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    Merchant software help

    Look for an online service with monthly payments, then you can try it out without upfront commitment. What software have you considered so far?
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    Is there any point to anti-virus software for email?

    To clarify, my upstream provider is good at separating out spam/bulk email which then goes into a separate folder. If I just deleted these blindly then I might never have noticed, as most of the virus emails are also flagged as sent in bulk. However, when I scan through these I can see there...
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    Is there any point to anti-virus software for email?

    I do have more than one email address, so I may see what others do not. The software seems to work well for other aspects, but emails are just not caught regularly. I've tried other software and it's been no better.
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    Is there any point to anti-virus software for email?

    I use anti-virus software; have done for as long as I can remember. But... A bunch of emails come in, all similar but with slightly different titles, all inviting me to open the attachment because of the important missed payment or whatever. Maybe there will be one or two that say "Antivirus...
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    Accounting in the cloud?

    Yes. Also your accountant may be able to get you a discount if you join via them, so do ask. Xero is often recommended. Or there is Kashflow - a UK based company. You put your transactions into the system, and then the accountant can just access everything directly..
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    Chinese eBay sellers with UK based stock

    Amazon do have a form for reporting intellectual property complaints. It would seem easy enough to have another one for reporting health & safety issues (such as the sunglasses' issues). But they probably need a kick to do it.
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    Is this considered tax evasion?

    Wouldn't that just be a "benefit in kind", and therefore taxed in the normal way?
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    PayPal forcing customers to have PayPal account.

    Can you use someone like stripe.com as well? That way you will not be dependent on PayPal.
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    List of Takeaways in the UK

    This information is available freely. It is published as part of the food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency. The data is broken down into individual XML files for each local authority. The data has the business name and address, their hygiene ratings, and even the geocode (long/lat)...
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    Can anyone help before we go out of business?

    But if it's a "free" (currently wasted) £250 per month, that can be put into marketing or changing the web site, then that would be useful?
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    Can anyone help before we go out of business?

    It sounds like you need to find a new provider first, otherwise the costs will put you off making the changes that you need to. There's no good getting advice, if you cannot then implement it!
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    Can anyone help before we go out of business?

    What is the £300 - a month, a year? Who are you with at the moment? How much traffic do you get? Is the problem no visitors, or that you are getting visitors that are not converting into sales?
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    Having a new e-commerce site designed - pay dev. to learn?

    If he is not your employee, I don't see why you should pay for his training. Of course, if the overall price is low enough, then that may still be worth it to you. However, if he is learning on your job, then you may end up with all the mistakes in your project. Given the problems from the...
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    Website Threats

    If you have done extra work for them (outside of the original spec), why don't you add it up and bill them for that work? Just a thought, I'm not a lawyer.
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    How not to sell social media services.

    Why do you assume they will survive? Or maybe they exist to allow a corporate manager to tick a box that says "social media". For the right fee, of course.
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