PostsThought I would bump this Steve in light of the news about Greece, Portugal, Spain to some degree. Who actually would really be confident about getting into power?
You can see the reactions...or imagine them. Clegg or Cameron..."Oh no, I really didn't think we'd win, darn it, what the hell do we do now?
Mike I wonder if he did the same when he managed to sell off some of our Gold reserves at a ridiculous rock bottom price? And to think this is the man that currently leads our country and makes decisions on our behalf 
What a complete and utter plonker. 
Mike A duck walks into a pub and orders a pint of beer and a ham sandwich.
The barman looks at him and says, "Hang on! You're a duck."
"I see your eyes are working," replies the duck.
"And you can talk!" exclaims the barman.
"I see your ears are working, too," says the duck. "Now if you don't mind, can I have my beer and my sandwich please?"
"Certainly, sorry about that," says the barman as he pulls the duck's pint. "It's just we don't get many ducks in this pub.. What are you doing round this way?"
"I'm working on the building site across the road," explains the duck. "I'm a plasterer."
The flabbergasted barman cannot believe the duck and wants to learn more, but takes the hint when the duck pulls out a newspaper from his bag and proceeds to read it.
So, the duck reads his paper, drinks his beer, eats his sandwich, bids the barman good day and leaves.
The same thing happens for two weeks..
Then one day the circus comes to town.
The ringmaster comes into the pub for a pint and the barman says to him "You're with the circus, aren't you? Well, I know this duck that could be just brilliant in your circus. He talks, drinks beer, eats sandwiches, reads the newspaper and everything!"
"Sounds marvellous," says the ringmaster, handing over his business card. "Get him to give me a call."
So the next day when the duck comes into the pub the barman says, "Hey Mr. Duck, I reckon I can line you up with a top job, paying really good money."
"I'm always looking for the next job," says the duck. "Where is it?"
"At the circus," says the barman.
"The circus?" repeats the duck.
"That's right," replies the barman.
"The circus?" the duck asks again. "That place with the big tent?"
"Yeah," the barman replies.
"With all the animals who live in cages, and performers who live in caravans?" says the duck.
"Of course," the barman replies.
"And the tent has canvas sides and a big canvas roof with a hole in the middle?" persists the duck.
"That's right!" says the barman.
The duck shakes his head in amazement, and says .. . ..
"What would they want with a plasterer?!"
'Er indoors says..."Hon, before you dive off anywhere we need to prune that huge pyracantha out the front because it is recycling day tomorrow and I want to make certain the bins are full."
Out then with the new loppers I got from Aldi for 99p or something. "OOf ouch, darned thing, ahhhh, ouch, grunt, phew finished" There was little ol me having a good day, now I am covered in blood. Darn it those things are so spiteful.
Still, two G&T's home-made Fish n Chips, tartare sauce and now coffee and dark chocolate having a surf. Ahhhhhhh, life is on the up at long last. Yikes, and I still want to make certain a phone will take calls and allow me to make them. Got to get some peace sometimes surely... “I attended my first networking event recently and I could not get my hat off to all the funny hand shakes and stand up sit down business when people were talking.
I felt like I was in a 80's style disco. ”
Are you certain you hadn't gone to the wrong location? Perhaps it might have been a Masonic meeting  Sounds a bit like it from your description Stavros Indeed, I was out in the workshop at the time and had the radio on and listened to it. That man always was a moron as PM and always will be...sigh. He had some reasonable budgets as chancellor though. “Although taxed to an inch of its life, I suppose one argument is that your average family saloon is a lot more fuel efficient than its 1970's predecessor.
My missus's A3 will prob do 50% more miles, than the old fella's Anglia or Viva from yesteryear ”
I had an Anglia van and seem to remember dropping a 1500 X-flow in it with twin webber sidedraughts. Kept the van dif, it used to climb walls in first and second gear;-) You're absolutely right in seeking advice when taking on a business lease. I do quite a few of these for clients based on my previous life as a commercial representative for a commercial landlord...I tend to know all the tricks and pitfalls.
Break clauses are of course important, but then hitting the notice of said clause is worthy of mention, (small print always worth reading). FMFR (Fully maintaining fully repairing) leases vary tremendously, and whilst I am not familiar with your own location and arrangement it tends usually to fit a 'particular' type of property.
I would have course seen this clause and informed you I was not happy with you proceeding on that basis. What you did about it of course is ultimately up to you, but I do point out potential pitfalls. For instance I may have created a caveat that excluded the roof in your lease (usually the most costly area).
I also scrutinise management fees and service charges for you; they are rarely truly proportionate to your demised areas, and fees often slip in things they should not. There are lots of considerations when taking on a leased commercial property and I would urge everyone thinking about it to get advice.
I have assessed one this week and advised the client to look elsewhere, he had not noticed the covenants contained nor the extent of management fees on top of the service charges. Security, CCTV, maintenace, cleaning, recharged electrics with margins added, there was more but you see why it is important. often it takes no more than say three hours and I asked the question elsewhere today and thought I would also include it on MLF. Compared to previous decades say back to 1970 (ish). How does petrol costs compare with wages etc over each decade. In other words are we paying more now or is it roughly the same in percentages compared to earnings etc?
Anyone know?
Mike
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