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    Sole Trader Accounting and methods of payment

    Hi there My wife is a sole trader running an interior furnishings business where she makes and refurbishes homeware. She keeps her own books and does her own tax return. This is more down to her lack of confidence in this field and the feeling that she will be blown away with questions from an...
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    Sole traders to partnership

    That's a good idea.. Although we are married and best of friends, you do never know so I think a partnership agreement would be good. Do I just tell HMRC we are no longer sole traders, cancel that with them and re-register as a partnership?
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    Sole traders to partnership

    Hi Bob Thanks for your reply. No we aren't VAT registered and I doubt we would reach the threshold for a while to be honest.
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    Sole traders to partnership

    Hi there My wife and I are currently both registered as sole traders. I run a home improvement business, she runs an interior design and furniture refurbishment business. We want to tie the business up as one and so I assume we would need to change to both being a partnership. What would...
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    Software for pdf quotes and receipts

    ahh right.. sorry... Told you i was a beginner. I don't have word on my mac as I was told there are alternatives already on the mac so I shall see if I can find it.
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    Software for pdf quotes and receipts

    Thanks for your response Maxwell.. is mail merge a program?
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    Software for pdf quotes and receipts

    Hi there I currently run a furniture restoration business from home. I generate quotes and receipts by a design I made on adobe illustrator and print them off to handwrite as and when I need them. This was on my old laptop. I have now purchased a mac and am looking at getting more efficient so...
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    Shabby Chic/vintage furniture business looking for retail space

    Graeme, thankyou for your swift response. I shall begin start my research. I was toying with a retail premises, then my husband suggested a small industrial unit type place to use as a work base and workshop rather than a shop, which appears cheaper and with the sell and turnover being our...
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    Shabby Chic/vintage furniture business looking for retail space

    It really hadnt entered my head being an exporter but you are both so right. The US Im sure has its share of people doing what I do, but their old style is very different to ours, and therefore may be appealing to them. My business bubble was pretty basic I suppose in that lots of people start...
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    Shabby Chic/vintage furniture business looking for retail space

    Ah yes, sorry that would help.... I'm based in Cannock, Staffs. Our customer base is mostly midlands based but our delivery service has enabled us to spread that to local counties and more recently further afield to Scotland and Wales
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    Shabby Chic/vintage furniture business looking for retail space

    Hi there. 12 months ago I started my own shabby chic and vintage furniture business called That Vintage Feeling. For this time I have been solely online based and made reasonable sales I feel considering being solely online. I am now looking to expand, as with furniture I get the impression...
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    Accountant and HMRC help please

    Hi there.. My wife and I are setting up a partnership business, and have begun hunting for accountants. Alongside this we obviously now need to register with HMRC as we are preparing to "go live". My wife is currently part time employed already so she will be the nominated partner, I am full...
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    business name advice please

    Thankyou everyone for your help so far.... We had hit on a name... beautifully shabby... but........ domains, companies house etc are all available, but someone in the US appears to have entitled a blog beautifully shabby.. I dont see this posing any legal issues and website wise its a blog...
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    business name advice please

    we are now thinking of maybe bringing in my wifes name and keeping it basic with a play on the word homes and holmes carlysvintageholmes my thought is though that is the play on homes and holmes going to make the website harder to find, as i can assume when people hear the name they will...
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    business name advice please

    thankyou to everyone for your suggestions and help..... homes from holmes was brill, but has already been taken by a holiday letting firm...... bit gutted as the whole idea is to have it as a family business using our family name, but it seems increasingly obvious that there are lots of...
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