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    Can I sell my business despite being a sole trader & having little to give but a client list?

    Hi all I'm planning on ceasing my business as a dog daycare provider soon, as I've been offered a freelance job in an office which deals with graphic design (which is what I really want to get into). I was planning on simply giving my clients notice and then stopping, but today I'm just...
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    How do people afford to post things of any value?!

    Well, good point. But the worry comes when they need to use the warranty. I presume I have to pay for them to send it to me for repair, and then pay to send it back to them. That's £260 a time! :o Hence me wondering whether I can insure with an independent company somehow?
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    How do people afford to post things of any value?!

    Hi As mentioned in my other thread, we're looking at starting a business building custom pc's and selling online. My latest stumbling block is postage! To post a pc worth £2500 and have it insured, couriers want around £130. If there is ever a fault with the pc, having it shipped backwards...
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    Offering warranty's to pc buyers

    Hi all Just after a little advice. My husband is very good with PC's and enjoys building them, esp high spec gaming PC's. So we were thinking of offering a customer gaming pc building service. We would have a website and would ship the products throughout the UK. The parts used within the...
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    Do I need a commercial kitchen to package (dry) food to sell online?

    Did you ever get an answer to this? Looking for answers myself on repackaging food businesses and food hygiene laws
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    Commercial mortgages and loans

    Hi I run a dog daycare from home currently. I'd love to move into a detached property with land to allow for expansion, but don't even own my own property currently. As you'll already know, getting a property with land is around 350k upwards, so there's no way I can just go and get a...
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    Becoming a freelance social media consultant.

    Hi there I'm Looking for a bit of advice, if anyone has any experience with this. I'm considering becoming a freelance social media consultant. I have quite a bit of experience with running my own campaigns for my own businesses, and feel I am confident enough to offer these services to...
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    Looking for advice on buying property with land, commercial mortgages and personal mortgages.

    Thanks for the advice :)
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    Looking for advice on buying property with land, commercial mortgages and personal mortgages.

    Hi all I'm looking for ideas of what we can do in our situation. I run a good little business from home at the moment, looking after dogs while their owners are at work. Husband works full time in a 'normal' job. We want to look into buying our own home and are beginning to save for a deposit...
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    How can I market to small businesses legally?

    Hi all I run a directory, in the pet care sector. I'm now ready to market with a view to getting businesses to add themselves to the directory (for a small cost). I keep hitting a brick wall with marketing. It seems I cannot legally contact small businesses who I know are my target audience by...
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    Unsolicited email laws in the UK

    Hi I'm just reading through the ico website at the rules surrounding marketing emails I'd like to send to small businesses within the UK to send them an offer to list on my pet service directory. From what I'm reading so far, it seems it's impossible to legally send emails to small...
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    Paypal chained payments and taxes question

    Ok, so you're sure I don't have to declare the total sale amount as turnover in my tax return? This would be a nightmare as it would look like I had a huge turnover when actually I was earning about 20p per sale! :o
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    Paypal chained payments and taxes question

    Hi I'm confused by paypal chained payments. If i set up an etsy style store on my site, and used chained payments, I'm reading that the payment will first come to me, my cut will be taken then the remainder sent to the seller. My question is, am I actually classed as handling the entire...
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    Options for creating a marketplace on my website for vendors to sell on.

    Hi all i'm really struggling to find a solution to this, and hoping someone here can shed some light. I run a wordpress website, where I would like to add a marketplace which will give people the opportunity to add their handmade items to the site, and receive payment directly from customers...
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    Commercial premises - costs and considerations

    Thanks for the reminder :) Will add it to my list...
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