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Drought Report 2012 by EA

LJN Call To Action:

How ironic, given the weather, that the Environment Agency has recently issued the attached Drought Report and forecasts for 2013.

It is a subject that touches all our working and personal lives. Last year the situation again aff

Started by Gary RK in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Dec 22, 2012

Siqn board is blown into clients car

Hello

Just took a phone call from my client, apparently my site sign board has been taken by the wind and marked the clients car.

I've never experienced this and wonder whether any one else has? If so what route do you take?

I'll post images later once

Started by Jackson's Landscape Design in Business

9 Replies · Reply by briggsandscrapem Dec 23, 2012

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How to reach the right buyer and win new business. A checklist .............

It’s a tough economic climate out there. So whilst everyone else has their head in their hands, that’s when you can steal a march by seeing new business opportunities.

So, How to find work and generate income:

There are several major routes that Cont

Started by Gary RK in Business

17 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Feb 4, 2014

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Good Cash Flow Managment

An excellent little article from a LI Group I belong to.. Thought it worth sharing in the current climate. Good analogies and totally relevant for anyone serious at running a business.

There's an old saying 'Turnover is Vanity, Profit is Sanity' but

Started by Gary RK in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Anthony Toop Dec 15, 2012

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HMRC free online "tax return" webinars for Sole Traders

HM Revenue & Customs is offering free online webinars to sole traders who are filing a tax return online for the first time.

The webinars will run throughout December and January. They are led by HMRC staff and include time for participants to ask qu

Started by Gary RK in Business

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What the Autumn statement means to you

If you own a small business…

From April 2014 the main rate of corporation tax will drop 1 percentage point to 21%, boosting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A new Business Bank will be set up to provide a £1bn boost to the small exports bu

Started by Phil Voice in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Stuart @ Eco Garden Maintenance Dec 6, 2012

Lawn mowers, fertilisers, British values. Hamburg, Germany.

Good morning everybody.

Let me first thank Martin Wilkinson and Andy Kenny for spending a lot of time with me discussing various options and allowing me to brain dump on them!

I live over in Germany in the wonderful city of Hamburg. Having recently

Started by English Sheep in Business

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Household spending edges higher, while spending patterns differ by income

Family Spending, the annual report from ONS on household expenditure in the UK, found that in 2011, average UK weekly expenditure rose to £483.60, an increase of £10.00 on the level recorded for 2010. The 2011 average expenditure is the highe

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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Doorstep selling regulations

If you sell products and services worth over £35 to a customer on their doorstep, you must let them know in writing they have the right to cancel within 7 days. You must include certain information in the ‘Notice of the Right to Cancel’.

This applies

Started by Phil Voice in Business

4 Replies · Reply by Austin Powell-Allen Dec 3, 2012

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One in, Two out......

Government announces plans to further reduce financial burden on business

The Government has announced that it will replace the current -One-in, One-out' rule with a new - One-in, Two-out' rule to ensure that the costs of red tape on business will be

Started by Gary RK in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Geoffrey King Dec 2, 2012

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Legislation - the good the bad and the indifferent

"Back on the domestic front, feedback from A.P.L. members the majority of whom work in this sector, suggests they are keen to introduce new legislation designed to eliminate competition from those who are un-qualified and/or not VAT registered.

Donna

Started by Phil Voice in Business

48 Replies · Reply by Dave Sewell Dec 4, 2012

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Time management for small business professionals (webinar)

Nobody has more to do in a single day than a small business professional – marketing, finance, sales, logistics – the list goes on and on.
Time management, especially for small businesses, is a skill often talked about but rarely mastered.

In this on

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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Cashflow: GRITIT

n 2004 GRITIT was the first company in the UK to specialise exclusively in winter gritting.

The business was more than doubling in size every year, as the business grew so did a requirement for cash. Some winters would be a lot colder than others and

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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Work dried up

Hi All

I have for the first time been 2 weeks without any work and none forthcoming. It not through lack of wining quotes but not having any to do at present is anyone else experiencing the same problem. and if anyone has any great ideas to get more w

Started by Neil Brown in Business

14 Replies · Reply by Paving & Landscaping Dec 8, 2012

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Struggling with business debt? Act now

According to the latest figures from the Insolvency Service, the number of business insolvencies registered during the first quarter of 2012 was 4.3 higher than during the same quarter in the previous year.

With news that the country has returned to

Started by Phil Voice in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Woodster Nov 23, 2012

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Debt recovery pack

If you are owed money, this pack provides you with a set of letters that will enable you to take action through the pursuit of outstanding invoices.

It includes the Form N1 which is used to make an application to county court to recover money owed to

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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Hiring staff - free customisable documents

On top of keeping compliant with the employment laws, its also prudent to have documented procedures for managing your staff.

Whether you’re taking on new employees or setting out new procedures for existing staff. Landscape Juice's documents can giv

Started by Phil Voice in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Dec 6, 2012

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Risk assessment for young person on work experience

Health and safety

Did you know it is your responsibility to ensure the safety of your staff? Complying with health and safety legislation is compulsory and non-compliance can result in heavy fines.

Every workplace should have a health and safety poli

Started by Phil Voice in Business

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Liss/CSCS CARDS

Hi i was looking into membership with bali and the have said the liss/cscs card was coming in next year 31st october can anyone confirm this ?

also they explained trhat the rolo test had to be done to claim the card has anyone taken the test and is it

Started by Jason Callow in Business

3 Replies · Reply by Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd Nov 14, 2012

Border work price or hourly rate?

Just pricing up some border work on a small estate the client wants a price for the year rather than monthly or fortnightly he is suggesting visit in spring summer and autumn the borders need some work to get up together but not to bad bit nervous on

Started by chris in Business

8 Replies · Reply by Colin Hunt Nov 14, 2012

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