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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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RBS put some "good and viable" businesses into default so it could make more profit

"RBS put some "good and viable" businesses into default so it could make more profit, it is claimed in a report by government adviser Lawrence Tomlinson to be released on Monday."

"The shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, said: "The claims made b

Started by Phil Voice in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Nov 26, 2013

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Started by Stuart Land-Scape.co.uk in Business

4 Replies · Reply by Stuart Land-Scape.co.uk Nov 25, 2013

Simply Business want to feature the best landscaping business stories

Landscape Juice's partner, Simply Business is building a short-list of successful landscaping businesses to take part in their customer story campaign.

We're sure there are some very inspirational stories to share with us. We’re keen to find out why

Started by Landscape Juice in Business

6 Replies · Reply by Simply Business Nov 26, 2013

Introduction letter, email - advice, comments ..

What does one think of my introductory email letter re new commercial business to managing agents.Any comments, to short, too long, anything to add, anything to remove, typos!Here goes!----Dear sirs,Thank you kindly for sparing two minutes of your va

Started by Andrew Michael Palmer in Business

13 Replies · Reply by Gary RK @ Landscape Juice Network Sep 25, 2022

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Surrey Trading Standards Alerts - A couple relevant to our industry....

Surrey County Council's Trading Standards issue regular TS @lerts Bulletins highlighting Scams, concerns etc in our and surrounding areas.

Note a couple of Alerts relevant to our Industry/Trades...
Full Alert attached and worth a read. I'll continue

Started by Gary RK in Business

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Expansion advice

Hi There

I have run a grass cutting company for a few years now and my website has been getting hits from all over the UK. I have now set up a partnership program where i outsource the work to approved gardeners. Any advice on what to do and NOT to do

Started by Sean McNaughton in Business

15 Replies · Reply by Marc Nov 20, 2013

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Overtime - who pays it, who benefits from it ?

Curious to see if any landscape/gardening businesses on LJN (who employ staff) pay overtime ?

If you do, how do you decide to work/pay it (ie what triggers it) ?

Do you limit it per week/month/employee?

If OT is needed, do you find it easy or hard to

Started by Gary RK in Business

5 Replies · Reply by Roy Parker Nov 14, 2013

Insurance for Landscapers and Garden maintenance

Good Morning Guys

Will be here all day today answering any questions you have on public liability, tool or stock cover. Ready for your questions on this thread or live chat :)

Thanks all

Kristina
Simply Business

Started by Simply Business in Business

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Garden designer insurance

My insurance is up for renewal, can anybody recommend the most comprehensive insurance?
Thanks
Karen

Started by Karen McClure in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Simply Business Nov 12, 2013

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Garden design and landscaping ideas - Google trends show improvment

Google trends is showing rises, across the board, in searches for landscaping and garden carried out on the Google search engine - I wrote about it here.

Started by Phil Voice in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Phil Voice Nov 12, 2013

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Will the proposed mass redundancies lead to more landscape and garden industry competition?

I was saddened by the recent announcement that shipbuilding workers in Portsmouth are to lose their jobs.

Because of the political debate that surrounds this bad news it seems fairly overlooked that 835 jobs will be lost at yards in Scotland too.

The

Started by Phil Voice in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Brian www.mibservices.co.uk Nov 9, 2013

Commercial clients

I'm trying to increase the size of my commercial client database and commercial works, either residential or commercial estate grounds.What sort of people do I contact, I've been around all the local estate agents, it seems to me that these are not t

Started by Andrew Michael Palmer in Business

3 Replies · Reply by David Cox Nov 7, 2013

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See an example of project photo theft from LJN member website

You've built a garden you are proud of, you client is delighted and you gain many plaudits for garden's design and construction.

Of course, the natural thing to do it to post photos on your business website and show off the quality of your work to po

Started by Phil Voice in Business

87 Replies · Reply by Richard Gadsby Nov 12, 2015

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How stable business landscapes can be disrupted by emerging models

In 2007 mobile phone maker, Blackberry - the producer of the ubiquitous CEO's must have accessory - was sitting pretty.

Blackberry's share price had risen swiftly from around $4 at the start of the millennium to about $227 pre-recession (July 2007).

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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Going Premium

I would like to thank everyone for their support over the last few days on this forum. And as a result I have now gone premium

Started by Cheltenham Garden Maintenance in Business

8 Replies · Reply by Thermo Nov 5, 2013

Changed of user name

Hi Guys, to make life easier for me I've changed my name as I was asked so nicely (not)(Legal action against copycat business name). Now the question begs does anyone wish to complain now nicely?

It's Cheltenham Gardener Trading as Cheltenham Garden M

Started by Cheltenham Garden Maintenance in Business

12 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Mar 22, 2014

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Halved my business vehicle insurance renewal

Renewal letter from my vehicle insurance company landed on the door mat the other day. 324 hard earned pounds. Did a quick search for quotes on a well known comparison site and got nearly identical cover for £160 including one years roadside recovery

Started by Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance in Business

6 Replies · Reply by Brendan McHale Nov 2, 2013

Business Exposure

Got a good bit of exposure in the Guardian today. Though quite a few of the tips would be beneficial to all running a business.

Started by Andy Harrold in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Christopher Ray Nov 4, 2013

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Do you adopt the 'worliday' mentality ?

Do you switch off outside of 'Work' ? Apparently most of us do not reports a YouGov Survey on Small Business with 5 or fewer staff:

British small businesses adopt the "worliday" mentality

Nearly two thirds of British small business owners are likely

Started by Gary RK in Business

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Recommend a contractor Southampton / Portsmouth

Hello all,

I'm looking for a contractor who covers Southampton and Portsmouth, I have looked at bali.org but recommendations always welcome!

Many thanks
Mark

Started by Mark Langford in Business

2 Replies · Reply by 1st Garden Maintenance Oct 23, 2013

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