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Best ways to increase business without emptying your bank account

How is everyones business going at the moment?

Seems to me business is a bit slow and customers are very very cautious about committing thereseves to anything long term. All I seem to be doing is lots of small adhoc jobs and again somepeople are put o

Started by Austin Powell-Allen in Business

16 Replies · Reply by Andy Lawrence Mar 11, 2011

Hire or buy?

Hi all.

As a starting company, with restricted budget, what are peoples views on renting equitment?

Ive been told a rule of........... If you use it 50% of the time of more, its worth buying. if not , rent it.

Whats everyone else view? Is it better t

Started by Shane Moore in Business

7 Replies · Reply by Mark Brierley Mar 11, 2011

Should I expand the business?

I have been self employed now for just under 4 years and have got to the point where im getting too much work for one team (me and one labourer). I can either reduce my advertising and start turning down work or i can buy another van and take on anot

Started by Chris Auld in Business

15 Replies · Reply by Richard Boyd Mar 8, 2011

Quoting for landscaping work

Hi everyone, I've just had a meeting with a potential client and said I would need £100 to survey the area, and draw up some plans (it's only terracing a sloping garden) They seemed, a bit apprehensive, but then agreed to it.

Do any of you charge for

Started by Nathan Apperley in Business

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Bad Debts

Just been given a heads up on the following government website for claiming bad debts through the courts:

Money Claim Online (MCOL) is Her Majesty's Courts Service Internet based service for claimants and defendants

https://www.moneyclaim.gov.uk/web/m

Started by Paul @ Ashgate Garden Care in Business

5 Replies · Reply by Ian Olpin Aug 22, 2012

OT chaps but this is so wrong

Just paid my vat and tax this as ever on time and in full,as im sure we all do.

Unless your stinking rich like george osbourne who seems to get away with fiddling 1.6 million a year in tax avoidance,if you think its wrong let him know

http://www.38degr

Started by chris nangle in Business

7 Replies · Reply by Fenlandphil Mar 3, 2011

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Apple iPhone 5 to support online payments

It looks as if Apple intend to implement an online payment systems into the new iPhone 5 by using 'near field computing' - this appears similar to the RFID swipe chip payment cards already in use by Barclays in the UK (as I understand it) The phone

Started by Gary RK in Business

5 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Mar 2, 2011

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Document Management Systems

Anyone had any experience with low-end/cheap document management systems ?

We hold a lot of information for our commercial clients (specs, schedules, plans, quotes etc etc) and would like to convert as much as possible to e-documents.....

I know

Started by Gary RK in Business

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help needed to find a name for my business (sorry not very original I know)

Hello everybody,

I have been browsing through the discussions on this network and decided it was the one for me, as it seems that good advice is always given.

I am a mum of twins, they are 5 years old and I feel that now is the time for me to be brav

Started by Gardengirl in Business

35 Replies · Reply by Gardengirl Mar 7, 2011

Vodafone - Service issues 28th Feb 2010

If you are on the Vodafone network you have probably gathered they are having some problems today.

There is currently a network server issue which is effecting customers all over the UK - I understand it is down to a computer failure in Basingstoke a

Started by Graeme @ BGS in Business

4 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice Feb 28, 2011

Health and Safety affecting viability.

Last week I made a delivery to a garden centre in London. The chap who helped me unload told me that he had been a landscaper with the company but was now redeployed as the landscape division had been closed.

The reason that he had been given for the

Started by Fenlandphil in Business

1 Reply · Reply by Lawncare-4u.co.uk Feb 27, 2011

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Why knock ?

Is it me or is there a growing tendency to knock each other at the moment for having ideas/work methods or approaches that do not fit it with what you are doing ?

Surely we should be supporting each other, finding out why approach "A" seems to be wor

Started by Gary RK in Business

11 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Feb 23, 2011

customers / again !

ok its family but time is debt to me so few favours can be done anymore.

short story . sister & husband want cobbles done , mow ive lifted them . hard black solid god knows what lead? lol. - granite.

12x6ft turns its 12x12ft , she wants me to

Started by Lawncare-4u.co.uk in Business

7 Replies · Reply by Lawncare-4u.co.uk Feb 13, 2011

Day rates. 1/2 day rates ????

if you do 1/2 a day on site 4hrs . inc travel there and back possibly in traffic or 10 miles away its an hour , plus getting your kit ready out of lock up its 30mins in & out at night.

so its taken 5 1/2 plus lunch maybe or a break and a chat wit

Started by Lawncare-4u.co.uk in Business

5 Replies · Reply by Claire Brown Feb 13, 2011

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So, BALI searches for new Chief according to recent news...

Interesting to see BALI making news about their search for a new Chief Exec.

What's is also interesting is their preception that they have made great inroads to address some of the "old boys association" (my words) approach I have witnessed in the

Started by Gary RK in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Gary RK Feb 11, 2011

Using Safetrade.

Hello all,

This is mainly a question to the members already registered with trust a trader, but I would like anybodies opinions too.

I am just starting my application to be a trust a trader accredited tradesman and came across the safe trade payment

Started by Kieran Ray in Business

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Employee private use of company vans/vehicles

I taken this thread into Business Objectives Group.......

Started by Gary RK in Business

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Exchange Board, show us your Business Cards!!

On our Notice Board from tomorrow.

Tried, tested and it works, show us your Business Cards.

Exchange board

Landscapers, Garden Designers & Garden Contractors

The rules are simple. This board is run and managed by you, not us.

Place your Business Car

Started by T & S Plants in Business

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Need more work want to expand

hi guys new to this sight just been scrolling thru this sight for about 2 hours lol sad i no but its a Sunday nothing better to do.

the problem I'm having is i became self employed about a year ago and really enjoy it actually making money for your s

Started by Daniel Gray in Business

21 Replies · Reply by Bigyin Feb 7, 2011

Where do charges for garden design stop

Hi all,

Yet again l find myself pondering where do charges for garden design stop and actually it's just part of the quotation. I'll explain further...

You visit a potential client who says 'l want a new garden, design us something, our tastes are..

Started by Craig McGibbon in Business

7 Replies · Reply by James Dixon May 15, 2013

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