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    What is best way of advertising ?

    Thanks Thomas already do that, not at £5 but £6.50 instead of £11 for the gents cut
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    Blimey - cost of wedding invites!!

    If you don't want to be over run with weddings but like the profit, why not match everyone elses exhorbitant prices for your individual stuff. Therefore when you do do a wedding you make loads and make it worth your while. Never be embarressed by charging a lot, anything is only worth what...
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    How to prove i'm a sole trader?

    instead of asking us what you can provide, why not ask them what they would accept as proof. If they are that bothered that you are a sole trader (and i can't think of any reason why it makes a difference, apart from credit and surely if this was the case the credit search would show your...
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    Confusion over use types for bakery.

    Quick solution, ring your local planning office. They will tell you exactly what their rules are.
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    What is best way of advertising ?

    Wasn't knocking you handyman just explaining wouldn't really work for us. The traffic island thing have seriously thought about but worried about jumped up Council officials removing it as soon as they see it.
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    What is best way of advertising ?

    Websitehandyman I like your logic but.......the risk we face is the next 10 customers could already be our customers and so doing them at £1 would probably cost us minimum £100 in revenue, so would need to recoup that before we started. We do a deal through a media agency where we give a free...
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    What is best way of advertising ?

    Thanks for that, we do the poster in the window and it does work, but you are right about it only attracting people that walk past the shop and we only use A3 size and are at one end of a village. One thing we are going to trial is a pensioners day offer to fill up Tuesdays and Wednesdays and...
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    What is best way of advertising ?

    I am after some anecdotal stories on what sort of advertising has worked for you. I have two businesses at the moment one a Barbers one a hairdressers, and you may think they are similar which they are different approaches need to be taken for each. For some reason since Christmas we have done...
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    EAN Numbers

    Are you looking to use internally, in which case just make them up i.e. 1, 2, 3 if you are looking to use on products to retail globally you will need to get your own unique identifier number.
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    Local convenience stores, wholesalers/suppliers

    Bookers are the market leaders for convenience stores, and as for 30% margins i think that is great, most grocery lines only actually offer 20%. Chilled and frozen you should get 35% but check out your cigarettes you will be lucky to get 5%.
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    Competitor

    Is this high volume/price if so potentially could be working a VAT fraud, or creating a long firm. Have you got hold of the product they are selling and actually compared it to yours ? Rather than rely on hearsay/opinion actually get hold of the product and see if it is comparable, if not you...
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    Pub kitchen contracts query

    I would suggest that there isn't a typical agreement with this type of thing, so youa re going to work with your prospective landlords to find a happy medium. I would think the realistic options are : 1. You pay a fixed rent for the kitchen and equipment with all costs of cooker / gas /...
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    Changing Premises Use From B1/B2 to A1?

    Set out a heads of terms with the landlord for your proposal, don't worry about a rent increase, argue that you are entering into the costs to get the change of use which will increase the value of the property for the landlord in future. The heads of terms should state that the whole deal is...
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    Changing Premises Use From B1/B2 to A1?

    I have a smiliar issue in that I want A2 at a property that is currently A1. I rang the council planning department who having viewed it quickly came back and said couldn't immediatley see why it would be rejected. So, what can a phone hurt ? If getting no where speak to one of your local...
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    Lucky escape from new supplier

    Having worked for a number of big companies, one a family owned very well food manufacturer who I can guarantee you have a product of theirs in your cupboard. Was constantly amazed at their short term thinking - we need to hit our budget figures this year etc, because they are incentivised per...
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