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    Are Tanning Salons still a viable business??

    Thanks All, your input has been much appreciated. At the moment we are waiting to see if 3 phase electricity can be installed into the premises we are inquiring about at a decent price. From research on this subject i can see that prices for this vary depending on store location. My brother...
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    Are Tanning Salons still a viable business??

    Hi All, My brother is looking at opening a tanning salon, and we are in the process of viewing some potential locations. i would love to hear from anyone in the trade who could offer me any information. Some of the questions i do have are; is there still good numbers using sunbeds in the...
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    Start Up Grants North East

    Thanks Law Hound, anything relating to free money is never going to be straight forward i guess. The offer of business tuition from the princes trust for my brother sounds like it may be benefitial wonder how useful it actually is tho.
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    Start Up Grants North East

    ethical PR i have only glanced over them, haven't had a proper sit down and a chance to see what was what
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    Start Up Grants North East

    No lease has not been agreed as i am awaiting the price for phase 3 wiring from northern power grid as this differs massively depending on store location. And i do have enough cash for start up but i was simply asking if there was any grants out there that help start up businesses you mong
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    Looking to open a British Fish and Chip shop in Australia

    one order of fish and chips should cover this, i loved in Perth western Australia for a little while and the prices were crazy, whilst in sydney for Xmas and New year i went to a fish shop just of manly beach i'm sure i paid around 20 dollars for fish and chips. I must admit i also missed...
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    Start Up Grants North East

    Hi All, my brother and i are in the process of opening up a Tanning salon in the North East. The business will be in my brothers name who is 24 years old. The building we are taken over the lease from was Tattoo shop, so all electrics will have to be converted (Phase 3) and the store...
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    Van Hire Company startup

    most van hire companies base their prices on annual mileage of 10k per year, realistically drivers will cover 20-25k per year. company quotes for this are extremely high and very few even fall into the competitive price range. (Something i will need to look at i understand, why are prices not...
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    Van Hire Company startup

    thanks dmckellar, did you start up your van hire company? how many vans do you now have starting with 3 what was you growth? and rough profit margins?
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    Van Hire Company startup

    Hi Chris, somewhere in the region of 70k upon sale of stock (nowhere near the figure needed i understand this) aim of the company; to provide tailored van hire for delivery service providers of multi drop delivery with self employed non owner drivers. background in running a multi drop...
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    Van Hire Company startup

    Thank John/Mark, i understand this is not something that can simply be set up in the space of a few weeks. Like i previously stated this is literally my first port of call i was just hunting around for information on what it would take to get this off the ground. Im not one who wants to...
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    Van Hire Company startup

    thanks John, i understand it wouldn't be an easy thing to do, but what i'm also looking at is if i can hire 200 vans out annually to one company and i had a conversation yesterday with a MD of another company that hires around 30 vans and he also agreed that he would use my services if i...
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    Van Hire Company startup

    Thanks Jeremy, as you are in the business how does lease/ hire work? do lease/hire companies purchase a full new fleet each year or are there schemes by dealerships that finance their new vehicles out in order to get them into the used market? i read a little on van sales and from the...
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    Van Hire Company startup

    Thanks Chris, i will not be employing the drivers using the vans, the vans will be hired to my current employers based on steady levels a pool of 200 vans will be on constant hire.
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    Van Hire Company startup

    this was literally first port of call to get any idea on the business, as for leasing agreements i could get a contract in place for around 150-200 vans out on lease in a significantly growing market. i was just digging for info as to what this would require on a running cost scale etc i have...
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