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    Self employed or employed??

    Thanks for the feedback. To address the points, Yes maybe you are right it looks a bit messy. It was late when I posted it, and I was in a kind of a state of panic about certain issues when I did. I will probably fix it up At this stage my company is a startup and have very little funds to...
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    Self employed or employed??

    I already have so far; and what is the issue?
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    Self employed or employed??

    Here is the details of the positon, https://www.peopleperhour.com/job/b2b-lead-generation-from-home-good-product-with-good-commi-151320
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    Self employed or employed??

    I am considering taking on a staff member to generate business leads for me on a commision only basis. I understand this is legal but should be on a self employed basis, otherwise I am required to pay minimum wage. I am curious about a couple of thing about this arrangement: Would my staff pay...
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    Marketting companies

    How could social media marketing help me? I never had much joy with linkedin to be honest. I think a mass email campaign and maybe listings in some kinds of publications that empoyers see might help... I really dont know and should probably find a competent advisor
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    Marketting companies

    Hi, I run a small recruitment company with a couple of friends. We supply perm support and admin staff. I know little about marketting, and the biggest problem has been to generate new business. I was considering using a marketting company to help generate client leads; I was wondering if...
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    Do I need to pay VAT?

    Hi, I run a small business, and I need to know at what point do I need to pay VAT? Do I need to pass a threshold first? (If say, I only earn 5k in the year, would I need to pay VAT?) Thanks in advance
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    Company directories

    Hi, I am looking for any free company directories on the internet... apart from yell or freeindex. Are there many out there? (I mean ones free to view, not neccesarily to register on) Many thanks indeed for advice...
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    Recruitment agency marketting

    I am operating from home and live with parents right now, so rent is 0 for the time being. Phone bill? Easy. free daytime calls with BT to landlines. Mobile calls covered by my mobile contract. Advertising isnt a whole lot and considering 5% from 20k is 1k, thats not a bad profit line if to take...
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    Recruitment agency marketting

    My company is basically much cheaper than most high street agencies. Typical rates between 5-10% compared to high street costs of around 15-20%
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    Recruitment agency marketting

    Hi, I have started up a recruitment agency, and basically starting from scratch without business connections. The first major hurdle is to generate new business and find potential clients. I figured I can do this by cold calling and sending out marketting emails and mailshots to many...
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    Taking a payment

    Hi, sorry for noobish question, I need to send an invoice to a client for a service I provided, and want to be paid by bank transfer (BACS?). Is it standard just to send a document which shows the service provided and price, and also the sort code and account number of my business bank account...
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    Posting a job on jobcentreplus

    Has anyone got experience of doing this? Any idea how long it takes for a job ad to appear if it posted as an "unapproved user"?? thx
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    Is it legal to work one day cash in hand?

    A local cafe needs me to cover one of their staff members who is sick... and they will just pay me with cash; is that legal? I am am due to sign at the job centre today, but was hoping i could just tell them I am working for the day.. but I am afraid I would open the cafe up to some kind of...
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    Starting a recruitment company, need advice

    I have the legel docs I need... just need to edit them to include my T&Cs http://www.scribd.com/doc/62559161/Client-Terms http://www.scribd.com/doc/62559159/App-Terms How are they?