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All the best Liam. Is there a shopping centre you can use rather than a showroom? Pay 4-5k on a decent stand with lots of interactive stuff and samples/brochures etc. Huge footfall.
Other than that then leaflets and Facebook will be the easiest and cheapest way to get in to it.
LinkedIn has also got to be a great shout. Contacting builders etc
The supplier should be able to charge you without VAT but would need proof of export from the freight company you have used in the UK to send on.
What we normally do in these circumstances is charge including VAT and on proof of export, refund the VAT side. This only happens with us when we don't ship to the country the customer is in.
This has to be one of the most bizarre posts I have come across in my time! If you don't want to pay staff for taking holidays then they will simply leave. Alex
In a nutshell, you do appear to be inventing problems in order to solve them.
Your answers are very broad and a little naive, which indicates a lack of depth of knowledge or research.
I’d move on from this one ( or treat it as a hobby) and go look for a genuine need that wants filling and can utilise your skills and enthusiasm better
German companies shy away from anything that appears dodgy and 'offshoring' to Jersey would probably come under that heading.
With the advent of ATAD rules across Europe, they are nowadays under a legal obligation to ensure that all companies they deal with are totally above board and all taxes are paid in full.
Under German tax law, if a supplier fails to pay tax, that obligation can under certain circumstances fall on the B2B customer. This happened to the company SEH Computers GmbH in Aachen, who was hit with a €30m tax bill because their Swiss supplier had not paid all their taxes.
Hi, without knowing what the product is I can’t say for sure but this is *potentially* something i could help with. Feel free to PM to discuss if you’d like.
Have you checked your Google Search Console now for mistakes ? What does it says ? Please let me know what it shows to you and what kind of mistakes you see here. I assume you know how to make your own site verified here to start that processes.
I used to work for a company who sold in multi-currencies and they had seperate Euro, USD and sterling bank accounts. I am sure there are card providers who would offer multi-currency options.
They all seem more or less the same price but just thought I would see if there are any which are cheaper than the rest... look after the pennies and all that.
When we had an extension built. our builder fitted the parts we bought. He had his own plumber, tiler and joiners. The bathroom shop just sold us the bits, so you don't necessarily need fitters for all your sales. Similarly there'll be some people doing DIY fitting.
What does your other half do at the moment? Does he sell everything that he fits, or is he fitting bits that the customer has sourced? If it's the latter, then you've a good opportunity to work together.
Most important advice though .... CHECK THE LEASE ON THE UNIT. GET A LAWYER, IDENTIFY THE BREAK CLAUSES.
When we had an extension built. our builder fitted the parts we bought. He had his own plumber, tiler and joiners. The bathroom shop just sold us the bits, so you don't necessarily need fitters for all your sales. Similarly there'll be some people doing DIY fitting.
What does your other half do at the moment? Does he sell everything that he fits, or is he fitting bits that the customer has sourced? If it's the latter, then you've a good opportunity to work together.
Most important advice though .... CHECK THE LEASE ON THE UNIT. GET A LAWYER, IDENTIFY THE BREAK CLAUSES.
Thank you - my brother is a solicitor he has checked the lease for me. It's a 3 year lease with a break clause every year if I need - I have to give 3 months notice.
A friend of mine had a similar problem recruiting tradesmen. There was no way he could compete with specialist companies who would include a new van, guaranteed work and lots of overtime as part of the package.
What he could offer though was flexibility since he guessed the best tradesmen were either already happily employed or working for themselves. This led to the realisation that people who'd recently started up on their own would not have enough work to keep them going all through the year.
I think he did have a few problems (mainly because his idea of flexibility didn't always match the other guy's) but he did manage to get himself a couple of decent people to help him for a while.
Maybe not applicable in your situation, especially if you need someone full-time, but, in reality, agencies and such are just going to be sending you people they've dragged off the street and hoping for the best.
Join your local Chamber of Commerce and network and try to find partnership opportunities.
Look for local shared workspaces for startups where you can advertise your services.
Advertise your services on Upwork.
Organise workshops to help people with their own websites.
Have you tried your local BNI network or your local chamber of commerce to network with potential customers?
You may also try flyers delivered to where your customers live?
Have you done some competition analysis, looking at what others are doing in the space?
What will you do differently from your competitors?
How will you market your services?
