRC will only be able to remove the money after four ignored r

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A trader’s guide to providing services from Trading Standards/BWC

A guide to be read and understood. The subject's being discussed in another thread, but wanted to pull this out for all to access.

It comes via membership from Trading Standards independent scheme : Buy-With-Confidence

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Trade discount

How do you react if your client wants to know how much trade discount you get when buying plants for them?She went to visit the nursery I normally use and now basically wants me to pass on the discount or she's going to buy the plants herself, she th

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Is there a self-employment time bomb waiting to go off?

Has anyone read the Resolution Foundation report? It says that a whopping 15% of the UK's working population is now self-employed.

I have no data to back me up but I would guess that the garden industry is a big contributor to these numbers.

What is

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Jobber - Calendar staff colour question

I have allocated different colours to all my "team". When viewing the calendar, does anyone know what determines which assigned colour is displayed when assigning more than one "Team Member"?

If I have two jobs that need two people each, at two separa

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Is CRM worth it for us ?

What is it ?

Textbook answer: "Customer relationship management (CRM) is a system for managing a company’s interactions with current and future customers. It involves using technology to organise, automate and synchronise sales, marketing, customer s

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How much do you work "in" and "on" the business ?

In another thread it became apparent we all have different business types, sizes and set-ups. Sometimes when we discus topics or issues it is easy to forget this fact and that one size does not fit all.

So, here's my current Bio; Over the last two ye

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The Holy Grail

The holy grail of any business is "Customer ownership", and this should be considered THE most important thing in any business.

Your aim is to create the perception in your customers mind that you are their landscapers, so when they talk about you the

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What timing : " There Are None So Blind As Those Who Will Not See"

What timing, this email newsletter hit my inbox in the last 1/2 hour from a guy who is a business mentor I follow - David Winch. He could have almost been lurking here ;-)

I support his 'value vs effort' description of pricing as fitting the  fixed

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People were only choosing self-employment as they couldn't find a job.

A pressure group is has come to the defence of the self-employed after the TUC said on BBC's Newsnight people were only choosing self-employment as they couldn't find a job.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/emma-l-jones/pressure-group-makes-case-for-s

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Thank you

Just want to say a big thank you for all your advice and helpToday I have managed to get the contract with a letting agent for maintenance work on all their property'sThis is a massive set for me and my business

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