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    Retreaded Tyres

    Anybody aware if retreaded tyres ( HGV and LCV ) are allowed in UK?
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    Freight forwarding from India to UK

    your friend in india will need IEC code to export. It will be possible to liase with my contact in Kolkata to sort out your shipping but before that kindly ask your friend to check the necessary bits required for export. You may be aware that sometimes it may take longer than expected for such...
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    Freight forwarding from India to UK

    I am not an expert on VAT rules so suggest to double check with HMRC regarding the exemption of VAT on tea. You will definitely need EORI number to import any goods to UK from abroad and normally EORI number can be requested when you apply for VAT registration for your business. Ideally for...
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    Freight forwarding from India to UK

    I am aware of a local contact in India who should be able to help you out with freight forwarding from India to UK. Looking at the initial consignment of 100 to 200 kgs it will be a LCL . Do you have a VAT registered company within UK and have your EORI number sorted for the import purpose...
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    Product Packaging

    I know a service company in india who works with printing houses occasionally and can get the boxes sorted for you. Before that we will need to know the dimensions and designs you want it to be place and if you have any specific requirements.
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    Business telephones - Ring Central or Vonage?

    Both, many thanks for your honest comment and I did some research about all three of them.. I think voipfone is looking good so far to me. If Steven is using for years and had a no issue as others had expressed satisfactory service it must be doing good. Will speak to them today.
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    Business telephones - Ring Central or Vonage?

    Thanks Steven. Being a startup all I will need is few dedicated phone numbers for general enquiries and sales along with the option of call forwarding to my mobile phones. I am planning to my existing home broadband for now as it goes mostly unused largely so can nip in some business work for...
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    Business telephones - Ring Central or Vonage?

    Could you someone help me with their experience of using Ring Central or Vonage as business telephones? What will be your recommendation for a startup company to keep the costs low and get a decent service to start with or any other alternative which may help me to set a dedicated landline for...
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    Trademark Enquiry

    Hi Fletch, I do not think it should be a problem unless the names have very close resemblance and same spelling. Normally when you apply for a trademark it goes into online journal for 2 months and gives enough time for someone to get back to you with their opposition if there is any. Taking...
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    generate barcode for products

    Thanks for your help! :-) I did some reading and since we want to sell our own branded products I took subscription with GS1 UK to get a set of 1000 EAN barcodes from them. Slightly on the expensive side but I am sure this will help when business expands. I will checkout the Zebra LP2844...
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    Sage Pay or World Pay or Paypal ?

    Having looked at Stripe their pricing look very straightforward but World Pay says they try to work extra to send more traffic to your online store to generate more sales. is that really true?
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    generate barcode for products

    Hi Guys, I am looking for some guidance on how to generate the barcodes for my products for unique identification purpose. Could this bardcode we associated back to the stock keeping unit and inventory? Also, any barcode printer you would recommend for print the barcode labels? Regards, Wajid
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    e-commerce fulfilment

    Hi Both, Thanks for your advice. Any of you heard James and James for ecommerce fulfilment. I was reading up on them and they seem to have a good setup for this. Just wondering if anyone in forum using them right now.
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    e-commerce fulfilment

    Hi Guys, I am exploring the option of the ecommerce fulfilment options out there which will take off the load of pick and pack myself and those time can saved to grow business. I was reading about FBA and it does look very good but a the same time lot of posts says its expensive. What else...
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    Sage Pay or World Pay or Paypal ?

    I spoke to World Pay and they sounded better than Sage Pay. I kind of agree with you on those. Will wait for some more posts to come through
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