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Mr bloke actually I think you are right, I certainly have the funds to get a decent website built , no issue there just wanted to do it a different way, thanks for your views:)

Mr Bloke is spot on; good luck with the idea.

Check your grammar, punctuation, spaces between full stops and capital letters etc etc. I looked at it briefly, and if I was a potential customer, I would be, to borrow a quote from your site "leaving the site with no likelihood of return"

 

For example "This is why i create websites that is user friendly". Poor grammar, and no full stop.

 

This is your shop window for potential customers, and it smacks of a lack of attention to detail.

 

Sorry to be harsh, but you did ask.

...and the fact that the errors have still not been corrected would suggest a lack of response to customer needs!

Just posted this on LinkedIn for you

Yorkshire Wildlife Park?

OK, maybe a little explanation. The forum doesn't allow self promotion and this section is about asking for advice on anything to do with running a business or being employed in a business.

So, as an example if you wrote "Does anyone think chocolate tea pots would sell?" then it would be obvious you sell chocolate tea pots and are self promoting...not allowed.

However if you phrased the question "I have an idea for a confectionery business and need to know where I can find out more about Hygiene regulations", then this would be allowed.

I hope this makes sense?

How can it be a red flag if its legitimate?

 

Good advice above. We use an accountant to advise if we have entered everything under the correct category in our accounts and what can and can't be claimed as expenses and the implications of the various options.

I would agree

If you are based in the Sheffield City Region I would contact the Growth Hub in the first instance https://www.scrgrowthhub.co.uk/

They will be able to provide the young person, concerned, with all the information they will need.

Please pass on my best wishes and good luck

Tijo,

Many years ago my father in law was a private taxi driver in Bradford. The way it worked was like this:

1. You paid a weekly subscription for your 'radio' (I suspect it is a Smart device these days)

2. The fare you collected was yours

3. You were responsible for all your costs

4. Local authorities had their local rules about what type of car you could use (age was normally an important consideration)

However with the introduction of smart metering/GPS/Uber, the way the market operates may well have changed.

Why not call City Cabs for a chat, I am sure they could help to answer all these questions for you?

Never heard of this, particularly as company cars attract personal tax!

Dear all,

 

Does anyone know any websites where a seller or a manufacturer can connect with potential buyers? I would like to start an export business.

 

Regards

eBay/Alibaba?

He needs to address this or get someone to do it on his behalf.

 

If he advertises for free on the local Facebook sale pages he'll be inundated with work or requests for help.

I agree. But he needs to become IT literate as third parties can sometimes let you down.

I agree Anna. To the OP, if your partner is only driving for them then HMRC would treat him as being employed by the company he is contracting with. Regarding the 14p/mile; are they providing the Van? If so then HMRC would definitely consider him to be an employee!

Otherwise my advice would be to go and fund other customers who would pay a fair amount/hour and a mileage rate to cover the true costs of the van.

 

The issue is they've used my illustrations for another purpose, on a job I haven't agreed to work on – and credited it to someone else.

 

I get the issue re someone else taking the credit but if they are using the illustrations for another purpose; why does this matter if you've been paid for the work?

When we design a product for a client, once we have been paid, the rights to the design belong to them and they are within their rights to do whatever they see fit with it.

 

I was paid my day rate for the time spent doing the work but, since it wasn’t used commercially, there was no sign-off for print and no documents or written statements were drafted transferring rights.

 

If you were paid I am not sure what the issue is (unless your 'contract' included an on going royalty fee for your work if it was ever used commercially)?

The parts are our own designs but we don't have the machinery needed to manufacture these ourselves to match production needs so need to outsource these parts so not reverse engineering.

Sent you a PM

I'm in need of CAD drawings of pieces of metalwork such as flanges so these can be sent off to be manufactured. The drawings will often be of physical items that we need to replicate.

I understand. This is what we would call 'reverse engineering'.

My only other question is do you have the legal right to reverse engineer the parts?

I'm looking for suggestions/recommendations for a Sheffield based CAD drawing service, preferably but not necessarily a business who are also precision engineers to manufacture the components.

When you say CAD drawing service, what do you mean?

If your customer is a domestic customer follow this advice.

 

Keep all quotes and invoices, T&Cs and any communication between you and customer. Don't verbally contact the customer from now on, do everything via email or letter.

 

Give the customer 28 days from the date on your invoice to get the reasons why they are not paying you in writing and to you.

 

If 28 days pass and you don't hear anything, send a letter before action, debt-guard do one online and are pretty good. You can now start charging interest at 0.08%

 

To work it out - if you owed £500 - £500 x 0.08 = £40 that's what interest you can charge for the year.

 

£40 divided by 365 = £0.11 a day interest ( a joke I know )

 

Try and show you want to sort before taking to court, court should be last option.

 

If letter before action does nothing then file a claim online at MCOL cost £60.00 claim fee

 

When your further down the the road and don't want mediation you'll have to pay £80.00 hearing fee

 

You can claim all this back, plus your interest and expenses, it will take about 6/8 months to get it to court, make sure you have all paper work and prove there is no good reason for non payment

Spot on and the correct advice for the OP

I had a 'professional' design me a website which turned out to be rubbish … no flair whatsoever. Didn't even work properly on tablets and smartphones.

I ended up asking him to remove it from the interwave and designed my own using a Wix premium plan and my own domain name. Bit of a learning curve, but I now have very favourable comments and it's easy to muck around with.

 

I'd give it a go and save stacks of dosh. You can easily do all of the stuff you've mentioned.

I agree re Wix but I think the OP might need a content management system if they are regularly updating/adding new pages and content.

Go into 1&1 internet make you own website they have all the tools and then you can set it live works really good I did mine that way and not had any problems it's free until you go live then I think it's about £10 per month but extremely good

wix.com is very good too. It has some very simple editing tools to make both a web and mobile friendly site...take a look at http://www.picsima.com which cost $100 to create.

I agree with Stefan (L00B); it's a 'naff' name...however is your client getting lots of enquiries? If so, it doesn't really matter

Paul, why doesn't your friend go back to the person who interviewed her and ask for 5 minutes of their time and ask? If they cannot be bothered to give her the time, would she have wanted to work for them in the first place...I know I would always give someone feedback on why they didn't get the job if they were to ask me

Wishing her well with her job search.

 

why change it now if you have more nett profit than 10k pay yourself dividends and save money on NI etc. if you have no profit this year you may have next?

The dividend threshold is now £5K...even so the OP should consider this is tax free as you point out.

As long as the cost of producing and filing the accounts is less that the tax on £5K...it would appear, to me, to be a 'no brainer'.

Plus Limited Liability companies have the benefit that the shareholders liability is limited (subject to any deal with suppliers of credit), whereas a sole trader is exposed to the full liability of any debt.

Hi

 

I have been in business for about 3 years. I am thinking of asking to borrow some more money on my mortgage to do some home improvements. However, my mortgage provider have said I need to provide 2 full years worth of audited accounts. I have always done the accounts myself and submitted a SA as I'm a Sole Trader.

 

Any ideas what it would involve to get my accounts audited (whatever that means - there seem to be different definitions) and any suggestions for a not too expensive accountant who would do this for me?

 

Many thanks :-)

Have a chat with Ian Walker 07917 853370. He's a really nice bloke and does not charge the earth (when he remembers to charge you in the first place ); tell him I said Hi.

John,

I'd re post this on the 'sticky' thread at the top