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    Building a website with HUGE aims/potential - Some Questions

    come on ;) anyone in development knows that when someone mentions outline requirements like those they haven't mentioned, but will want all that goes with it: - editing / adding - searching / saving / notifications - filtering / sorting - user accounts - repuation systems - etc. etc. if...
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    Promoting whilst waiting for patent grant

    yes the critical date (assuming it is granted) is filing date... so you are covered though any pursuit of infringement would fail if your application failed. you see a lot of things on the market labelled patent pending Alasdair
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    Money Taken from business

    Hugely common - pretty much every business with investors will have different classes / preferences / etc. It is also a very good idea where you might wish to use dividends but pay them at different rates.... but getting off-track here ;) Alasdair
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    Money Taken from business

    exactly ;) which is why I asked if there was the cash to pay across the whole of that class... we don't know, though common, whether 100% of shares are the same class - certainly not in one of my businesses... if they are then only needs a further 1800 to pay the remainder of the dividends -...
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    Money Taken from business

    Assuming you are asking an accounting question... three choices: - contracted - was he self-employed - did he give you invoices - employed - did you pay paye / NI / notify as required - dividends - do you have sufficient profits to pay across the whole class of share that money dividends may...
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    Interference with Business Relations - gross miscounduct

    From the sound of it you are in breach of your contract - you have done work in your sector during the time employed by your employer and you have a no-compete clause in your contract... If your employer is paying you they are entitled to expect that you work for them, not someone else... size...
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    An Entrepreneur Looking To Start A Successful business

    You don't start a successful business - you start a business and then make it successful over time ;) welcome / good luck Alasdair
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    Employee has 'sold' company information

    A clause like that in his contract may not be enforceable as you can not prohibit someone from doing their line of work as they need to earn money and live - I would guess, (without knowing the details) that he could have that clause over-turned easily... You may or may not be able to do...
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    Employee has 'sold' company information

    Information about competitors may or may not be confidential / may or may not be available from other sources... What type of information are we talking about? What was your contract with your former employee? Why has the business come to this point - it is rare for loss of customers to be the...
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    Feedback request on a new B2B computer site

    cheaper than Amazon / Scan / Dabs / etc. Items in stock Free next day delivery Customer service as excellent as the above Returns service as excellent as the above As good a website... Dabs was I think the cheapest website at c. £500,000 some years ago... not a cheap venture... Alasdair
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    Making Money on the Internet??

    If you don't understand then you might not be cut out for making money on the internet ;) send him the money he will reply to do exactly as he did :D Alasdair
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    Do you think this is wise ?

    No. you will most likeyl be on private property and in breach of their agreements or on council land in breach of theirs... one of the privileges of paying for a stand is the ability to hand out your material - it is unfair to those who have paid if you can do it without paying... Alasdair
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    Car Leasing-Sole Trader

    you will probably find that the business figure is excluding VAT and the personal is including VAT - look online - plenty of websites and they pretty much all show it like that Alasdair
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    How to Merge Two Businesses?

    It is far more difficult to split a business than nto merge two - so build your directors agreements / shareholders agreements about the new business moving forward in the event of leavings etc. - not splitting the business... Alasdair
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    How to Merge Two Businesses?

    lots of options: A buys B B buys A A trades shares in A for shares in B B as above C is created and shares provide to shareholders in A & B etc. etc. as Philip says - speak to an accountant Alasdair
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