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    Option Pool in Company Registration Document

    Hi, I am forming a new company and need to keep a % set aside as option pool. How do I do this exactly in the IN01 form from companies house - is it simply case of defining a particular class of share in section F4 and saying they are options as such, is there standard wording for this...
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    Group Buying Supplies for Restaurant

    Diet Coke is Diet Coke no! When I say restaurant I am not talking about gourmet here, perhaps I should have qualified that, its fast fresh food for city workers where cost management is key. They have already today implemented a scheme with a two establishments on the same street with a new...
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    Group Buying Supplies for Restaurant

    Rob I am just embarrassed for you, I pity the guys you mentor.
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    Group Buying Supplies for Restaurant

    Disagree, economies of scale can work the question is what threshold of orders for a product that needs to be crossed to make it worthwhile. If it works and he can save money for others then he could easily take a cut. The cost of exploring this is a few hours work given that he already got a...
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    Group Buying Supplies for Restaurant

    Thanks so far, told him to build a group up with others he knows in the industry and build a simple model in spreadsheet to see if they could actually make it worth their while buying in bulk with the wholesaler, think its worth exploring at least.
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    Group Buying Supplies for Restaurant

    I am investor in a restaurant, they were looking around for group buying networks where they could combine their demand or supplies say coke (the drink!) with other buyers so they could leverage the negotiation power of a larger buyer to get the per-unit costs down. Do such groups exist in the...
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    client trying to pull a swift one - anything we can do?

    Hi- the annoying thing here is that the T&C are very tight but its an issue of proving it. I guess a private investigator would be one option but seems a little far fetched ..and im thinking expensive!
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    client trying to pull a swift one - anything we can do?

    My other half runs a childcare agency, she has come across a situation where it *seems* the client has taken on a nanny she has provided but is claiming she has taken on a nanny from someone else. The contracts are bilateral between the parent and nanny not via the agency which acts as an...
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    leaflet distribution company London?

    Can anyone recommend a good company that can distribute leaflets around London? Many Thanks JK
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    Non-Techy Website Options - Office Live / Mr Site.. what else?

    yep was looking at these earlier - def a route to go down once she has some liquidity i.e. supply/demand on the books.
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    Non-Techy Website Options - Office Live / Mr Site.. what else?

    some interesting comments but the point of my initial post was to see what the best of breed 'packaged' solutions could offer rather than compare package to custom build. I spent the last few hours registering domains / emails and now playing around with MS Office Live and I have to say I am...
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    Non-Techy Website Options - Office Live / Mr Site.. what else?

    Hiya, Need to build a website for my other half who is setting up a nanny agency, the requirements are fairly straightforward so thinking of using an all-in-one package. Apart from Office Live or Mr Site (which looks average at best) are there any other new ones out there I should look at...
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    valuing a nanny agency business - help please

    yep - this is a matter of course! But just after peoples experience here esp. if they have done something similar.
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    valuing a nanny agency business - help please

    my gf is thinking of purchasing an existing nanny agency as an alternative to starting up on her own, the business is established and we have just begun the DD process, have a few questions for the board. 1. How would on typically value this type of business given that there are no...
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    tradesmen / directory services experts

    rav - sent you a contact I have, possible non-exec for your startup. this idea has been done before (wouldnt say to death just yet) but clearly there isnt a UK nationwide market leader and I for one think this type of idea IF done correctly will kill off the big fat directories I get every six...
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