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    £40/1000 for distribution of my booklets..

    Seems to good to be true. Guy is legit though and has been running his company for five years. I have ran a credit check and looked through his company accounts and visited his warehouse. He even threw in a discount as he knew my father back in the day. No GPS tracking. However, he will...
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    Would you like to run a local business directory?

    In my experience. It also depends on the region you are marketing the directory in...and the current competition
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    Would you like to run a local business directory?

    You would be very surprised. I run a series of printed local directories which have proved to be lucrative. Getting a companies name out in the local community pays dividends for some of the businesses in my books. The general theme is as follows: Yell is hated universally Internet is for...
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    Stock markets ay, now thats a thought!

    I made a lot of money (to me) out of stocks. I invested in RKH in the 30p+ days with around £10,000. The returns have paid for my startup business. I also made money out of XEL, DES (before the oil to water disaster).... Towards the end of lastyear i had disillusionment as the markets were...
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    is an MBA the best option? (pharmacist)

    Owning your own pharmacy is not as lucrative as it used to be? I know of one guy who owns two and brags he brings home £200k/year from each one. Both look in dire need of a refurb...is he telling fibs?
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    A reliable outfit to distribute booklets in Wolverhampton - Urgent

    Hi, my distributor has fell through and i need to get 5000 16page A5 booklets distributed across certain areas in Wolverhampton by the end of next Monday (12th). I would do it myself with a team - but i don't have the time!!!! Can anyone here please point me in the direction of a reliable...
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    Standing Order Form - someone please help me..

    Great stuff. I'll look to amend this and get them to fill it out and then send it to their bank. Anyone had problems with people not knowing what their bank address is? what do you do in that instance?? Thanks
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    Standing Order Form - someone please help me..

    I would, but i dont have faith in my clients to do this. They can be forgetful at the best of times. Hence my need to take the form from them and then post it on their behalf. Last month was a nightmare cashflow wise...
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    Standing Order Form - someone please help me..

    My business banks with Barclays, but they told me they stopped doing standing order forms! I have downloaded a standing order form - but am unable to make sense of it. Unsure what needs to go on and its very unclear.. Can anyone here please email me or provide a link to a usable standing order...
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    Selling a service - best way to canvass businesses?

    I've done it in the past. However, having moved the business to a new area i'm finding it hard to make relationships with businesses in my city.
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    Selling a service - best way to canvass businesses?

    I'm operating a publishing company...its very young in the startup phase, but all the groundworks been done. I have produced a sales letter which has been checked over upteen times and its pretty good from the feedback i have received. My aim is to mail these letters out personally to other...
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    Need to bulk buy magnets - 30,000 pieces...

    Alibaba? Never come across it. Will look into it. Thanks
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    Need a leaflet distribution company in W.Mids

    Hi, I have sorted the printing side of things... The quote i received was extremely competitive and no-one has been able to match it.. Thanks
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    Need to bulk buy magnets - 30,000 pieces...

    This will be a monthly order... Each piece will probably be around 6cm in size.. Does anyone here knwo how i can go about getting such as order. The closest i have come to is a company selling me rolls of magnetic tape.. This is fine, but their price seemed very high..
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    Me and spouse run business full-time? - Advice please....

    Hi guys, OP here. Some of it relates to lifestyle and the fact i believe in the vision of the business so much I just want to be there every step of the way to guide it. I am very unhappy in my current job. Partly due to me being led up the corporate ladder kicking and screaming by upper...
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