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    Sage & Accounting Software connections...

    Your prices are very low. Are you sure you are not losing money by charging only 25p to print an A4 sheet, put it into a C5 envelope, and post it -- including postage? We'd be tempted to send you all of our mail :-)
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    Business Rates

    I think it is something you can do yourself. TV program a year or so back showed this was a widespread scam (though of course the company contacting you may not be like that)
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    Data Management

    What sort of size and volume of data, and what sort of processing is required? (I know an IT/database person who does small tasks (data cleaning, mailshots, data conversions, etc) for companies.
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    Sage & Accounting Software connections...

    ABC can import/export .CSV files, output reports as PDF or HTML, and email invoices and statements to customers. It has a label printer and report designer, and wordprocessor with mail-merge. We've done dedicated links to a few other software packages (eg. garage MOT invoices) and I've offered...
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    Sage & Accounting Software connections...

    No, what I mean is -- why would people not simply have a copy of SAGE and do the invoicing themselves?
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    Invoice Finance

    A few of our customers use factoring, but I always think it is very expensive. Would a bank overdraft not be a better solution?
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    Need Help Starting a Business

    When you think you've found the sort of thing you'd like, go and talk to people who have been doing it for a while. With a franchise you can go and talk to some outlets. If a non-franchise travel to a different area (as you might be a competitor to local business). Don't just phone or email for...
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    Sage & Accounting Software connections...

    We think SAGE is designed for accountants and of course we use our own ABC software to do the bookkeeping. Incidentally, ABC has been around for longer than SAGE. Maybe it is only because SAGE is so difficult for a newcomer to understand that there might be a market for your service.
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    Accountant fees, am I being over charged?

    With a turnover of 30k and most of the bookkeeping already done (assuming you've entered everything), I would not expect to pay more than £500. (And unless you have some really complicated business with lots of assets depreciating etc, you could probably do it all yourself. I am sure people...
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    Creating a name?

    Don't be restricted by what domain names are available. Especially since I got the impression this is a college project rather than a real business? I wonder how they came up with the brand name FCUK :-)
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    selling products through shops

    I agree with atmosbob. I've tried aale or return in the past and find products get lost, get damaged, or are simply put at the back of a cupboard. If the shop has not paid for the items, there is no incentive to look after them. But if you are starting out.... maybe it might be the only way to...
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    What should i expect from a good book keeper?

    A good bookkeeper will take all your receipts and sales and purchases and enter them into some system (I'd hope it would be computerised), and then each month give you a neat printout summarising what you've bought and sold, and showing what you've got in the bank, what is owing to you, and what...
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    A great business idea

    I think the £20 sounds a bit low. Even 10 years ago we were paying £200 for voice over a five minute sales video, and that was not even impersonating anyone famous. (But I like the idea)
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    A great business idea

    Duplicate posting -- please ignore
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    Printing Address Labels from eBay

    That's what I do for small eBay sales. By the way.... why is the eBay print postage function so much better than the Royal Mail print postage function? eBay makes it really easy.
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