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    VAT on purchase of trade and assets of a business?

    We are in the process of buying the the trade and assets of a business and the Vendor has just said that he has been advised by his Accountants that he has to charge VAT. Now i am confused about this, as from my research and knowledge as we are buying all the trade and assets of the company...
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    TUPE transfer: given false information

    What loss have you suffered as a result of the false information? There are very few employment tribunal cases on this, as we found out when something similar happened to us. we had to take the previous supplier through the tribunal process. We had to show we had suffered a loss and tried to...
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    Duplicate NCR books / other stationary

    We use monument press in stiriing for our daybooks/call out repotts, etc.. Prices are pretty competitive too
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    fuel cards

    Having just found out Arval have introduced a £2/transaction charge, which will cost us around £20k a year, we are looking to switch fuel card provider. We use keyfuel as a back up, but the coverage is not as good, can anyone recommend an alternative, that has good national coverage? Thanks
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    Looking for a control room desk

    Anyone have any ideas? Thanks
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    Looking for a control room desk

    We are in the process of moving our help centre, and want to set it up properly in our new location. As part of the move we are looking at a proper control room desk arrangement. However i have been shocked at how expensive they are, upwards of £5k!! We have looked at Lundhalsey/intech, etc...
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    Do investors invest in Ideas/potential

    why try to sell it to clubs, etc..? I would have thought that if you havve invented something that revolutionary, then why not sell/licence the design to a manufacturer? Trying to sell it to lots of venues sounds like a lot of hard work, for little reward. Getting a %/££ value of each vending...
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    Starting a security business.

    You will pick up very little guarding work at £11/hour. Security companies are charging sub £8/hour for work, I dont know how they make money but they manage to survive. Clients are only interested in price, and at the moment, service counts for very little. You have the really big boys...
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    Cost to rent an office in Leeds?

    We are looking to rent an office in Leeds, no requirement for it to be central Leeds. We have seen some a place with the rent at around £20/sq ft per year, to include rates, utilities, security, insurance, and on site parking, but excluding phones and lease line. Is that a reasonable price? I...
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    Tendering- please help

    Richard If i put a search term in the search box on the right hand side it brings up results in a new window, but the results arent in date order, try it with 'security', the first result is dated 20 july 2012, next is 19 june 2012 but the fourth is dated 11 October 2012. Is there a different...
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    Tendering- please help

    Richard You're website is very useful, but can you improve the search function, as it is not very good. Once you search you can't sort the search results by date, which is a pain, unless I'm not using it properly? Thanks Dharmesh
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    Site visit system

    We do exactly that for our staff, using our automated scheduling system. We also offer the service to other security companies, but it could just as easily be used by a care industry company as the principles are very similar. We have a system where if a guard misses their check in time, then...
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    Do you have to send a notice of legal action letter before starting legal action?

    Charlie You say should, I assume that doesn't mean must? Sorry to be a bit slow on the uptake. If we dont send the notice letter, would the smal claims court throw out our action? Thanks Dharmesh
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    Do you have to send a notice of legal action letter before starting legal action?

    Thanks for that. Had a look, but having read them I'm not sure if they apply to small claims court disputes? Debt involved is less than £2k. Thanks
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    Do you have to send a notice of legal action letter before starting legal action?

    As the title says do you have to do this, or can you just go straight to court proceedings? Thanks
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