Pre-booking jobs to be allocated using Outlook Calender.

I have one off jobs being emailed to me by a letting agent, landlords and others.

So I am trying to get on top of things and get organised by using the Microsoft Calender which runs in the email app. Is there a way of creating a "pending" list of jobs

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Future business growth

Hi, 

What would be the one investment that you think would help your business grow or make it more profitable?

Is it a certain piece of machinery? More employees? Different types of marketing?

 

 

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Enough to warm the heart of any landscape maintenance business

😻😻😻😻😻 ...a wise choice 

https://twitter.com/etesiamowerman/status/1261562282309488640?s=21

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Price increases 2020.

Afternoon all.

I wondered if  anyone had managed to put their prices up this season? I ask as I normally put them up in May, the idea being that I'm already underway with the mowing visits and generally the customers are realistic and simply accept th

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Council closes food halls in garden centre.

We are very sorry, but we have just been issued a Prohibition notice by Wychavon District Council. (7th May at 16:00)

As a result we have been forced to close until the restrictions have been lifted.

This is extremely disappointing to us as we feel th

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Self employed help from Government? Any contact made yet?

Hi everyone, 

Has anyone heard anything yet with regards to help self employed should be getting from the government? I think I'm to early but thought I'd check, many thanks 

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Apply for a coronavirus Bounce Back Loan

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How is this so called lockdown treating you?

Our situation is that we still have one van running with one person. The other crew member on this van has had to lockdown because his wife works in a care home and has medical issues.

We have told all our customers that we are on a monthly schedule r

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Gov.uk: Find coronavirus financial support for your business

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business centres

a question for the smaller businesses - who uses a business centre as there office ? any pros and cons ? what do they so for you and whats a reasonable cost ?

tia 

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Meanwhile, In Ireland ....

'They won't be able to cut the grass in a few weeks': Calls for landscapers to be made essential workers

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Difficulties in Fulfilling Contracts - Advice (Covid-19)

Useful guidance from Trading Standsrds :

At this challenging time it is likely that either your customers or you may need to cancel contracts you have entered into as a direct result of the coronavirus epidemic and the legal restrictions that have be

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Sting in the tail - self employment income scheme (Covid-19)

It was interesting to see the couple of 'stings' in the Chancellors new scheme - a couple with immediate impact, the other pending 

- For any one who is 'creative' or takes cash-in-hand and under declares on the SA001 form is effectively stuffed as i

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Tolerance, compassion, acceptance and understanding

The attributes we should apply to ALL responses to posts in this strange and uncertain times.....

Accept we all have differing views from following the written directives, or their intent or the moral approach as you see it.

Everyone is struggling t

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Confusing messages (Covid-19)

i'm staying at home by going with the intention of lockdown annoucement as im panic struck that ii'll by accident infect someone somehow ( have a lot of oldies) seems to only way to  be 100%. 

https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/124328247860709376

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