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    Stick As Partnership or Go Ltd - 2nd Opinions Sought

    Anyone have any thoughts ?
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    Stick As Partnership or Go Ltd - 2nd Opinions Sought

    HI, Sorry to ask a common question again but i have included all detail rather than just a do you think ltd or not etc ! I run a convenience store as a partnership with my fiancee although she is a business partner in namesake but not drawing a salary from the shop as she also works elsewhere...
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    Small Debt Collection - Worth Pursuing Further

    Hi All, I run a newsagents / convenience store and more recently we are encountering situations of non payment. We have taken action to reduce all credit limits and pro-activley issue and act upon final demands to limit our exposure. I have one case in particular that i processed through the...
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    Anyone Deal In Soft Furnishings etc ?

    Thanks, Would rather go from recommendation if possible. Kevin
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    Best Bank account for high paper transactions

    You pay in cheques via the post - A&L give you a cheque deposit book which you fill out and they also give you envelopes to return in. Ours go with the Post Office's own mail back to A&L and we havent encountered any problems yet although it does take a little longer to receive the credit
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    Experian Credit Checks For Businesses

    Anyone experienced in business credit checking who can offer any assistance ?
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    Best Bank account for high paper transactions

    We deal in mainly cash and bank with Alliance & Leicester through the post office. They do some reasonable deals and I think are the cheapest per £100 of any of the high street banks Kev
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    Anyone Deal In Soft Furnishings etc ?

    Hi, We are looking at turning one of our Newsagents shops into a home furnishings shop and are looking for suppliers. Does anyone on here run a furnishings business and would care to share their wholesalers details or does anyone deal wholesale themselves. We are looking for UK sourced...
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    Experian Credit Checks For Businesses

    Forgot to add we are not a ltd company, just a simple partnership.
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    Experian Credit Checks For Businesses

    Hi All, We run a newsagents / convenience store that we took over last September. When transferring the National Lottery terminal from the previous owner we encountered some difficulties in obtaining a credit rating for the business as it had only just started trading. This was finally...
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    Premises Licence - Alcohol Act 2003

    Hi, Anyone on here have an experience in submitting applications for new premises licences for retail outlets ? May need a little advice on a couple of items. Thanks Kevin
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    Anyone recommend me a solicitor?

    Not sure if your still looking but we have used Robson Palmer in the past. Based in South Shields http://www.robsonpalmer.co.uk/
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    Buying Book Debts

    Thanks Phil B, What would you say is a reasonable admin charge ? Say 25% of the amount collected ? Kev
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    Buying Book Debts

    Hi All, We are closing a deal to buy out a competitor and had agreed a capped value on physical stock at completion. They have now asked that we buy their book debts from them which is something we wanted to avoid. How would you value these ? Say the monies owed were £2000 would we buy them...
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    DIY Accounting Software For A Newsagent

    Hi, We currently run our accounts through excel spreadsheets and a bespoke epos system but are taking over another shop/business in the town and want to move onto something more tailored as we will be tracking a much larger turnover and cost base. Can anyone recommend some software that can...