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    Hairdressing business in a flat

    I don't see whats ambiguous about that? It's a residential flat for residential use... ok if no one complains then she carries on as she is but that doesn't mean she's legally entitled to do it, it just means that no one is enforcing the contract she has signed up to. I wouldn't waste any...
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    Need New Website - E-Commerce

    I spent a long time picking which webdeveloper to choose when I had our site designed and spoke to lots of people, had quotes ranging from £1500 to £7000, in the end I picked someone much nearer the lower end of the scale because I felt they understood what I wanted and their portfolio of past...
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    Anti competitive behaviour / price fixing?

    I've come across this before when trying to buy certain products trade, one of the common phrases I was told was that it's to "protect the brand image". There's always a way around it though, approach a bricks and mortar store that sells the products you're looking to buy see if they'll supply...
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    How to sell this product?

    Hi Joe, It sounds like a good service, I just went on to your website to have a look at it in more detail, and my first comment is you should make a bolder statement about it in the main text rather than just a link on the left. Shout about the benefits of it "Avoid disaster by painlessly...
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    organic growth v. buy a firm?

    They're a reasonable sized practice with several offices so I rang up, made an appointment to see them for a free consultation and was happy with what I heard. I've previously worked in finance and trusted my own judgement, perhaps not the best approach but I've used them for 4 years now and...
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    organic growth v. buy a firm?

    I found my accountant through yell.com, I wonder how many other new business's do this?
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    Mobile shop..where to start.

    How about, creating a small catalogue with an order form, pick the completed order forms up on say the Monday and deliver the goods on a Tuesday? It means you can just buy the stock you've already got orders for? Almost like ordering your shopping online but for people that aren't switched on...
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    Any professional printers here ??

    As wholesale-suppliers asked, what kind of printers? One of my companies sells industrial label printers & receipt printers so am happy to advise on those.
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    Zopa Loan

    A friend of mine started investing in Zopa at around £1500 and really rates it, last week I was talking to him and he has increased his lending to nearly £15k, not had one bad debt yet but has had a couple of late payers. I think he said he's returning approx 7%.
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    Any online businesses or SEO Experts here?

    From my experience when we started our website, if you're going to use a paid webdesigner/SEO company check them out thoroughly, look at past work etc. I used a company called evosite and was really happy with the work they did for me. Also tried a paid adwords specialist to improve traffic...
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    Business Funding Ideas

    As solopreneur says, there's plenty of ways to raise that kind of money. When I started out I sold all my unwanted stuff on ebay, that raised me a couple of hundred quid, I then went to a couple of bootfairs, bought some car parts cheap and sold them on ebay, bought a couple of bulk buys on...
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    Sole Trader vs Ltd?

    We've been running for 4 years as a sole trader and are currently going through the process of becoming a ltd company, for several reasons. Firstly the accountant advised it to reduce our tax burden, secondly to reduce our personal exposure to the company debts as we expand, and thirdly...
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    Advice Needed Urgently

    As Mark said, talk to your accountant and your bank, talk to your suppliers and let them know when you will be able to pay them etc, especially the ones that you rely on for future business. As for non-paying clients I have on several occasions instructed my solicitor to send 7-day warning...
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    Hi all, I'm new

    Hi everyone, I'm new to the UK Business Forums, have been a regular on some of the other forums so thought I'd sign up here as well.
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