Firewood Employee

[Dave Martin]

i have two lads who come in and do as much, or as little as they like.

 

they get £15-00 per cube split.

 

just got back from my hols and they'd done 30 cube

 

£15 a cube sounds verrrrrry generous Dave.

[windfall]

only if they are just splitting, if they are having to cross cut the timber before splitting then £15 a cube is probably worth it.

[gensetsteve]

Thats right Steve, my turnover ( only started selling last November ) does not justify a full time member of staff but I have come to realise that I am spending to much time on logs and not enough time on trying to earn a serious income. I operate my Firewood business from home and have invested a fair bit into it in the way of a building and machinery etc. and I am confident that it will be a success and earn money up to a certain level but everyone keeps telling me that labouring chopping logs is not where my talents lie. I feel that it will soon be time for me to pull back from the physical side of the logs a little in order to concentrate on other things in addition to marketing the firewood better..... and also Steve when you comment on your age I am older and no one works at the pace that I do and for as long

 

 

Where do your other talents lie dave.

[Dave Martin]

Where do your other talents lie dave.

 

Apart from being a professional layabout, womaniser and generally very good at telling other people what to do I was in the petrol station business from the age of 18, self employed from 21 owned from 1 to 4 at any one time, did several knockdown rebuilds so I suppose the answer is retail and property speculation, both of which are the biggest casualties of the current recession

[gensetsteve]

Apart from being a professional layabout, womaniser and generally very good at telling other people what to do I was in the petrol station business from the age of 18, self employed from 21 owned from 1 to 4 at any one time, did several knockdown rebuilds so I suppose the answer is retail and property speculation, both of which are the biggest casualties of the current recession

 

All very good proffessions now you have wood disease you wont be able to leave those logs alone.

[Billy68]

I think the problem is that every situation is different, and you can't base your decisions about whether what you are doing is legal (taxes, h&s, paye etc) on comparing it to the next man. You're well advised to have a chat to someone that actually knows. Personally, I wouldn't recommend business link, but that's just me. You'd be better speaking to an expert that can provide the relevant advice, paperwork, and also back up if you have any problems. The man I used to use was at the HR Dept (HR Services | Help with HR Support | HR Outsourcing | HR Issues), they've got people all over the UK and are well worth speaking to.