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There’s no doubt that the credit crunch has brought many new challenges to busine

Started by Phil Voice in Business

1 Reply · Reply by English Sheep Mar 1, 2013

And so we near the start of the silly season!

Yes the customers are starting to come out of hibernation and the phone and emails are starting to go mad already. Had my first ridiculous enquirey of the year and im sure there will be more to follow

I got an email from a customer with a picture of t

Started by Thermo in Business

22 Replies · Reply by Geoffrey King Mar 3, 2013

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Tips on interviewing and vetting your prospective client

Once a decision has been made by anyone to hire a landscaper, a client sets about finding the right one to do the job.

A hiring processes isn't always a smooth ride. Most people reading this will have been in the position of consumer many times befor

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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Charges

With spiralling costs was just wondering what the average hrly rate is for most guys at the moment I'm just interested in hrly rate not price were charging 15 at moment any views thanks just trying to get some standard

Started by chris in Business

23 Replies · Reply by chris Mar 3, 2013

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One in five of small businesses in Hampshire turn to nearest and dearest for start up funding

One in five small business owners in Hampshire turned to the bank of 'friends and family' for start-up capital, and more than three quarters (76%) launched their new business ventures with working capital of £2,000 or less, according to a survey of s

Started by Gary RK in Business

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ERWIN - Everything Regulation, Whenever It’s Needed

ERWIN (Everything Regulation, Whenever It’s Needed), the one-stop web site for all your Trading Standards, Environmental Health, Licensing and Fire Safety business [retail based] related information across England and Wales.

Guidance on all aspects o

Started by Landscape Juice in Business

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Phasing in price increases and staying in control

It is a very common for contractors to find themselves locked into to a historical pricing structure that is holding their business back.

Remaining under-priced for too long can be catastrophic. Not just because it's a barrier to making a profit but

Started by Landscape Juice in Business

17 Replies · Reply by Graham Taylor Jun 1, 2016

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The cost of being ill and self employed ?

£3,000 price of being ill and self-employed

Self employed people are amongst the hardest hit when it comes to the financial impact of being in hospital according to a report.

The report, published by Medicash, examined the true costs of illness and s

Started by Gary RK in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Colin Hunt Feb 24, 2013

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iZettle

iZettle Phone Payments

Has anyone else come across the iZettle offer? What do you think about it?

"iZettle, the social payments company, creates services for person-to-person and business-to-consumer commerce. The first service includes an app and a m

Started by Abel Landscaping (Liverpool) in Business

10 Replies · Reply by English Sheep Apr 4, 2013

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Starting a landscaping or garden maintenance business in France

I often get asked how easy it is to start a landscape business in France.

I don't actually trade as a landscaper any more but there are people I know who are either starting up or who have been working in France.

I have written an article for the Lan

Started by Phil Voice in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Oct 24, 2014

Thank you LJN - & Phil

All the discussions recently about LJN, its merits, its shortcomings and its existence has had me thinking - This coupled with LJN being very much the third wheel in my life for the past 3 years, and my main source of business related education, frie

Started by David Cox in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Claire Brown Feb 16, 2013

A short excert from yesterdays BBC You and Yours programme.

I was listening to the radio whilst delivering yesterday and heard this article was in the programme, I didn't get to hear this part because I was making the delivery while it was broadcast but found it on the iplayer.
You and Yours garden centres

Started by Fenlandphil in Business

4 Replies · Reply by Fenlandphil Feb 14, 2013

cutting down on time taken to prepare quotes

the good news is that I am being asked to quote on bigger jobs - the bad news is preparing and organising all the tenders for plants quantities/varieties required to send out to nurseries for tender. Has anyone found a quicker way - or is this always

Started by rachel andrews in Business

6 Replies · Reply by rachel andrews Feb 13, 2013

is there any software to make it easier to create a bill of quantities for soft landscaping?

Hello - just wondering if anyone has found any software that is really useful for creating detailed plant lists to send off to nurseries for quotation/tender - finding typing lists of latin names repeatedly a tedious process.

Have seen Liberate mentio

Started by rachel andrews in Business

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What is the minimum guarantee that is offered on work.

I need to gen up on guarantees & we were having a good debate early today on twitter. There certainly seems to be a lot of mis-information & ignorance about it. As a landscape business we offer a 1 year guarantee generally on all our work. This can b

Started by duncan ross in Business

9 Replies · Reply by John Baker Feb 2, 2013

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Charging Rates - How to work out...

There have been many requests lately for providing costs for various aspects of work. When starting up or when you are not sure how to work out rates for a new style of work, it is easy to fall into the trap of asking someone what they charge.

That i

Started by Gary RK in Business

14 Replies · Reply by Lawncare-4u.co.uk Sep 25, 2014

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Should we be recording our phone calls?

New services that enable consumers and small businesses to record telephone calls, store them to "the cloud" and then read transcripts or carry out key-word searches of the audio database, are potentially revolutionising the way we treat the spoken w

Started by Phil Voice in Business

5 Replies · Reply by Steve London Stone Jun 12, 2013

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Using Zoho Invoice to track sales and create reports

If you are still using pen, paper and a calculator to create, send and track invoices then you might be interested in this very handy online Zoho invoice tracking system.

It's fully customisable so you can set in pounds.

There's linked estimate creat

Started by Phil Voice in Business

6 Replies · Reply by Ben Cox Mar 6, 2013

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Employees first, Customers second?

“I’m sorry, for me, you do not come first because unless I take care of my employees they won’t take care of you.”

A thought provoking approach for those that provide a client service whether you have employees or not....(from our Business ISP's Blog

Started by Gary RK in Business

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A guide to cashflow management for startups

It may be a cliche, but it is inescapable. Cashflow is the lifeblood of any company that wants to avoid being the one in two that will fail in their first year.

The key to success for startup companies, more than ever before, is to get funds coming i

Started by Phil Voice in Business

4 Replies · Reply by Bespoke Lawncare Jan 16, 2013

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