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    Giving Director Shares In Business

    Hi There A key member of staff at Etch has asked if she can have equity as part of a directors package. I have offered her 5% but have the following queries / notes: 1. When I set up Etch, I stupidy set it up with 1 share. I assume this is an easy ish one to sort. 2. My accountant said I have...
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    Business Valuation and advice?

    Hi there, It is very early days but recently we have had some interest and hints from a few suppliers about buying my business. Could anyone help advise on a valuation or are there too many variables? It's a tough choice as it could be good timing but equally it has a lot of potential, i enjoy...
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    Joined some time ago but never said hello or really got involved. HELLO!

    Hi All, I joined some time ago when I was starting my previous business Etch Creative. Glad to say 3 years in, Etch is now staffed by a brilliant team and doing great things in the luxury retail space. I have recently stepped away from the business leaving the guys doing what they do best to...
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    Pricing on Website?

    The main reason i say that is it gives suppliers an option to not advertise their price to competition but advertise their services and values to potential buyers.
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    Pricing on Website?

    I have been working on a B2B network for a while now which i hope would alleviate some of the problems here. It should give suppliers a fair playing field to connect with potential buyers and also allow buyers to reach more suppliers without having to trawl google etc to find their details...
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    Pricing on Website?

    Very true however if they know they are being compared to other suppliers for the same brief they would need to be competetive on either price, quality or service. I think there is a happy medium between bidding wars (which i am strongly against) and empowering buyers AND suppliers with real...
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    Pricing on Website?

    I agree on the price side of things. i think people in general (apart from very generic items) like to know they are getting a bespoke price and hopefully below list price.
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    Pricing on Website?

    @yarp media - interesting you said it doesn't always come down to price. Exactly my thoughts. I think a major problem I am trying to solve is to give buyers and suppliers data to evaluate things on more than just a price point i.e. customer service, quality, timings, communication, previous work...
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    Etch Creative - Creative services and manufacture for retail brands

    Hi All, New to the site. I run a creative and manufacturing agency in London called Etch Creative. We specialise in design and manufacturing and specialise in retail brands. If anyone ever needs advice on design or manufacturing just let me know, there isn't much we haven't worked with in terms...
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    Pricing on Website?

    Hi All, New to the site and this is a really interesting topic! I am doing research for a new business idea about how people find suppliers for work to get prices for things which are more complex than just a simple price on a website i.e. manufacturing, catering, printing etc etc. It seems...
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