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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.

LJN's professional business forum is unrivalled and open to anyone within within the UK landscape industry

LJN's Business Objectives Group (BOG) is for any Pro serious about building their business.

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Anyone thinking of increasing hourly rate this year?

i been thinking of increasing hourly charge but i am not sure if it the right time or by how much . i not changed rates for the last couple of years

Started by Roy Parker in Business

73 Replies · Reply by Lawncare-4u.co.uk Jan 12, 2014

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The real cost of the economic downturn to Britain's 'squeezed middle' revealed

A couple of articles explain, perhaps, why landscaping is still yet to enter a sustained recovery.

Figures for the Office of National Statistics reveal that the average wage earner is now £5,000 a year worse off.

From the Independent

"Average earning

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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What do you really think of insurance?

We reached out and asked small business owners like you what they really thought about insurance. Our research showed that most people find the industry out dated and the documentation unclear, well we want to change all of that.

What do you really th

Started by Simply Business in Business

27 Replies · Reply by David Benson Dec 13, 2013

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Just what are 'Unfair Terms' in relation to T&Cs

We are just renewing/being re-audited for our Buy With Confidence and have consequently had our T&C's reviewed last month.

For those doing the same, there are some excellent guidance notes from CAB/TS about this subject, enclosed here as a starter an

Started by Gary RK in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Eugene Baston Nov 26, 2013

Prices to charge in London?

Hi All,
I am looking to find out what price we should be charging for a labourer on site in London and for an experienced hard and soft landscaper? Can anyone help give me some ballpark figures?
I appreciate this is sensitive information so if you w

Started by Guy Watts in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Guy Watts Nov 28, 2013

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How much information are we allowed to share with our competitors, for example, in a benchmarking study or through our trade association?

This is an extract from the Law Donut website - Cartels FAQ's

"A trade association or forum discussing new developments and best practice would not generally present a problem. Again, however, you need to ensure that this does not lead to anti-compet

Started by Phil Voice in Business

3 Replies · Reply by Steve London Stone Nov 25, 2013

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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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