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Tom White

Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #40 on: December 14, 2010, 04:59:33 pm »
my OTHER INTEREST IS READING poopE ON HERE.dOES NOT PAY BUT IT DO MEET MANY FOOLS.

You left your caps lock on and hung yourself by your own petard.  ;D

KLEENAWAY

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #41 on: December 14, 2010, 05:00:27 pm »
www.anticlamping.com

Done 3 so far , but currently banned from driving, its more because I like to be a Robin Hood type character

Haha thats brilliant mate good on you! Dont get me wrong iv got peoples cars back "for free" for them and it realy doesnt bother me. The way i see it is if someone has the balls to cut it off and get caught the good on them, Its learning curve whenever iv had one cut off....only ever happened twice but clamping isnt as big up here as it is down south.

Danny

KLEENAWAY

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #42 on: December 14, 2010, 05:09:04 pm »
Cheers danny. Just a niche market mate that as you can see some people dont like  ;D.
Ye JSMC they are trying to bring it in the new year. I think the whole security industry need tightening up but it just seems that because wheel clamping lends it self to earning easy money that alot of idiots have got into it and just ruined the whole thing. Wheel clamping is needed no matter what anyone says. Private tickets arent worth the paper they are printed on (unlike council tickets)

Danny

Any advice on getting started in this business as I am interested in runnuing a small company doing wheel clamping but like you say in a professional way

Its quite hard to get into to be honest mate. You need to go on training courses and take tests just to get the licence to do it. Then you need to set up a company and have an appeals procedure and address, buy all of the equipment and then you have to get permission of land owner that actualy want it (to be honest their isnt that many after all the bad press its had). You will also get alot of threats against you for the local gangsters that want your company....iv been ask/told i need to pay protection money form a few n*bs in manchester. Then at the end of it all you might get taken to court and be orderd to pay the fine back. Pretty easy mate  ;D

Danny

wightsurf

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #43 on: December 14, 2010, 05:19:41 pm »
This yr i started Beekeeping ,i told all my custys and they all want honey.The only problem being the bees didn't agree with this plan   ::)
First yr hickups as normal but higher hopes for next yr.At the least i expect to get stung lol

Tom White

Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #44 on: December 14, 2010, 05:23:38 pm »
This yr i started Beekeeping ,i told all my custys and they all want honey.The only problem being the bees didn't agree with this plan   ::)
First yr hickups as normal but higher hopes for next yr.At the least i expect to get stung lol

Honest!  Bees!  Sounds great.  Have you any photos?

wightsurf

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #45 on: December 14, 2010, 05:28:26 pm »
I have a look latter for some , i did have some   ::)
Yes i have got 4 hives and i would like to expand to 15 this coming yr.
It's not cheap to setup but well worth it. As it's also alot of peeps hoby it's a real joy to do.

wpclean

Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #46 on: December 14, 2010, 05:38:09 pm »
I have a look latter for some , i did have some   ::)
Yes i have got 4 hives and i would like to expand to 15 this coming yr.
It's not cheap to setup but well worth it. As it's also alot of peeps hoby it's a real joy to do.
Is it true that bees are struggling to survive, and there is a shortage ?

wightsurf

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #47 on: December 14, 2010, 05:51:03 pm »
In the USA it's in a very bad way. Here uk there are probs but mainly a pest and pesticides. In the USA they have what is called CCD people have lost hell of a lot .
It's wiped out some beekeepers business. Scientist are trying very hard to find the answer and one theory being that it's a mix of pesticides, this is showing in the honey and wax. Also the pesticides are showing in uk honey and wax, not good.

wightsurf

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #48 on: December 14, 2010, 05:55:13 pm »
pics i hope

KLEENAWAY

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #49 on: December 14, 2010, 05:58:08 pm »
I have a look latter for some , i did have some   ::)
Yes i have got 4 hives and i would like to expand to 15 this coming yr.
It's not cheap to setup but well worth it. As it's also alot of peeps hoby it's a real joy to do.

Thats brilliant mate! Thats the last idea id think of! What sort of money can be earnt doing this or is it more of just a hobby? The farther in law has 25 acres of land that i wouldnt mind trying it out on

Danny

wightsurf

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #50 on: December 14, 2010, 06:08:19 pm »
Money can be made but you have to do your homework first.
sales in :
Honey
wax
bees
This is the basics but theres candles and the list goes on, wax polish for example.
Then there is the fear factor, can you cope with 75,000 bees looking at you in 1 hive at it's peek  8) They can kill, some may laugh but i know of a few this yr and also a few rushed to hospital.The old wives tell of the more you get stung the less it affects you is not totally true. Yes you don't feel the sting so much but your body can still shut down at any point.
The best thing is to read alot, look up your local association and go for a free days trail, they are very friendly and they will all tell you theres no money in it. A bit like window cleaning lol, no money in that neither  ;D

Matthew JN

Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #51 on: December 14, 2010, 06:30:08 pm »
Buy and sell some motors - anyone wanna buy a 2008 corsa  ????

leights

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #52 on: December 14, 2010, 06:42:21 pm »
iv done a good few jobs from security , army,, factory,,, doorman,,,, office, since i started my own cleaning company i aint looked back, serious i think some people need to lookk around, my mate said to me the other day, haha leight ooo how working in this weather??? taking the pi s s ,,, i said im ok, your still working for £6.00 an hour you dull cutn,, lol.....

its a true saying that the weather gets people down!!!!!
better than all the rest

wightsurf

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #53 on: December 14, 2010, 07:11:04 pm »
I agree theres money to be made in this job, if there wasn't i wouldn't be doing it.But if you can make more money out of the same custys then it's even better  ;D

ant french

Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #54 on: December 14, 2010, 07:36:55 pm »
This yr i started Beekeeping ,i told all my custys and they all want honey.The only problem being the bees didn't agree with this plan   ::)
First yr hickups as normal but higher hopes for next yr.At the least i expect to get stung lol
my gramp used to do bees when he was alive, i remember wearing that weird suit thing and clouds of bees chasing me about lol im alergic aswell ::) nice honey but hard work making it. alway put ya bees near rape fields the honey is nice and runny and never goes hard.  8)

mikecam

Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #55 on: December 14, 2010, 07:43:29 pm »
I'm a gay rights campaigner and activist, and i also do charity work helping to promote understanding, respect, tolerance and hopefully find a cure for it. So i'm always really busy when i'm not cleaning windows. Never get a minute really.

wightsurf

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #56 on: December 14, 2010, 07:50:44 pm »
This yr i started Beekeeping ,i told all my custys and they all want honey.The only problem being the bees didn't agree with this plan   ::)
First yr hickups as normal but higher hopes for next yr.At the least i expect to get stung lol
my gramp used to do bees when he was alive, i remember wearing that weird suit thing and clouds of bees chasing me about lol im alergic aswell ::) nice honey but hard work making it. alway put ya bees near rape fields the honey is nice and runny and never goes hard.  8)

Sorry but you got this bit wrong lol, Rape sets very hard but you are right in the fact you get lots of the stuff  8)

ant french

Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #57 on: December 14, 2010, 07:55:01 pm »
Money can be made but you have to do your homework first.
sales in :
Honey
wax
bees
This is the basics but theres candles and the list goes on, wax polish for example.
Then there is the fear factor, can you cope with 75,000 bees looking at you in 1 hive at it's peek  8) They can kill, some may laugh but i know of a few this yr and also a few rushed to hospital.The old wives tell of the more you get stung the less it affects you is not totally true. Yes you don't feel the sting so much but your body can still shut down at any point.
The best thing is to read alot, look up your local association and go for a free days trail, they are very friendly and they will all tell you theres no money in it. A bit like window cleaning lol, no money in that neither  ;D
bees are cool, i remember going with my gramp to buy a queen off some bloke and some bees came with it ( yrs ago) the queen had some ink on her so we could see her better. but that summer it got wiped out by hornets, they got in and killed the lot. then the winter after rats ate the hives and water got in and killed them lol, he used to rent land off a farmer who had a spinny in the middle of no where. bees are clever things but there slowly dieing out

DavidWright76

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #58 on: December 14, 2010, 08:55:48 pm »
NOT scrap metal. Although iron & steel is paying £130 per tonne (in London) and up to £3500 per tonne for non- ferrous, there is WAY too much competition and the price fluctuates...

prestige cleaners

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Re: Other business interests !
« Reply #59 on: December 14, 2010, 09:13:24 pm »
www.anticlamping.com

Done 3 so far , but currently banned from driving, its more because I like to be a Robin Hood type character

nice one jason.