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    Laser Cutting

    The guitar manufacturing company has fallen by the wayside for the time being. I am in the process of building a laser cutter for cutting parts in 3mm styrene. In the meantime, i was wondering if anyone knows somewhere i can get one offs or small runs cut from styrene to make some cash to finish...
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    Good start to self employment

    A bit off topic, but Ive been looking at doing an electricians course for a while. There seems to be a million different courses and regulatory bodies and i'm not really sure what i should be doing. I presume you went through all this, which did you do in the end.
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    possible business idea - question for van owners.

    I know im hijacking a little, but has anyone ever tried a hydrogen supplement system. Basically a hydrolysis chamber feeding into the fuel injector along with the petrol. There are a few commerically available models at crazy prizes, but you can built one signifincantly cheaper. Not that i have...
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    Where to get a small grant or business loan

    A made a fairly typical call to the council today. Called the number on the website, someone answered and put me through to someone else. Waited 10 mnutes for them to answer, who said she was the wrong person. She transfered me to someone else in another department, who said she could transfer...
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    Where to get a small grant or business loan

    Ah yes, i missed one word which made all the difference. Thanks very much Bill, I'm going to use the excuse i was on my phone at the time. Which is also the reason to any spelling mistakes and random words. Its a smartphone thats a little too smart. It second guess's what im typing and if it...
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    Where to get a small grant or business loan

    Its medway council. I've got the number for business support, so i'll give them a try tomorrow. The advisor at the job centre today did say theres a lot of schemes available, but very little is advertised.
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    Where to get a small grant or business loan

    Thanks stephen. Ill look for an economic planning department tomorrow. So far with the council, no one seems to know who i should be talking to. I should be going to the princes trust enterprise introductory on 7th July, so hopefully something might come of it. The other thing i was...
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    Where to get a small grant or business loan

    Tools mostly, i think its jus under £300 to lay a new concrete floor, new roof and build workbenches in the shed and the rest will go on bandsaw, hand router, table router, shop vac, belt sander, orbital sander, pillar drill, chisels, router bits, spokeshave and some specialist, and rather...
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    Where to get a small grant or business loan

    Thanks bill. It would be perfect, but you need to have been trading 2 years. I just ask at the job centre and there are incentives, like £40 a week for the first. 3 months of trading. However, I did also speak to an advisor who has a guitar needing repair. 1st customer sorted
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    Where to get a small grant or business loan

    I have tried business link, but there's very little I'm eligible for unfortunately. I'm 27 and based in chatham, kent. I've got a few damaged guitars which I'm repairing, as a showcase, but I wouldn't say started trading officially. I have written a business plan and at least to start...
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    Where to get a small grant or business loan

    Turnover 19k, but this only includes cheaper low to mid price instruments that I can almost guarantee selling locally and online. I havent included any figures for custom work or repairs as its hard to guess the amount I will get. It's all a case of building a reputation. Luthieres on average...
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    Where to get a small grant or business loan

    I'm trying to find somewhere to get £2000 to start my own business. Any ideas where I can get a small loan or grant for this much. I've tried the princes trust, but nothings happening with that. I,m waiting to hear from the bank, but I'm not expecting much as i was stupid and killed my...
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    Pubic Sector Cuts

    Half the problem with the country is all the nanny state European human rights rubbish we have to put up with. We have prisons full of people, which from some figures I saw recently cost 25k per person per year. Isn't that more than the average wage. We either need to bring back capital...
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    Buying a guitar

    3 of the guitars I have now to repair are chinese clones of BC Rich warlocks, theyre all made of decent wood, got a good set of humbuckers and a floyd rose copy bridge. They were damaged on import, so i got them at a good price, they need some woodwork on the body then repainting. I've applied...
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    Buying a guitar

    This is interesting to read, as i've just started a guitar company. At the moment I'm buying damaged guitars and repairing and refinishing them, which i will likely resell online as im working from home. Ive been going with unusual paint jobs too, to make them more unique and they all come...
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