[richywilts]

as title says my girlfriend wants to be part of my business,going to bring her in few hours a day to do admin so me and chris can concentrate on bringing new quality work in,

few questions

who else has there partners working in there businesses

what roles do the females take care of

what time of day do you think would be best to have a part time office worker

morning or afternoon

[Catherine10]

Phone Richy? Setting appointments? 10/12pm - 2pm/4pm    Does your guy Chris bring business in for commercial/domestic....?

[richard jagger]

Yes i had my mrs involved in my business she was in charge of buying. Until I had very little cash left.

[stuart mc]

sod that, don't even like my mrs taking phone calls

[daniel worgan]

Blimey you was giving it all up the other day.
The only role i would give a bird is if she made them for lunch.

[richywilts]

Phone Richy? Setting appointments? 10/12pm - 2pm/4pm    Does your guy Chris bring business in for commercial/domestic....?
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hiya catherine chris came in initially to work on commercial sales, then helped organize the daily admin etc which began taking up a large part of his day,my girlfriend used to work in admin for ford dealerships etc and has nvq level 3 in business and admin and worked as manager in her parents hotel etc so im not just giving her work for sake of it i do believe she is capable of helping improve the business.

i was thinkin of gettin her to work payroll and staff rotas etc,ring round customers and organise the weeks work,take card payments and chase up debts etc

[Catherine10]

Yep, good idea, good to have someone on debt chasing. Do you outsource payroll, would be great to have it in house.... prob work out cheaper. So with regards to the commercial sales side of things, anyone on the blower...?  Maybe building a database of people you want to target?

[Dean Taberner]

We've just gone lltd and my wife is a 50/50 share holder with me,

I sort out the window cleaning side of it and she does the accounts and invoicing.

I'd prefer to stick to what I know,

Dean.

[richywilts]

thats the problem dean im not 100% what i prefer i get bit fed up doing windows and also get fed up doing office work so i like to mix it up a bit

[Nameless Drudge]

Have you turned a profit yet?

Sounds like you have a propensity to make your business top heavy,its got you as a boss that doesn`t like work and now your introducing another freeloader.I still have a feeling your workers will be off with your work for themselves and you won`t see it coming.

[richywilts]

why would they be off with my work they dont have any vans or systems and id break there legs if they robbed my work its actually something we were planning on doing getting them to sign a form stating they will not take any of our work

[stuart mc]

see the bit that would worry me is the fact she is your girlfriend, is she for forever and if so why is she not your wife,(none of my business)

Can you imagine a split up a few years down the line and the claims of I helped build the business etc, and in this case she could prove she indeed help.

If she really wants to be part of the business get her on the tools for six months so she understands what the lads are doing, preferably through the winter

[P @ F]

Then again , your 2 recent losses , maybe your staff are setting up for a revolt , trust no man and get your vans fitted with trackers , dare i say that i reckon a body close to you has done the recent wrongs ?

Rich

[davids3511]

why would they be off with my work they dont have any vans or systems and id break there legs if they robbed my work its actually something we were planning on doing getting them to sign a form stating they will not take any of our work

I don't think you can do that, not something that would hold up in court anyway. As for van and system a little bank loan would sort that out.

[davids3511]

why would they be off with my work they dont have any vans or systems and id break there legs if they robbed my work its actually something we were planning on doing getting them to sign a form stating they will not take any of our work

For the same reason you are the boss rather than a window cleaning empoloyee.

[Catherine10]

Yea I think you can Davids, my friend had a similar thing being a hairdresser, she wasnt allowed to work within a certain radius.   It was part of her contract

[stuart mc]

Yea I think you can Davids, my friend had a similar thing being a hairdresser, she wasnt allowed to work within a certain radius.

you can write what you want in a contract, doing it legally is another matter, and you can find ways round it,

my wife works for a cleaning and has signed a clause that doesn't allow her to poach customers ect.

there is nothing stopping me employing her though and taking them

[Catherine10]

Im really not sure Stuart, I only can comment on what was written in my friends contract - no expert Im afraid. Yes I m sure you would be able to do that because you would be an employer, so it wouldnt stand on your wifes shoulders, because the contract would have been made directly with her.  Yep so yes.

[stuart mc]

just thought I would add I have no intention of doing it(before everyone slates me ) my wife doesn't want to work for me and I have no interest in domestic house cleaning.

but legally if the customer chooses who they want to do the work I don't think there is much you can do about it,

but I am no expert either

[Catherine10]

I think if you wanted to do it Stuart as you say, the contract wasnt made with you....

Trouble is also clients get used to seeing people, and like who they deal with, and then when you go it alone theres things in place that you cant go back to the people that like dealing with you, funny old world....  But I suppose thats laws and regulations...