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    Virtual Offices

    I have also been looking into virtual offices. I can find businesses that offer call-answering and mail forwarding, and I can find virtual PAs/ Assistants who will carry out admin tasks. What I really need is an office that would do both. I'm only talking about small volumes of...
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    Considering setting up UK company

    Yes, that is sort of what I had in mind. It will need careful consideration of all the pros and cons. I am a UK taxpayer but currently non-resident. We don't pay much tax in Greece (although they sting us every other way ... :) ) so I need to be sure I would not be worse of financially. It...
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    what software do you use and why? how would you improve it if you could?

    Yes Sage will do multi-company and multi-currency if you buy a product at the top of the range but the price is prohibitive for a small business like ours. Most of the features you pay for are irrelevant to us. I'd prefer to use Sage because it is pretty robust, I am used it & understand how it...
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    Considering setting up UK company

    I am British but have lived and been in business in Greece for several years. It's a nightmare running a business here and getting worse every month due to the economic problems of the country. VAT is 23% now for instance and we pay 41% of employees salary in IKA, the national insurance scheme...
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    what software do you use and why? how would you improve it if you could?

    I use a product called Artemis Accounts which I selected as it was the only relatively cheap book-keeping package I could find that had a multi-company and multi-currency feature. Multi-currency was essential as we get paid in sterling, euro, and dollars. I would have preferred to use Sage...
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    Advice on Borrowing Money from Private Sources

    Thanks Zeno I don't think use of boats will be a problem as they both have their own (one of them has three!) and they specifically do not want to own or part-own another. The other two points are well made though and we will need to make sure whatever agreement takes them into account.
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    Advice on Borrowing Money from Private Sources

    Thank you very much. Could you PM me with their names and contact details?
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    Advice on Borrowing Money from Private Sources

    Thank you for your comments. Have been very busy and not on the forum since I posted. Neither investor has any connection with the UK. One is Irish and one is German. They both live in Greece. We are British but resident in Greece and running a Greek registered company. I don't think any...
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    Advice on Borrowing Money from Private Sources

    Hi I've also posted this in the Financial section as I didn't know which was more appropriate. We wil be buying two new yachts for next season and have other plans to expand. We can get a bank loan for at least some of the costs but we've been approached by two private individuals who...
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    Advice on Accepting Private Loan / Investment Please

    Hi Don't know whether this post should be here or in the Legal section so I will post in both. We wil be buying two new yachts for next season and have other plans to expand. We can get a bank loan for at least some of the costs but we've been approached by two private individuals who...
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    30 Day Challenge 2009 Team Sign-Up

    OK I had never heard of this but I have just signed up as I am always willing to learn more about online marketing. What exactly does the 'challenge' part of it involve?
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    Want a short working holiday on a Greek island?

    Thank you very much everyone. I have had one interesting reply which I am following up. If someone could do this from the UK I'd consider that option too. A sticker on invoices is a possibility I suppose. I kind of hoped that if we got the books up to date we could then keep them going...
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    Want a short working holiday on a Greek island?

    If I can find one that can read Greek I would be happy to do that! Some of the invoices are in Greek and so whoever does it will need to have access to a Greek speaker to translate where necessary.
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    Want a short working holiday on a Greek island?

    Wondered if there are any book-keepers here, with plenty of experience with computers, who might like to come out to Greece for 7 - 10 days to help me get our accounts up to date. Working maybe 5 hours a day and sun and swim the rest? I really really need someone to help me as I have got...
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    New logo design.

    ...turtle...
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