Recent content by Oli Powell

  1. Oli Powell

    Selling shares to friends and family

    Thanks for your responses, everyone. It's been an interesting journey. We're in the process of changing our business to a cooperative, which aligns better with our ethos. It's also the most accessible way to allow friends, family, customers and investors alike to own a part of the business, and...
  2. Oli Powell

    Selling shares to friends and family

    Well, we can, but we have 100's of people lined up, so a lot of manual effort!
  3. Oli Powell

    Selling shares to friends and family

    Hello! We have a community of friends and family who want to invest in our company to help us raise capital to get to our next stage of development. We're looking for a way to facilitate the process, as we have 100+ people on the list. Wondered if anyone has any experience in this? For...
  4. Oli Powell

    Paying money into my new Ltd. company

    Thanks, everyone! I have an accountant but needed to make the payment urgently outside office hours, so the help was much appreciated.
  5. Oli Powell

    Paying money into my new Ltd. company

    Hello, I'm a sole trader and have just set up a separate Ltd company that I need to transfer funds to, so that I can buy materials etc. before we get paying customers. I'm not sure whether it's best to transfer funds from my sole trader account to my Ltd account, or from my personal bank...
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    Trademark & Business Naming

    Thanks. I'll seek advice outside the forum then. If anyone has any recommendations before I Google an IP Lawyer, it would be much appreciated.
  7. Oli Powell

    Trademark & Business Naming

    Hello, We're at the very early stages of starting our small business in the drinks industry. Like many people, we had that lightbulb moment when it came to our name and bought the domains and set up the social accounts etc. I also ran a search on the IPO, and only two entries came back in our...
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