Recent content by artona

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    Photography Business

    Hi You have made an excellent start. You must be very pleased. How have you got off to such a good start, booking 11 weddings in your first year stew
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    Britain Going Bankrupt? News avoiding critical topics? Public getting screwed?

    If Britain does go bankrupt then it won't be alone. If you watch Bloomberg, you'll see the UK is doing only marginally worse (or in many cases better) on percentage falls in GDP and has lower unemployment than many European countries. Heard lots of rumours that the former Soviet bloc countries...
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    Ling's slung?

    I guess before you reinstate someone for breaking the rules you need to change the rule that person broke in the first place so neither that person or anyone else can break it again lol
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    Need to register as a sole trader for 8 months

    Remember that if the business you were running alongside your employed job was losing money you can possibly claim that loss against your PAYE and get a refund. You will need to talk to the tax office so they issue you with the self employed forms but it might also be worth taking on an accountant
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    Employing People

    thanks Boxby, there are some very good tips in there
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    Employing People

    Hi How do you get people to work for you, I don't mean the advertising or legal aspects I mean the actual day to day stuff. How do you motivate them, how do you get them to do a fair days work, get them to be loyal etc etc I know a lot of people say its too much trouble but I would rather try...
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    email campaigns

    Hi I havbe purchased a list of names of potential customers. This has been supplied in a spreadsheet. Just wondered if anyone could advise me of how to set these up as an email list please
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    Worst fears confirmed

    Plans to raise national insurance is an attack on jobs. It will force up council taxes/business rates as town halls pass the extra employment costs on to the taxpayer. It will hit business growth. Employers who have survived the downtown will face additional costs. The timing of the increase...
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    Peter Jones The non event

    Hi Earl I saw a different Peter Jones. I saw someone who had developed one business and lost it but picked himself up and made an even bigger one. I saw someone who is possibly naturally shy but who gets out there and gets on with it. I liked how he is putting something back into the country...
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    Computer Help Needed Please!

    Mmm, I too had a problem with vista updates at one point and no longer bother with them
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    Downsides of owning a business

    show the sales people into your sales room Barrie and leave them looking at your products, then ask them if they want to buy anything as to the repairs don't bother, supply a new £5 product and charge them £15 for the repair :D:D
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    Computer Help Needed Please!

    Vista - says a lot I am afraid. Trying putting the origonal vista disc in and when it says boot from disk say yes. Choose UK, then tell it to repair the installation
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    'Self Employed' Staff

    As to the second part of the previous post I am not sure. I once worked for a newspaper as staff and then carired on doing work for them when I went freelance. However I had lots of other customers as well. As to the main topic I got myself into a situation where at one point I had 16 people...
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    Hostility, B*tching and Nastiness

    Ok, a tricky question for you people. If curry makes you fart why has India inploded yet?
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    Wrong business or wrong area?

    you have got to hink about how you market. Dove release to you means something, to me, a wedding photographer of thirty years I have never come across it, sorry. thats not to mean it is not a great idea but you have to give the couple a reason to have the doves. How do you think you could do...
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