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Tools and Van Theft

I hope this post is permitted here and perhaps will help many people.

I just saw this  New campaign  on Youtube by Skill Builder

Tool and Van theft is so damaging to all trades people on so many levels, indeed even here I read about the 

impact on busin

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App for daily inspections of vehicles / machinery

Does anyone either use or can recommend an app which would allow us to carry out daily inspection checks on work vans or machinery. It would also be useful if it could log maintenance or faults etc too. Either one app could do both or 2 separate apps

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Starting a new business - advice needed please!

Hi All,

I am a head gardener at a private estate and have over 20 years of gardening experience.  I am in the process of starting up my own gardening business and would really like some advice..

• What is the average hourly rate?  I was thinking of £17.5

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Is your electric or hybrid vehicle truly green?

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White vans still rule the road.........

"It's all white....!

Truly it is. Van drivers don’t like to worry about colour palettes because white remains the colour of choice for van drivers.

So 57 per cent (1.9 million) of all registered light commercial vehicles on British roads are white v

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Surrey Police target 'unsafe' Contractor vehicles

All in one afternoon, near Leatherhead, Surrey:

Surrey Roads Police @SurreyRoadCops 3:37 PM - 18 Dec 13
#M25 10>>9 Flamed past Police in outside lane (Trailer), fed up driving in the slower traffic, 18% over weight too

Surrey Roads Police @SurreyRo

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fuel economy

Is there a best/economic vehicle for our industry ?
With ever rapidly increasing energy prices I feel its a great concern to try and reduce or be efficient asap, in relation to initial cost...

Do you get over 56 mpg average from a practical work vehic

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Best transport options for carrying cc trolleys

I need a vehicle to take trolleys of plants out to markets. A danish trolley trailer is one option but is quite limiting i.e. I can't tow too much weight and small trailers don't provide much space. A Luton van with a tail-lift offers more space, but

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lowering fuel consumption in vehicles.

i drove steady (very) on a returning 170 mile journey tues day evening .  i left late at night also so as to avoid traffic.    I saved £14.00 by doing a jeremy clarkson- i would normally use (£50.00maybe)  so £36.00 used for 170miles.          i used

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rainy days...

you work average 40 hrs a week (paid)

you get £10 hr after costs. £400 a week.

you pay £100 tax & n.i pension/ health insurance etc etc

 

£300 or £1200 a month :     this is an example;

 

how do you afford to pay for 

a. your house

b. your boiler replacement

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Biggest loan/cost for your business.

one of my biggest costs is my vehicle loan , which i put down to business and spread over 2-3 yrs.   i would never buy a new vehicle ever !!  

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