Recent content by Mitch3473

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    Electrical Small business owner help, not making any money....

    Agree with above. Increasing your prices by 20% may seem a lot but if you factor in, in your own mind, you'll loose 20% of the work, which you wont....you're earning the same for less work. What you will find is you may, maybe loose 1 or 2 clients, usually the ones you dont want anyway and what...
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    What would you do if you needed to earn money TODAY?

    What do you need 8 Kirbys for....
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    Staff taking home freebies?

    Is there not some protocol in place whereby the items are signed for. All legit and above board, possibly.
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    Have you ever had a terible business encounter that made you drop all your professionalism when dealing with clients?

    We have a particular client, typical of the 80/20 brigade and she texts, War and Peace if you can imagine...... The 2nd time, being a carbon copy of the first time was her outlining my costings on the end of month invoice. We process laundry and other than itemised bedding we weigh towels etc...
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    Business stickers on rear window

    Always reminds me of the stickers you used to see across the back windows of knackered Volvo estates claiming untold riches via MLM.
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    Air BnB

    Why have you decided to go Airbnb, have you looked at the other holiday rental agencies...? Airbnb is hard work, as mentioned above, and it seems that it doesn't offer much in the way of commitment from customers. We own a small commercial laundry in a very touristy area and 98% of our clients...
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    Jealous/envious co worker

    Here's me thinking it was Geddy Lee...;)
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    Rising fuel costs

    I filled my works van up last week, Nissan Primastar...£102.52, I've never ever put that cost in. Told all my distance clients we are only doing 1 delivery/collection per week as opposed to the usual 2 and they're happy with that. We've not had lights on in the unit for 6 weeks and all filters...
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    Digger driver job with no experience

    The guy that dug our pool was a member of the JCB formation dancing team. Just saying ;)
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    Require some help - Inherited a cleaning company.

    Might even be worth getting your hands dirty for a few weeks so as to get a feel and an understanding of what exactly goes on at the sharp end.
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    Franchise or an independent?

    and who owns your customer data base....is it yours because you've built the business up or is it the franchisors because without him you wouldn't have the custom or business and he owns the name and possibly other entities
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    Cleaning biz - can I use self-employed contractors please?

    As long as the cleaners have other sources of income, ie, you are not their sole provider of work and can give you invoices for their time and work. Check with your accountant just to confirm.
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    If starting a business from scratch today. What sector would you choose and why?

    Niche cleaning...repeat business and loyal customer base. If you do a good job that is.
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    Need Advice on Business Idea

    I once bought a 10 KVA generator off Ebay and once I'd explained my purchase to detective Geraint Jones of the Sth Wales constabulary all was well. I had bought it in good faith, It still had the hirers details etched on the crankcase.....It was nicked. So, If you dont have yourself completely...
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    Is 20 days holiday tight?

    But they do insist on making the most of their weekends....
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