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    Advice needed.. A director has gone rogue.

    What is his side of the story? What will his defence be if it goes legal?
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    Advice needed.. A director has gone rogue.

    Keeping it short hasn't gone well. Create a clear, concise, chronological timeliness of (verifiable) events to get best advice How strong is your relationship with customers? Telling them he has left may encourage a prove war. In truth, I think you need a lawyer..
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    Dissolved Company - Outstanding Debt

    The wording will matter - if it refers to ghe company name but omits 'ltd' you should be able to argue that it's obviously the company If it refers to you trading as, it may be stickier ground
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    Passing off a Company Name? Advice required please.

    What was their response? Do really want to start a business knowing that you might immediately be involved in legal action, when other options are available? Do your customers actually relate to the terminology? Final thought - a domain is one thing, are you planning on using that name as a...
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    Need help with some basic Finance and VAT reclaim questions.

    Did you buy from an 'official' source, with VAT invoices?
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    Food Scams in the UK

    I would challenge that. It's mostly down to education, commitment and awareness. You can create a healthy, tasty and nutritious meal for less than £2 per head - that's feeds a family of 4 for less than a packet of fags each day. It does however require some imagination and preparation (batch...
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    BUSINESS IMROVEMENT DISTRICTS - Anyone done one?

    Herding cats I've engaged with a few, and they were mixed. The problem, as suggested, is the commitment of members - most will jump up and down enthusiastically at the idea, stall at the idea of payment and run for the hills when it comes to actually doing anything. With good leadership and...
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    Food Scams in the UK

    Some reliable assumptions (not universal truths): - if it comes ready made in a bag, box or tin, its probably full of sh!te - if it say 'low fat/salt/sugar, those things have been replaced by shite. - if the 'meal' costs less than the main ingredient, its full of shite First principles...
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    Granting Authority in sale of business

    As suggested @The Resolver is your man here As a personal view, I believe there does need to be a single point of contact, with an agreed authority (nobody wants a committee), but there also needs to be clear communication
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    What type of decisions do you find most difficult to make?

    I think the key word here is effort It takes a bit of effort to give bad advice, to spam or to troll. Whereas AI produces reams of nonsense (or a fusion of fact, nonsense and words for the sake of words) at the touch of a button. As you suggest, professionals will make the effort to...
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    Would you use this? Honest feedback wanted

    The problem with AI - apart from an abundance of words - is that it's currently loaded to say what you want to hear, which is why I wouldn't use it for market research (at least not without some serious human controls). It's not great for forums either...
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    How long does payment reconciliation actually take you each week?

    My wife actually does have a problem with this - and would be recetive to a truly workable solution. The problem stems from a random mix of payments - on-site by card or cash or online by invoice. (plus her believe that she can remember who paid what) Online/Xero is easy. Cash relies on here...
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    Would you use this? Honest feedback wanted

    My first thought there, is that your reasearch was loaded to get the answers you wanted to hear. Having worked in & dealt with start-ups & small businesses (as start up advisor & funder), I'd say in most cases it is way down the list of concerns - often non-existent. As others have said, there...
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    Would you use this? Honest feedback wanted

    I can't remember the last time I was asked for this. Back when I was, I simply sent some PDFs from a file called Verify. As a broker, there are 2 levels of info, one from Companies House & our reference agency, the next provided by the client themselves - the latter is unlikely to come from a...
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    AI does have its uses

    Sat Nav is a good but incomplete example. Good in that it can erode awareness, and and comprehension if used in isolation (we always refer to a map on any significant journey, whilst using Sat Nav for updates & suggestions). Incomplete, in that it will give factually correct information as...
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