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Recession Planning

We are about to have a new government, indications are we will have to contend with higher inflation, higher interest rates and possibly higher VAT. With these things and reductions in government spending, unemployment is likely to increase, I think

Started by Fenlandphil in Business

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Customer wants all material invoices to claim VAT back - Any Advice?

Hello,I recently set up my business following redundancy and have been working as a hard landscaper for 9 years.I recently quoted on a landscaping job that involved a large amount of decking, some stone work and general repairs. The material costs eq

Started by David Seller in Business

11 Replies · Reply by Bigyin May 6, 2010

Liquid Lawn Feed

Hi i have been reading many posts on granular lawn weed n feed vs the liquid version.I used to use the granular feed but after reading alot of you use the liquid weed n feed i have decided to use this way from now on. But as i have never done this be

Started by Steve Sonic Grounds Maintenance in Business

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Boxelder Landscapes takes over Edinburgh Fencing

Boxelder Landscapes has taken over the Edinburgh Fencing website to try and increase the fencing side of the business, any input or comments on the website would be greatly appreciatedwww.edinburghfencing.co.uk

Started by Boxelder Landscapes in Business

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Does a yard attract business rates?

Dear AllI am looking at renting yard space for my expanding business. I will park 2/3 vehicles there and have the possibility of container storage on site. The security on this site seems to be OK, people live on site and there are high security gate

Started by Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd in Business

3 Replies · Reply by Lawncare-4u.co.uk Apr 27, 2010

Garden Talks

Has any one had any experience of doing paid garden talks?

Started by Mark McNee in Business

6 Replies · Reply by Michèle Martin Apr 25, 2010

Advertising with Horticultural Week

I had a second call from a chap trying to sell me space in the Horticultural week plant buyers guide and the online directory.Has anyone else tried it? and how many people use it?seriousgardener

Started by Fenlandphil in Business

18 Replies · Reply by Fenlandphil Mar 27, 2011

BT phone book ending free listing

I had a chap round to see me from the BT phone book, they called me a week or two back to tell me they were going to stop giving businesses a free one line listing in the classified section.I said fair enough and went to put the phone down but they w

Started by Fenlandphil in Business

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A5 booklets

Hi folks,Some of you may have noticed that we moved recently, we are trying to find advertising routes in our new location.We are now in the Ryedale Handy Mag, but we are looking for something in the A5 format for Scarborough. Has anyone got any idea

Started by Geoffrey King in Business

2 Replies · Reply by Geoffrey King Apr 15, 2010

Working whilst other gardeners are on site

Saw this mentioned on another thread, and I have had some form of experience myself, but how do you feel when you're on site and a lawn franchise turns up to do the lawns, work which you can do?It hasn't happened directly to me, although today they t

Started by Dan Frazer Gardening in Business

6 Replies · Reply by Lawncare-4u.co.uk Apr 13, 2010

Costs

Quoting for jobs we all know here is an individual thing . Some of us are 1 man bands , others larger business's. We all have one thing in common. ''Costs''. what is a cost you may think ?costs are the monetary value of expenditures for supplies, ser

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

19 Replies · Reply by Cesare Harradine Apr 18, 2010

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Continuous Professional and Personal Development planning (CPPD)

Your website and your Landscape Juice Network profile pages are powerful marketing tools: use them to their potential to produce and maintain documents to help progress your business and personal development. I have produced presentation for a Contin

Started by Phil Voice in Business

3 Replies · Reply by Phil Voice May 2, 2010

A Thank You

Just wanted to post a public thank you to two particular members.Gary from Affinity landscapesAnd Graeme From BGS Group.A while back i asked them both questions regarding obtaining commercial contracts. Gary kindly explained a few pointers over the p

Started by Steve Sonic Grounds Maintenance in Business

8 Replies · Reply by Anthony Toop Apr 11, 2010

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Small business IT

I'm a firm believer in using technology in business where there is a clear business case or a problem to solve. Some of what we do (and I guess how we have got here) is down to using techonology (either software or hardware). So, what do other landsc

Started by Gary RK in Business

7 Replies · Reply by Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd Apr 11, 2010

Do you have income protection insurance?

Well after joining this site last night and saying how busy I am disaster struck.
I have pulled a muscle in my neck and by God it's sore I couldn't sleep all night.
So I had my first 'sicky' in over 25 years. Luckily I only had grass cutting to do to

Started by Gary Hedges in Business

5 Replies · Reply by Lawncare-4u.co.uk Apr 10, 2010

Phone gone quiet, can anyone reassure me?

I just don't get it, not had any calls for a couple of weeks, other than a small greenhouse repair and a bit of landscaping which I'm hesitant to do. I have seen other companies out doing lawn cut and maintenance rounds, but I'm simply not getting an

Started by Dan Frazer Gardening in Business

21 Replies · Reply by Dan Frazer Gardening Apr 11, 2010

Tool insurance

HiMy goods in transit policy is up for renewal soon, and I was just wondering what with all the posts about policys not paying out.What would be the best policy to take out to cover ALL tools in my van.

Started by Classic Gardens in Business

4 Replies · Reply by Classic Gardens Apr 8, 2010

should I put a surcharge on customers paying by cheque?

to improve my cash flow i am trying to encourage my customers to pay by Bacs.Banks says that less people are writing cheques, and as a business,i have to chase around to find a bank that has parking,get the cheque banked by 3.30pm,wait 4 days extra f

Started by Peak surfacing ltd. in Business

4 Replies · Reply by Ofer El-hashahar Apr 8, 2010

Hefty Increases in steel prices

I have ordered a tonne or so of steel this morning the price has gone up by 15% since last week.If any of you are quoting for a job that has a significant amount of steelwork within it be very careful this apparently, is one of many price increases c

Started by Fenlandphil in Business

7 Replies · Reply by Dave Sewell Apr 7, 2010

Garden Maintenance T's & C's

HiTrying to make the most of the rainy break and write up some Terms & Conditions for maintenance clients.Not finding much at all on Google or previous posts.Can anyone lend a template or document to get me started?Thanks for any help!Rich

Started by Richard@www.seasons-garden.co.uk in Business

5 Replies · Reply by Alex Butler Apr 4, 2010

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