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    Advice on inventory management software/tools

    Hello, My husband and I have been running our business for close to 2 years now. We've grown extremely much in a short time span and it's becoming increasingly difficult to stay on top of inventory planning etc. This is especially problematic on Amazon -- we have around 200 products, most of...
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    Do freight forwarders charge for 'UK arrival'?

    FOB. Can you please clarify something else for me? I understood from the HMRC rep that shipments arriving by sea should be customs cleared automatically, with the import duty/VAT charged to the agent's account (who would then charge us back). The implication was that goods would be customs...
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    Do freight forwarders charge for 'UK arrival'?

    First time getting some machinery shipped via sea freight from China (to the UK) and we've run into some troubles... The Chinese supplier booked FS Mackenzie as the freight forwarder (charges payable by us) and they're trying to charge us for 'UK arrival fees' as follows: Destination Terminal...
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    Registering food premises - not sure what to do

    Thanks for the reply. I wonder what the inspects will be like since I do computer/admin work from the business address only? Or maybe they won't do inspections if the address is an office?
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    Registering food premises - not sure what to do

    I've recently started a food supplement company. I buy the products pre-packaged from a UK supplier. I ship most of them directly to Amazon FBA. I store some products at the office (but not many, just some to enable me to fulfil orders that maybe can't be fulfilled by Amazon). The business is a...
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    Best way to keep track of stock and other 'accessories'/'ancilliaries'

    Just wondering how do you guys keep track of things such as mailing bags, bubble envelopes, labels etc? I find it difficult to keep track of what we're using so we always end up ordering last minute! I'd like to be able to use an Excel file for this -- e.g. I'd like to include order dates...
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    Messy VAT situation... not sure what to do

    Right, noted. Thanks again for clarifying. I'll have a word with an accountant that was recommended to me on here, hopefully he can unravel it for us. All the best everyone! ?
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    Messy VAT situation... not sure what to do

    Thanks everyone for your replies -- much appreciated. Definitely my bad for not appointing an accountant as this wouldn't have happened. :| Happy to get this sorted by a professional and I've actually received a few recs from some of the forum members on here. I'll sleep better at night knowing...
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    Messy VAT situation... not sure what to do

    Hey everyone, As the thread subject states, we're in a bit of a mess with the VAT side of things. So we started our ltd company back in March 2020. We wanted to start selling on Amazon.co.uk primarily. Now, things did not go according to plan and due to some technicalities we were not able to...
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