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    Are Free delivery and returns sustainable for small online business

    Sorry to bring this subject back up again. How can a business remain competitive, but factor in returns costs in the sales price? Unfortunately we have to sell on ebay and many buyer fail to read our terms and returns and also fail to read our description of the part they are looking...
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    2017 Business Rate Increase

    This will be one of my actions when the new tax year starts
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    2017 Business Rate Increase

    We have checked it against other units on our estate and it all depends on the size, age and rental. The largest units are being charged £28/sqm, while the small unit, ours, is being charged the highest rate. I have read further from an article, that London and the south will be going up and...
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    2017 Business Rate Increase

    We have just received a letter advising of our new rates. They seem to have jumped by 30%. We are paying more for warehouse storage than other units with showrooms and offices cheaper rates, why is this? I have spoken to the valuation office and they have advised it is based on the rental...
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    DPD New Hub Conveyor Belt Issues

    I have been using DPD for 5 years or so now without any major issues, unlike City Link, TNT and FedEx who were just incompitent. A years or so ago DPD opened a new hub, great I thought better distribution etc. We ship out car parts worldwide and across the UK. As some parts can be difficult to...
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    End of Unit Lease Legal Rights

    Thank you for your reply. I am not implying it is their fault, however I have been a tenant for 5 years, not looking to have the unit for free. The type of unit I require are thin on the ground and have been looking for a year, but because I have a contract I can't buy one and leave unoccupied...
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    End of Unit Lease Legal Rights

    Hi all I am coming to the end of my 5 year lease and am now looking to buy a unit. My requirements are as such there are not many units with our requirements are available. I found a unit 4 months ago I could have bought, but had 1 year left on my lease and the landlord would not allow me to...
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    Directors Loan partially repaid in following year

    Your directors loan is an account set up that all personal payments get transferred into. if you lend your business £10k, then the directors loan would then be £10k and you can withdraw this whenever the company has any available funds. This will not be taxed and is separate from dividends as...
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    UK Based Corporate US Dollar Account help required

    That was what i was thinking. I do have 2 good friends that live out their that might be able to open up an account for me. Thanks for your info
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    UK Based Corporate US Dollar Account help required

    Yhanks Walko. I have spoken to a few banks and they will open a US$ account for me, which i fine, but i need to be able to trasnfer the US$ to an account in the US without charges.
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    UK Based Corporate US Dollar Account help required

    Hi I run an online business and was approached to run what i operate in the UK by someone in the US. I don't know them personally, the work for a franchised dealer in what i specialise in. I have done all the IT work for the site to launch and with payment being taken by paypal in US$...
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    Wanted: IT Programmer for ongoing website improvement C++ & Aspx

    C# is the coding
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    Wanted: IT Programmer for ongoing website improvement C++ & Aspx

    Hi Guys It was while ago my developer told me the code and for some reason i remember C++, but could easily be C sharp, but have asked for the code type. The site has been developed on MS SQLServer - Ideally i would prefer someone who could do the developing inhouse so i could show...
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    Wanted: IT Programmer for ongoing website improvement C++ & Aspx

    Hello I run www.bmminiparts.com which has been bespokely designed and has been running for almost 2 years and is time for enhancements to improve the customer experience and also background fuctionality. The person who built the site has since become fulltime and has not got the time to...
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    Postal Insurance

    Thanks for your replies. I have discussed this a little further with my IT guy and what we will do, is use the sale price as a marker to then decide which postage will cover the cost of sending the item. It will then only list only the postal option covering the value of the parts. It would...
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