Recent content by Northern1

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    Career Change - A Move From Sales...

    Hello all, Anyone good with dilemmas? I am looking for a new career path following 14 years of sales experience within the B2B arena. I had considered starting up in business but had a change of heart, for various reasons. I have always worked for large organisations either as; Telesales...
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    Taking Payment from Customers

    Hello All, I am currently in the process of completing a business plan. All is going well but I am struggling with some of the finer details - possibly a mild form of paralysis by analysis!? My proposed business will be selling products to a B2B market place (medium to large size businesses)...
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    Pay Monthly Websites

    Hello All, I am currently in the market for a website. The website will be the shop window of my business and is to be part e-commerce and part quotation request for bespoke products and customisation of standard products. The number of standard products will be between 700 to 1,000. The site...
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    Credit & 30 days from invoice - A point in the right direction please

    "What is more of an issue is you keeping a years worth of stock for your client - that is one of the most riskiest things I have heard in years!" It can be risky (if you're not on top of your customers that is) but this is normal practice, my competitors do this all of the time. We have...
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    Credit & 30 days from invoice - A point in the right direction please

    Thanks Geoff, I did look at their website (and the OFT's website) but I ended up calling them for clarification (as I could not see anything that was close to the information I was requiring), the girl I spoke to didn't really want to help (I don't think she even cared!) and pushed me back to...
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    Credit & 30 days from invoice - A point in the right direction please

    Hi Simon, Thank you for your response, it is most appreciated. It's not a years worth of outlay, it's a years worth of stock for the customer and therefore a relatively low financial risk to the business (unless I have a glut of customers who decide not to pay or delay payment at the same...
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    Credit & 30 days from invoice - A point in the right direction please

    Hello, Simple question (coming from a newbie who's at the planning stage of setting up in business, I also apologise if this is a repeated subject): If I were to provide business customers with 30 days from invoice, would I require a Consumer Credit Licence (customers being sole traders...
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    New to UKBF and new to setting up in business - Hello!

    Hello all, I'm new to UKBF and I understand that it is customary to post a quick introductory of myself and my business intentions. We are a "proposed" start-up business, looking to provide mailing and printed supplies to UK customers within a B2B market place. We are expecting to capture...
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