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lol done!

Personally I'd say link bait, ie decent content. It's not quick, but is long term and google friendly.

Yup looking good here in directory land, which means there are plenty of biz's out there and looking to market and advertise.

Maybe we are are finally shaking off the years of economic doom and gloom? Even fuels cheaper at the moment...

Can't speak from a catering business experience (I'd eat all the profits!), but if you are at the pre-start up stage, then you should be out doing market research and finding out these answers.

It's going to be critical for your business and marketing plan, as I would imagine costs would be different, more high end for parties, functions etc, versus bacon butties for businesses?

Wheres the demand? Is it local business or is it functions? Who are your competitors, who are their clients? Is there enough local market share for another catering company?

All revolves around market research I'm afraid, pounding the streets and talking to people. But do it right, and you will save a fortune later down the road.

lol love it, the staff have now been retrained

It sounds like you and Clive are 2 of a kind. This sort of thing normally happens to him, although he would have declined the free voucher, and escalated to head office demanding compensation, which after 15 phonecalls and 6 months, he would have eventually got...

Hi Barney, if you are a member of one of the Code Sponsors, eg British Association of Removers, RECC etc, then you don't have to do anything and will be automatically displayed.

The plan is incorporate more and more approved schemes and have them approved by the TSI.

Ref the Trustmark Scheme, TSI are in current talks with them (and other similar approval schemes), there are a number of options that are been considered, and hopefully there will be a decision soon.

Remember this is a soft launch, so there's still some issues to iron out, but so far so good.

I'm back, have been quiet on the forum for a few weeks as have had to do some work for a change, fuelled by lots of coffee with plenty of bug fixing.

Finally, ladies and gentlemen of the forum, I give you the new Trading Standards Institute Approved Code Directory.

So on the homepage, you will see a directory search box on the right hand side, and that's powered by My Local Services. Still in the process of uploading member data, and there are more Code Sponsors to go on yet, with more waiting in the wings.

It's a soft launch at the moment, so no fanfare or dancing girls, but the publicity launch will be done during the Annual Trading Standards conference in June. Don't moan about the colours, and we're not responsible for the website, just the directory bit

Apparently it will also be going live on Citizens Advice in the coming weeks, and gov.uk websites.

So did anyone miss me or am I surplus to requirements?

Suppose it down to Brand Identity then and not being able to get enough market share off the brand leaders to make it worth while.

Was interesting to see on the news Tesco having a tough time at the moment and shows even retail giants can get it wrong!

If you missed it, Tesco has pulled out of the US Market, which has cost it over a

Updated the link to the BBC site, as it seemed to be the source of your article.

I was against the min wage when it was first introduced, thinking it would be financially crippling for a lot of small businesses, but must confess my view has been won over.

It's not a huge change, so can't see there being too much of an impact. If you couldn't afford top pay it before, nothings changed, and if you can, it's only a small increase.

But with VA's, flexible mumsfree lancing, I think there is plenty of scope for taking on people if having full time employees isn't financially viable.