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    construction contracts

    The principle of doing that is fine and it does work - but as an employee & shareholder of a £30m turnover construction company (we were classed as an SME 2 years ago and are now classed as a large company), we would simply want to know if you are competent or not. The company I work for are...
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    Checking Legitimacy of Companies in China...

    Hi Chen, Unfortunately I wont divulge that at the moment and like to keep my cards as close to my chest as possible! i'm sure there is plenty of scope to bring all sorts of products from china to europe in the future and im sure you must have some ideas as to what may or may not work over...
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    Checking Legitimacy of Companies in China...

    Small world eh? :)
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    Checking Legitimacy of Companies in China...

    Hi Brian, At the moment i'm just exploring the feasibility and logisitcs of setting up this relationship with the factory i have been in talks with in China for a few months now. I had a slight cashflow prob at the latter end of last year and so had to postpone any dealings with them but have...
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    Checking Legitimacy of Companies in China...

    Yes the factory im dealing with is in the Zhejiang Province but as Mister B kindly pointed out - they should be able to handle the logisitics of it all... I just assumed that as we would have to appoint a fowarding company here in the uk to handle the customs and excise and VAT, that a...
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    Checking Legitimacy of Companies in China...

    Thanks guys, 1 more thing :) Can anyone suggest or recommend an export agent as we don't have an export licence (as required by chinese law). Cheers, Jimbo
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    construction contracts

    Charlie, The best places to look for work are either in the 'tenders' section of local newspapers and industry/trade publications (however the vast majority are aimed at main contractors.) Other sources of work are TED (Tenders on the Web) which is a European intiative to advertise...
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    Checking Legitimacy of Companies in China...

    Thanks Catherine, The factory manager i have been dealing with speaks very fluently and as such have had no translation problems but will certainly bear it in mind for the future. In terms of the tax, do you know where i can obtain furhter info on the laws? Thanks, Jimbo
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    Checking Legitimacy of Companies in China...

    Thanks for the responses, The company seems fine but just wanted to double check really, Are there any other considerations I should think about when dealing with Chinese companies? Thanks, Jimbo
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    Checking Legitimacy of Companies in China...

    Hi All, Does anyone know of an independent body/company that can confirm the legitimacy of a company's existence in China? How can I protect myself finacially when trading with Chinese companies? Thanks for any help in advance, Jimbo
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    Women in Business Vs The Dinosaurs!!!

    Maybe so - might get the odd Croc knocking about but I think it will happen at some point, we have a lot's of women in our workforce who do very well in a sterotypical man's world..sometimes its about outwitting their walnut-sized brains! ;)
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    Women in Business Vs The Dinosaurs!!!

    We are a family-run Construction company and the Chairman is a woman..namely my Aunt. My mother is also the HR/Marketing director within the company and I can assure you within a stereotypical man's industry they get instances like this all the time! I remember my mum going to some...
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    What really bugs you?

    I tell you whats really started to bug me recently...... The country seems to be going completely "polictically correctness" mad! One such event sticks in my mind - last Xmas some towns were unable to hold a carol service and display the traditional chrsitmas tree for fear of offending...
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    What do you type into a search engine, if you don't know what you want?

    Hi Jools/thegirls, No problem - glad your intital responses are positive and wish you the best of luck with your venture in the future! Keep plugging away on here and you will find answers to any issues that arise - the standard of expertise is very high - as is mine on lingerie! ;) On...
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    What do you type into a search engine, if you don't know what you want?

    erm yeah bout this time last year, I basically sourced well over 100 product lines/suppliers for the 100's of domains they possessed in 3 months upto Xmas, negotiated great prices etc, netwroked at trade shows and the proprietor got put in prison the first week of me joining for shadowing as...
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