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Unemployment is going down
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true Chaser
In fact I see people trying. But if they succeed it will be in spite of government not because of them gl though  its getting tougher by the year |
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looking at the PGA money list we should all take up golf
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The amount of emtpy shops suggests dont open a fkicng shop
 a fruit and veg shop opened in my area and lasted about a year tops , tesco is only down the road so people shopping wont leave tesco to go for a bag of apples or oranges |
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good plan zazu you got any decent 7 irons i lost mine when i had a scrap with my neighbour
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No everybody is entrepreneurial either.
They just want a steady 40 hours a week. They work conscientiously We also need these people. We are stupid to think we can do without them. I agree chaser I don't see any long term viability in a lot of these small businesses. I feel people have been conned into starting them at times |
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Theres 3 hairdressers within 500metres of each other near mem, all been going since Jesus was around.
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openning a choco shop is a common one,i remember thorntons openning and they,d be queuing outside on a saturday to pay £8 for a box of chocs,that was 35 years ago,now you can buy a box it needs 2 to carry from heron or any discount shop for £4, most of these choco shops arnt people with great ideas but middlemen banging out belgum chocs
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barbers will alays make cash
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if you have a shop £8 a cut takes like 10-15 mins , even 2 an hour a day and you laughin if the rent isnt too much
but who can be fooked learning it is the difference |
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but who can be fooked learning it is the difference
In a nutshell chaser. Far easier to moan that there's no work out there. If you didn't want to learn womens' hairdressing do mens' hair. A lot easier and there's an aweful lot of mens' heads about! When I was in business I used to have a girl come to the office who cut the blokes' hair on the premises. A regular apointment about every 6 weeks and no sitting around in a barbers waiting for your turn. So easy, very little overheads, regular business and easy to set up. |
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thats 12 cuts a day, 72 cuts a week,then next week,
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Another good one is tree surgery. OK you've got to learn it and it'll take a bit more to set up but once you get going it's like haircutting because the trees keep growing and you have to keep going back to your customers to keep them under control. Good money as well but sorry you've got to get off your backside to do it.
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That's the trees under control not the customers!
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you could also franchise and branch that out
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you sound like bigby bones telling everyone they should be designing grand prix cars
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Mens hairdressing must take about a week to learn
Womens hairdressing is the real cash cow. £150 for a cut and colour  |
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hadn't twigged the tree surgery bix ,i just oak i am not barking up the wrong tree trying this
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on second thought s think i will leaf it !
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and all you budding buisness men and women out there remember the golden rule and 1st thing you must do is,
install a credit card machine because everyones living on the never ,never,no cash allowed, |
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There is still only so many hairdressers required, and tree surgeons Bix
I don't think the market will support one million new hairdressers, and one million new tree surgeons do you?????? |
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Those were just two examples ebulGery. There is an infinitesimal amount of opportunities but as you say not everyone wants to be an entrepeneur.
It is a law of nature that nothing stays the same not even for a millisecond and that is what has happened to the jobs market. When we left school in the 60s if you were not particularly academic (what was known as "factory fodder")you went into the local factory if male and the girls into nursing or office work. Everybody left school and went straight into a job. Being unemployed was not an option. Those jobs are no longer there so society and individuals have to change as well to the radically different situation we find ourselves in now and find a way of adapting. Easier said than done of course. |
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The answer is to start backing winners on Betfair ... tax free income! But you have to gauge it correctly or you'll get caught by the premium charge.
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Has anyone ever seen a definition of exactly who is classified as unemployed?
Just one instance a fireman who has retired at 55 but wants to carry on working but cannot find another job. Is he classed as unemployed for government figures? Or a woman of 61 who cant yet pick up her state retirement pension and has no job. |
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bix • August 8, 2014 8:12 AM BST
Those were just two examples ebulGery. There is an infinitesimal amount of opportunities but as you say not everyone wants to be an entrepeneur. It is a law of nature that nothing stays the same not even for a millisecond and that is what has happened to the jobs market. When we left school in the 60s if you were not particularly academic (what was known as "factory fodder")you went into the local factory if male and the girls into nursing or office work. Everybody left school and went straight into a job. Being unemployed was not an option. Those jobs are no longer there so society and individuals have to change as well to the radically different situation we find ourselves in now and find a way of adapting. Easier said than done of course. That is a very good post Bix..indeed we need to adapt My problem with this is the Tories are pushing this for idealogical reasons, rather than the good of this country. I have a big problem with this, since I think it may be doing us more harm than good One thing we must do , is control our own population, if we are growing poorer we cannot go on increasing our population or at some time in the future I would fear real hardship There a few other policies all parties are pursuing which I know will harm us. But any policy which is for the benefit of society as a whole or of long term benefit I do approve of ps I fail to see any long term benefit in splitting up the UK at all, so I am completely baffled as why we are allowing Scotland a referendum???????????? an example of a harmful policy id they say yes to it |
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barbers will alays make cash says the chaser
I've heard there having to make cuts |
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Learning a trade and going your own way is a great idea, I am looking to do this in October. Funding is an issue though, if your over 25 you won't get bursaries or loans. Two hairdressing diplomas will set you back £2,300 at the local Tech. The 3 AAT (accountancy) qualifications will set you back £4,200. These aren't options if are currently unemployed. The neo cons will tell you to buy a secondhand copy of hairdressing for dummies from Amazon for £3, a pair of scissors and a basin from poundland. Well good luck with that option.
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Have you ever asked a hairdresser to see their qualifications? Or heard of one being taken to court for fraud?
A day on YouTube and men's hairdressing is sorted |
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Coalition should have stood up for the ordinary worker and reversed all the damage that Brown caused instead of just continuing the damage.
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I still don't buy this hairdressing business opportunity. You are skint/potless and on the dole. You are still going to need money for equipment, transportation and public liability insurance. When you go to borrow this cash even if its from Pounds to Pocket, they are still going to want to know your business credentials. I can't see it being enough that you went on YouTube and watched a couple of episodes of Desmonds.
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A day on YouTube and men's hairdressing is sorted
you do realise that if you foook up someone's hair you are likely to be stabbed / shot in the leg as a form of payment? |
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self employment sounds the easy option but hard if you have been a wage slave in the past....but it may be the only option for some
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Any liability insurance is gonna be worthless if you have just cut the Barnet of a 22 stone rugby player and when he looks in a mirror he sees that you've made him look like Jim Carey in Dumb and Dumber
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Emden
09 Aug 14 18:06 Joined: 07 Jan 08 | Topic/replies: 2,243 | Blogger: Emden's blog A day on YouTube and men's hairdressing is sorted you do realise that if you foook up someone's hair you are likely to be stabbed / shot in the leg as a form of payment? |