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    Exporting chocolate from UK to EU

    Hello fellow members, was wondering if anyone has experience exporting food/chocolate products containing milk from UK to EU country. I tried to sign up to TRACE NT platform, and when i enquired about my registration was told it was no longer useable by UK companies for creating CHED...
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    Import VAT when selling in UK in person but shipping to EU

    Hi Kristen, are you charging RRP including vat to any customer who enters the shop? and then only when you find out they are from EU that you tell them you have to ship it to them? if what you sell always requires assembly and shipping to the customers EU address why not treat it as an export...
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    Buying from china. Is sea freight safe or use Fedex for UK?

    Also note, unless your supplier has a good rate from courier, using fedex DHL main brands may be more expensive for airfreight if setup by them. Can always ask your supplier if they can use other couriers? EMS is one of chinas main couriers also probably the cheapest in a lot of cases for a...
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    E Bay regard "delivered to an address" as the customer receiving the item.

    How did you pay? paypal? maybe open a dispute with them, whether its in your favour or not, they will have to freeze that £82 on ebay sellers account until its resolved between you both, Maybe paypal will side with your side of the story you can get the £82 back? Did you specify it can be...
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    Start up partnership business shares

    Why go for a paided website in the beginning anyway? why not create an instagram, tiktok or facebook page, then link to a freewebsite like wix. consider the following: 1. Create social media business account. Use tailwind to make posts on multiple accounts simultaneously. 2. Create a free...
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    UKCA/CE labels on made in China products

    Hi @Anar Bibi Shaikh , sorry to hear your difficult situation. To resolve your current situation of products in UK. 1. Where are they stored currently? with customs? you may only get a limited time of free storage there, they might end up charging you storage soon so find out from them and act...
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    Start up partnership business shares

    Best of luck with the venture if you go ahead. 1. Write down each persons contribution and then just ratio it. If your putting in equal work and capital, then 50/50, clearly you are putting in more work and money so 60/40 if your happy with that. or 70/30 you get the idea. 2. How much do you...
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    Starting a Chocolate Company

    Also if your starting out, why did you consider tide as your starting option? there are plenty of free banking options that would suit a starter more, and then if your looking for the extra features that tide do, you could consider them in future when your earning profit or in a better...
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    Advice for start up of baby retail store

    Hi Kayleigh, As others have said, to have an actual shop would incur high overheads. However, if you are determined, good on you and all the best on your venture. I would like to throw some ideas at you incase you find them helpful. For example, i wear an eyewear glasses brand called...
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    Export Advice to the UK

    You should probably check if your import products fall under APHA category. If its products that dont contain any animal ingredients and more ingredients additives and preservatives, then contact FSA (Food Standard Agency). Both departments were very helpful when i had to enquire with them...
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    I need a card reader for one day . What is easy cheapest option

    As a convention trader, i have used various. Sumup air, Sumup 3G, Zettle, Square. Personally i would recommend zettle over the others even if the fee is slightly higher then competitors. Zettle has little to no lag. Fairly instant from when you power on, connect enter amount and charge...
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    Setting up self storage business in South East London.

    You should also consider renting one yourself for a week, to get an idea of how others run it. Practical experience will probably solve a lot of your questions and how to add USP to your business to win over competitors.
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    Generating traffic to an automotive news website

    Consider partnering up with as many brands or services you can to offer to your reader, exchange an article for discount code with them, im sure they will be happy to do that. Maybe occasionally write about the car products too not just about cars itself. Like what you use maybe, what security...
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    Small business sending food items to USA

    Hi Lxcacao23, just sharing my thoughts on this as i too was looking into this as im looking to start an import export company in US next year for various confectionery products. Read the FDA site, it tells you what you need to do for exporting to US. google access.fda and since your dealing...
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    Started... a few months ago

    If you are looking to trade then you need to declare otherwise you should declare your status to company house as dormant if your not trading but just wanted or needed a business entity. If you do very little in sales or its super basic and dont want to pay an accountant, i would suggest looking...
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