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    How much damage am I doing my business with a serviced office address?

    I'd be surprised if you have, but obviously you are more internet savvy than the average person. It's hard when you run a business as you do have to be the face of it and put yourself out there, but at the same time I do feel that there needs to be a cut off. I do know a fellow business owner...
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    How much damage am I doing my business with a serviced office address?

    I also run a virtual office. I agree it's very unlikely that someone will actually turn up at your home to see you, but it does provide peace of mind that you can protect your privacy and have that level of security, particularly for businesses who may be holding valuable stock or equipment...
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    Working from home and office

    You could see if there are any coworking spaces available nearby. This would mean renting a desk in an office space with other small businesses. It works out cheaper than a regular office let and would still provide you with a space away from home. They tend to also have more relaxed terms...
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    Anyone ever held a networking event?

    Yes, I have too. The trickiest part, as with any event, is not the running of the event itself, more about finding the people to attend.
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    Advice on strange LinkedIn situation

    He will probably do his own reputation more harm that yours though his actions. I always think when I hear people badmouthing others that it says more about them than the person they are talking about. Still, horrible for you to go through though. Others are right, this will blow over and...
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    Business Collaboration

    We frequently collaborate with other businesses, in some cases with businesses that may be deemed to be competitors. Working together often means that you both achieve more as a result in my experience, though I would say that the relationships need to be built upon trust. I've done this quite...
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    Leaflet distribution

    You could try maybe getting a trial from a data company if you just want to look up the amount of houses and not actually obtain their details. Agree that local networking is a good way to come up with business. You could try building some relationships with local printing businesses. Chances...
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    employing cleaners

    I agree that if you pay them by the job they are more likely to work harder, but as others have said paying by the hour may be a more effective way of showing you are meeting minimum wage requirements.
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    royalty free images project of mine for you to support the idea of free internet..

    Thanks. Will definitely take a look at this. Finding good quality free pictures for commercial use is difficult and time consuming.
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    Need a way to automate booking clients, so I don't waste my life.

    You could try using vCita and go to the online scheduling section - it's a scheduling system that you can incorporate into your own website, it gives you the option to offer different types of meeting if for example one type may take 1 hour but another may take 2 hours. I've found it works...
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    employee makes racist comment on fb

    I would definitely take advice on this. As she is an employee I would try getting advice from an HR consultancy in the first instance to see if you can dismiss her for this, it would be a cheaper option than getting legal advice straight away.
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    Working from home and office

    You can always take up a virtual office so you have an office address without actually having to be there to help make you look more established too.
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    Choosing a name

    Before you decide on your name as well it's worth doing a quick check on the IPO website that no one has any sort of trademark or copyright on that name even if there is no company name in existence.
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    Small business support: software/app or company?

    There is also Kashflow, which is easy to use and reasonably priced.
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    (?) Registering a small company name - but with complications

    Hi If you are interested in protecting the brand the best thing you can do is get a trademark. This can be expensive if you go through a trademark lawyer, but there is a really good service offered by the Intellectual Property Office, the people who actually award trademarks. You can pay a...
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