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    Receiving card payments on trade shows.

    We use the Worldpay pay as you go service. If you have a blackberry, iphone or android phone and you will have signal, it may be an option for you? https://mobile.worldpay.com// We have found it to be very useful for us with no monthly fees or contracts so great if you'll only need to use it...
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    quitting day job to run business?

    I am just about to leave my full time job to concentrate on my own business. I have been building it for a few years so working my day job, coming home and working for the business and working weekends on the business. The time has come that in order for the business to grow I need to...
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    Is this good, or a recipe for disaster?

    According to facebook rules on promotions, they shouldn't be doing it anyway. Although I'm pretty confused by the points i've highlighted below. Do those points not contradict each other?... :| E. Promotions If you use Facebook to communicate about or administer a promotion (such as a...
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    Worldpay Mobile - does anyone use it? Sounds too good to be true!

    oops sorry I was referring to the World Pay Mobile. :)
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    Worldpay Mobile - does anyone use it? Sounds too good to be true!

    We signed up to take part in the pilot and it has been excellent, I highly recommend. We are an online company so take most of our payments through sage pay but we also deliver locally and attend shows which is where we have been using this. All our customers so far have been impressed with...
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    New business phone number

    Vodafone currently have a Red Business Plan where you can get a local landline number on your mobile. http://www.vodafone.co.uk/business/price-plans/red-business/index.htm
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    Mobile Terminal for Shows

    For our business and the frequency in which we need to take mobile payments the charges for this are much more agreeable than signing up to a monthly contract and we only allow payments via the terminal for items over a certain amount. As consultant says, it will not suit a lot of businesses...
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    Facebook for business - new account?

    I have a personal fb profile and a business profile. You always log into facebook using your personal profile log in details and you can then select who you want to use facebook as - you or your business. Things you post when using your personal profile will not be seen on your business page...
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    Mobile Terminal for Shows

    Here is the link to the Worldpay Pay as you go pilot https://mobile.worldpay.com/ We are in the pilot and so far so good, we think its an excellent idea. All you need is a blackberry or an android phone to run the Worldpay app on.
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    Santander "free banking for life" deal over?

    [/INDENT]Yes David, my mistake. I did miss 'CAN' out of my sentence.
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    Santander "free banking for life" deal over?

    If you are a Federation of Small Business member I believe you get free business banking with the Cooperative. I am currently with Santander and joined up with the 'free business banking for life' I do hope it isn't coming to an end.
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    Company using our graphic and descriptions

    Thank you for your response Kulture, however, how can I actually prove that I personally wrote the descriptions other than having to had register our whole website to be copyrighted? We have the copyright symbol and our business name in our website footer but what does this actually protect...
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    Company using our graphic and descriptions

    Please can someone advise? We created a graphic to be used on our site and a competitor has stolen it and is using it on their homepage. I have politely emailed stating that it was created by and owned by us and asking them to remove it but they have ignored the mail. I have also had...
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    Advice for setting up a trade stand

    I completely agree, I certainly don't lead a hyper-hygenic life, I'd just rather not eat peanuts from a bowl where people have had their grubby mitts in after possibly not washing their hands after using the toilet..
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    Advice for setting up a trade stand

    Oh most definitely, I'd never hand out unwrapped sweets and I never touch barsnacks, yuck! We handed out wrapped Roses last time which went down well.
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