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    Do you need languages for business?

    No we just see the skills as a bonus
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    Castoff.net get behind a great new British site

    Love Jeff Ks list above I am sure we could add lots more. Also reminds me that its not always about the 'best' that win. I remember using Alta Vista in 95 for research projects and nothing else came close at the time I sit here using Opera and think this is what everyone should use but life is...
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    Castoff.net get behind a great new British site

    I wish you hadnt told me that, they were my recruitment channel of choice or is it ok to just do a free listing
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    Learning to sell

    Its not my analogy it is Richard Dennys and just means you dont get it. You could be offered a screwdriver with a long life but that wouldnt put a hole in your wall. To carry through his point, the salesman comes up to you in B&Q (ha ha that is the bit of the story that doesnt make sense). The...
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    Need help. setting up a chain.

    OP dont worry about it. There is a tendency as above for businessmen to look back on what they achieved and think that was really hard, nobody could do that, I wouldnt do it again. But they did and that is what you want to do. I think you are a bit thin on info but we dont want your whole...
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    How to check competitors turnover

    The fees and the behindness of it is self evident. This is a discussion, not a courtroom so I can 'assert' as I like and you can respond as you see fit. However I wasnt going to look in filing boxes but I did look on computer files to see the last time I responded on the issue. It seems my...
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    How to check competitors turnover

    No you are not sorry. The fee for paper filing was doubled and no discount given for online filing You said yourself their system is flaky (read crap) and of course they have benefited from the internet in a very very very backward and late way If you want the staff numbers you can write to...
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    Quick question about paypal

    I am sure they have got the picture and appreciate your concern (all of you)
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    Need help. setting up a chain.

    Lets look at the information supplied rather than preach in a too off hand fashion. After all how many of us though having done our research took a leap into the unknown. Looking at the positives, retail experience, that is a good start. There is a proposition I want to kick off but it is pure...
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    Ranking order of NPV, IRR and PI ???

    They are different things, you have to apply a chosen percentage to get your NPV whereas an IRR calculation gives you a percentage I always think IRR is used for an intended course of action - I want to buy a lorry, what IRR will it yield, is it a higher IRR than buying a printing press or a...
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    Sales Commission Structure

    Commision is an above the line cost of sale item. However of course you need to factor it as part of your overall forecasting process to make sure the numbers work. At the paying end, keep the structure simple or it wont motivate
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    Business Development for marketing agency

    I am sure they could sell just great but you know I can sort of put a website together and I can clean an office really well but I do neither (whereas I did both when I started the business) The good thing (and the bad thing) about expansion is you stop having to do the things you aint so great...
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    What can I do about retailers selling below RRP

    Well of course it is indirectly. However it is common for suppliers to put restrictions on how their products are viewed, thats called image, branding = higher price but not what price fixing is all about. They can say we paid for that image and you are exploiting it. However the basic premise...
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    New Business Started - Advice Needed!

    His monthly fee will be a tenner anyway so that makes Sages £7.50
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    Do you need languages for business?

    We deal with most countries in Europe and we have English, French, Italian, Polish and German plus we can call on Russian. However we seldom use it, the vast majority of our customers come to us speaking English. In fact we only seem to use it regularly to deal with 3rd parties where we have a...
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