silvermusic
10th December 2008, 15:00
A little background info first. A long time friend of mine has a small business repairing bikes and selling a few accessories, never a big thing as he inherited a fair bit of money some years back. Sadly his wife is terminally ill and naturally he wants to spend as much time as possible with her, from what he's told me she may have 6 months to live.
Is it possible that he can shut down the business complete with stock which amounts to around £3000 at retail for about a year and then start up again? No problem with the premises as he owns them outright and it backs on to his house.
Anyone any idea how he'd go about doing this or any advice from anyone who's done this can give would be apreciated. I don't forsee any problem with things like the seperate business bank account or his credit card merchant.
It seems easy but I can't help thinking there must be more involved than just mothballing it for a year or so.
Personally I think he may see things differently after his wife has gone and ends up closing it all down and moving on to something else, it's hard to know.
Is it possible that he can shut down the business complete with stock which amounts to around £3000 at retail for about a year and then start up again? No problem with the premises as he owns them outright and it backs on to his house.
Anyone any idea how he'd go about doing this or any advice from anyone who's done this can give would be apreciated. I don't forsee any problem with things like the seperate business bank account or his credit card merchant.
It seems easy but I can't help thinking there must be more involved than just mothballing it for a year or so.
Personally I think he may see things differently after his wife has gone and ends up closing it all down and moving on to something else, it's hard to know.