Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: richywilts on February 27, 2012, 03:04:15 pm
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im thinking of taking on a part time office girl for working evening chasing debts ad writing out invoices ready for next day as i find it a waste of time chasing payments in the daytime coz all i do is leave voicemails which prob never get listened too had a lot of interest on facebook what other work could i get them to do????
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Telemarketing (if she starts a bit earlier), stuffing envelopes for mailshots, post on CIU for you..
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Telemarketing (if she starts a bit earlier), stuffing envelopes for mailshots, post on CIU for you..
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What would he do all day then? ;D ;D ;De]
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Richy, from what you've posted as of late. Your last worker has been thinking about leaving, your near to hitting the VAT threshold but not drawing a wage. You have a problem with replacing a hose reel which to someone on the outside gives the impression of cashflow problems. Are you sure that you want to put another person on your wagebill?
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Cleaning the office or valeting the vans! :)
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half the problem stem from me not being in a position to collect the money mate im only talking 6-10 hours a week, i knew i was gonna struggle this month as was left with quite a few unpaid bills etc from when was overmanned but these have been geting paid off etc with the extrafree cash available iv got things ticking over nicely now just need to rebuild a few areas slightly.
my mate is looking at selling off a bit of work mate about 1000 a month in wallasey,runcorn and chester and bit in connahs quay i think il keep you posted
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Nice one mate. Let me know in advance so I can get the money together I'd be made up with that!
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he was asking to bring it over to me and be employed by me but i dont wana go down that route yet a 1000 a month to us is only 4 days work and the areas are slightly far for me
im looking at building a couple of new areas round heswall,higher bebington n that and build up my parkgate and neston round coz it all here there n everywhere
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half the problem stem from me not being in a position to collect the money mate im only talking 6-10 hours a week, i knew i was gonna struggle this month as was left with quite a few unpaid bills etc from when was overmanned but these have been geting paid off etc with the extrafree cash available iv got things ticking over nicely now just need to rebuild a few areas slightly.
WHy not go down the Standing Order route so that collecting becomes a moot point.
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im thinking of taking on a part time office girl for working evening chasing debts ad writing out invoices ready for next day as i find it a waste of time chasing payments in the daytime coz all i do is leave voicemails which prob never get listened too had a lot of interest on facebook what other work could i get them to do????
What you found another bird then Ritchy...... ;D ;D
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haha im newly single mate so i put on me facebook status if any single mums require part time work with admin experience contact me n iv had about 8 birds messaging me its great haha
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Thats what i like to hear.... ;D
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its been a tough year mate a lot of people take the p*ss out of me on here coz i have a unit etc iv had to change my business plan for the time being had two break ins at unit last year tried to keep staff on etc and got me self into bit of money trouble iv always ran before i could walk so im taking it slowly now like a said its only a part time position for time being prob sumwer between 6-10 hours a week working 5-7 at night collecting debts in over the phone using our card machine, its going to free me up to get out leaflet dropping and pick up some decent customers as im giving it a miss this year with canvassing
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Forgot to say before there's about £700 a months worth of work for sale in Heswall for £3500 on wforsale. Might be of interest to you
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Forgot to say before there's about £700 a months worth of work for sale in Heswall for £3500 on wforsale. Might be of interest to you
is it WFP ?
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Forgot to say before there's about £700 a months worth of work for sale in Heswall for £3500 on wforsale. Might be of interest to you
is it WFP ?
Hi Ian it's done trad I was looking at it last week.
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Richy,
Dont do it lad,
It has disaster written all over it,
You will be back with your lady before you know it and it wont go down well 8)
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get gav in there hes a big wet girl blouse ;D ;D ;D
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a lot of people take the p*ss out of me on here coz i have a unit etc
Do you think thats the real reason? Have you considered thats its because you ask questions like i'm gonna take a part time girl on, what could i get her to do ? Just a thought, maybe it me.
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haha im newly single mate so i put on me facebook status if any single mums require part time work with admin experience contact me n iv had about 8 birds messaging me its great haha
Love it, best post of the day ;D
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ive got a lady who does my office work and its brill . she does so much for me from invoicing chasing debts. communicating with clients (commercial) reminding me of due cleans shes even sorted risk assess/ method statements and loads more stuff . lets me concentrate on the windows. and shes not my wife either . saves any hassle at home
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i cant put my finger on it iv got a phobia of chasing money for fear of getting complaints or customers saying weve paid the lads i think my confidence is just low at minute, i think if i could employ a part timer office girl who is organised and professional and keeps things in check it would free up a lot of my time to focus where i want to take the business etc get out there meeting new clients, im a messy worker when it comes to office work im constantly organising the mess iv made!!!
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i cant put my finger on it iv got a phobia of chasing money for fear of getting complaints or customers saying weve paid the lads i think my confidence is just low at minute, i think if i could employ a part timer office girl who is organised and professional and keeps things in check it would free up a lot of my time to focus where i want to take the business etc get out there meeting new clients, im a messy worker when it comes to office work im constantly organising the mess iv made!!!
so in other words your dept list is a mess and your not sure who has paid and who hasn't :o
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i cant put my finger on it iv got a phobia of chasing money for fear of getting complaints or customers saying weve paid the lads i think my confidence is just low at minute, i think if i could employ a part timer office girl who is organised and professional and keeps things in check it would free up a lot of my time to focus where i want to take the business etc get out there meeting new clients, im a messy worker when it comes to office work im constantly organising the mess iv made!!!
richy, i;m the same! i have the same fear of people complaining or something else... strange isnt it. once i get started i;m fine, and on a roll... i was chasing them up today in fact, but i know what you mean.
the thing is, its much easier to get a good admin girl, who'll keep on top of this stuff, than it is to get a good sales person. i'm thinking of getting one whilst my office managers on mat leave, so that i can stay focussed on sales and marketing, and grow my business, rather than get myself bogged down in doing admin, badly :D
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i cant put my finger on it iv got a phobia of chasing money for fear of getting complaints or customers saying weve paid the lads i think my confidence is just low at minute, i think if i could employ a part timer office girl who is organised and professional and keeps things in check it would free up a lot of my time to focus where i want to take the business etc get out there meeting new clients, im a messy worker when it comes to office work im constantly organising the mess iv made!!!
so in other words your dept list is a mess and your not sure who has paid and who hasn't :o
debt list is fine mate just previously over last six months people were saying they have paid the cleaners, the lad doing admin seems to have been making mistakes when inputting information, im back to window cleaner pro now and its nice and simple, im owed in about 1300quid at present.
im gona hammer it tmoz and start complaining to customers about how long they take to pay
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£1300 :o :o :o thats alot of money fella 1/6 of your customers owe you money ??? ???
Chase the money yourself why employ some one to do it if they don't have any luck the dept will get bigger plus you have already said money is tight.
Regards Paul
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Paying someone new to chase in debts doesn't really make sense.....money wasted IMO.
Get it sorted and right yourself, then you are on top of it, then if you want to employ someone to keep on top of it, so be it.
Don't expect a new person to come in and sort our your previous mess and set up procedures to make sure it stays that way, you will have no idea of what is going on at all :)
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Richy I wasnt getting at yta !!! I cant see why you have to rent a unit why dont you work from home like a lot on here !!! Dont know how much you pay for the unit but I wouldnt waste me money on it I work from home have a little cupboard for an office where my laptop , printer a copier machine also all my files that does me and I do ok ....
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hiya mate is was going back a few years i was living at my parents and was looking to expand etc my dad didnt want vans all outside his house and staff coming and going and refilling etc so i took on a small unit few miles away, come winter time the water was freezing in the unit as it was a timer frame with aluminium cladding so had to move nearer home to unit we had the break ins at, before the break in we was planning on setting up a cleaning supplies shop and unit next to us came up really cheap 200quid so signed up on a lease, then had the two break in none of us wanted to stay there my matemention about this unit his cousin had who had gone to jail it was perfect for the shop we was planning to open had shop front,trade counter lighting large shop floor,sectioned off so one side cud be used for window cleaning,nice and secure gated and camera up,rollers shutters for all doors it felt like a safe option but was 600 a month i felt it was right option as at old unit i was looking to spend 10,000 to get shop set up anyway, unfortunately ive had to shelve them plans for now but still paying the price for unit as signed into a long lease,
im at a crossroads now to decide where to go, im thinking safe option is keep under the vat with the window cleaning and allow one staff member to keep it going for the next year and i help out if we get behind which i dont think we will.
im considering seting up a hand car wash at the unit as we are on a busy industrial estate
set up the cleaning supplies shop which isnt the biggest earner
do something else with the space
its a shame coz i cant really build the window cleaning up that much more i think i should be bk up to vat threshold early summer
this is reason im thinkin of getting an admin assistant in or giving the staff member more responsibilty to do paperwork as im at a loose end most of the day
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£10k to set up a window cleaning supplies shop ???
Surely you hadn't included stock within that figure?
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no that was just for the lighting,shop fitting, shop front and trade counters,tills thats why the new unit was attractive and couldve speeded up the process of getting shop up and running.
put it on the back burner now tho
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£800 a month on just lockups to produce water for one van :o :o
Im not knocking you for trying but do your self a favor concerntrate on the window cleaning get the business running smooth.
If your not careful you will lose everything mate. :-[ :-[
Can you not end the lease early on both units and save £800 per month ??? ???
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O right Richy yes can see where your comming from !!! wud be a good idea to do a car wash valet service to get abit of money in Rich to cover some costs. If your worried of going up to the vat then split the company start one with cleaning & the other half with window cleaning I find vat reg for me works as I claim back vat on fuel materials also I claim back the vat on the van I lease so is ok and I only pay vat on the invoices that the clients pay as Im on cash accounting which is better because if a client owes money and dont pay & closes down I just write the invoice off so therefore dont have to pay the vat on it that might be good for you if you go vat registered .........................[cash accounting]the only thing you gotta do is make sure you put the vat away. The bad thing for ya is that you would have to invoice each client with an invoice as you will have invoice numbers and if you do alot of houses that will be a knightmare and dont think the customers will be happy to pay vat on there house being cleaned good luck with the unit cant you just pull out of it !!!!!!! if not hope its not to long for ya before the contract runs out on it if not try and rent it out !!!!!!
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I`d up the guys wages that does all the cleaning by the amount you were thinking of paying this admin girl,you might just keep him then.
You are either inherently lazy,in which case you will never get a business off the ground or enjoying some form of drug use,(legal or illegal)too much, which leaves you permanently confused.
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This will cheer you up richy,
It did me,
http://bit.ly/zWyS0d
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Dean seen that somewhere before its not the vid that makes me laugh its the geezers laugh that cracks me up lol !!!!!!
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Haha,
Its crazy isn't it.
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lol !!!
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Forgot to say before there's about £700 a months worth of work for sale in Heswall for £3500 on wforsale. Might be of interest to you
is it WFP ?
Hi Ian it's done trad I was looking at it last week.
Hi John ... did you go for it ?
I wouldnt worry about turning em over to WFP if u did
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Office girl? Isn't that sexist? :o ;D
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Dean that video is mental...
Richie, you spend most of the day at a loose end yet you want to pay out another wage(no matter how small)? Just bite the bullet mate and get the debt list down...
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That video is the funniest thing ive seen on the internet.... ;D
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Haha,
Its crazy isn't it.
Sometimes streaking can be very distressing
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Forgot to say before there's about £700 a months worth of work for sale in Heswall for £3500 on wforsale. Might be of interest to you
is it WFP ?
Hi Ian it's done trad I was looking at it last week.
Hi John ... did you go for it ?
I wouldnt worry about turning em over to WFP if u did
Hi Ian ....... No didn't bother mate trying to focus on expanding in Chester
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Forgot to say before there's about £700 a months worth of work for sale in Heswall for £3500 on wforsale. Might be of interest to you
is it WFP ?
Hi Ian it's done trad I was looking at it last week.
Hi John ... did you go for it ?
I wouldnt worry about turning em over to WFP if u did
Hi Ian ....... No didn't bother mate trying to focus on expanding in Chester
Cheers mate will take a look :D