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What the government should be doing is offering some obscene financial incentive to any technology company that can come up with a lightweight battery solution that will power a family saloon size electric car over 500 miles, then they can revitalize and re-invent the car industry.

No doubt we would end up with a battery or electric tax that went up every month

With so much spare capital and an army of developers they can afford to dabble their way to world domination, or the bits that are profitable

Ok, sell the business to your partner or fold it.

Lick your wounds, learn your expensive lessons and start again. You have the client list and the knowledge so your "partner" can't copy you.

Agree with Indizine, it sounds like something is missing. Can't believe you have handed over 50% for an adwords campaign? Trust me, whatever your business is, anyone can soon get you displaying adverts via PPC, in fact give yourself a crashcourse, so can you, it's not complicated.

If you have a client list and are inundated with work, then I don't understand why you need to spend so much on printing? If it's related to the consultancy for the client, then factor it into the cost that the client pays.

Be interesting to hear how this pans out for you.

Had to order a new strip bulb for one of the kitchen cupboards, can't get it from any of the high street DIY places, so ordered it from the manufacturer, but the P&P is dearer than the bulb!

In the end ordered 10, figured I'll use them over the next few years and the P&P is the same price as for 1...

Can you offer a cheaper discount if ordering multiple items, and make it attractive that way?

As Barney says, can you really afford to absorb all that P&P cost for such a low cost item?

We had the fuel strikes a few years ago, did they really achieve anything?

Interesting idea for a collective countrywide shut down, you lead Barney, I'll follow

Yup, wasn't quite worthy of the delete button, so it was the post count reset to zero treatment

Hi Clarab, feel your pain, but I'm baffled why you would release 50% equity for a partner that can only give you 3 hours per week, and seem intent on giving away further equity? It's easy to give away in the beginning, and very expensive to get back!

Do you have any agreements in place that you can fall back on, anything in the articles of association that define the directors roles?

Potential is always enormous in theory. If you can genuinely prove it and put a cohesive business plan together, then there is no reason why a bank would refuse you a small business loan, even in this climate.

But it sounds like you have given away 50% of your hard earned business to someone who doesn't have the same level of passion. Be honest, tell him its end game and threaten to fold.

If you genuinely think this is a viable business and the bank manager agrees, then is maybe buying out your partner an option? Chuck him a couple of grand to go away ?

How does that work? You have the same costs as your competitor?