Help With business plan

[Daniel Jiggins]

The way I see it is there's a pie and everyone is entitled to a piece.

 

Although I only do about 3 jobs a year that way so I'm not bothered about giving some free advice.

 

Come to the game and country fair in April as its all about networking in business. Someone might own some specialist kit that you might need to contract it one day.

 

 

Like one of those boxer thingys 😊

[Daniel Jiggins]

I would like to wish you the best of luck David and most on here have started from nothing so it is achievable!

Treat it like a jigsaw lots of small pieces make the final goal ie Driving licence, Tickets, tools, experience etc link all those togethor and your end goal won't seem so far off.

[David_chainsaw]

yes thanks buddy im just trying to make something of my self and i am still willing to work for nothing with someone if there willing to take me on

[Daniel Jiggins]

yes thanks buddy im just trying to make something of my self and i am still willing to work for nothing with someone if there willing to take me on

 

 

Have you tried calling any local farm estates to see if they need any casual labourers some have a forestry division even if it's planting whips or something could be a foot in the door.

[John Shutler]

yes thanks buddy im just trying to make something of my self and i am still willing to work for nothing with someone if there willing to take me on

 

what job do you do at the moment?

[Two Acres]

Just had a look at your website David,

 

Quick photographers thought - whatever you do don't put any photos on your site if you didn't shoot them, or have a licence to use them. I'm not suggesting that you have done that, just thinking that you don't have many pics on there and wondering where you may get them. Loads of folks that are setting up in business for the first time grab images off the net, then get a huge bill for copyright infringement.

[Mr_D]

yes thanks buddy im just trying to make something of my self and i am still willing to work for nothing with someone if there willing to take me on

 

 

Hi there david, I am also in the process of starting up on my own, have been in the industry 5 years with 5 years in the military too.

Iv brought myself a pick up truck which I'm building a box for and have all my climbing gear, Iv registered the company now so it's a ltd company and plan to sort out a business bank account and website in the next few weeks, this weekend is all about getting insurance quotes.

As a lot of guys on here will say, it won't happen over night, but you just need to set your self small goals to achieve each month and it will come mate, I'm not trading yet but want to be in a position to start advertising buy the end of feb ready to book work in for March. All the best mate and good luck for the future

[David_chainsaw]

At the moment, whatever I can but mostly grass cutting hedges and small tree work

 

And yes, I have there is a farm just down the road from me he don't want know one apart from family working with him i have tried 5-6 people local that I got out of the yellow pages/online no one seems interested just feel like pulling my hair out sometimes

[eggsarascal]

He has got experience but not much, driving test re booked and last I herd he was looking for a top handled saw.

 

Its unorthodox but if he cant find a job, and he has offered free labour, that's the only option

 

So that last paragraph, is that me or David you are slighting?

 

Slighting! Not heard that for a while.

 

I have no idea about your work schedule or finances.

[sloth]

When I wanted my first job in arb, I sent a letter (with help wording and layout etc), not an email which just gets ignored, to everyone in the yellow pages and anywhere else I could find. Sent about 50 letters, had 2 or 3 replies to say no but we'll keep you in mind and one interview which landed me a job. It is hard but persistence and quantity of companies increases your chances of getting a job.

I paid for all my own tickets on the agreement he'd put up with me being slow climbing to start with. The wages were very poor and the hours long, but in a few years I was quicker and had learnt loads. We parted on good terms and I did a year on the railway and then another decade of commercial/domestic before getting the guts to go alone.

On the other hand a mate from school started at weekends with a gardener doing small trees, did a year at arb college then set up on his own with bugger all experience or funds. From an escort, to a hilux, to a tipper and chipper he now employs a couple of guys and is doing well. He did it the hard way and made very painful mistakes along the way, in all honesty he took on too much too soon and is lucky to be alive!

There's more than one way to skin a cat and if you can't get employment you can sit on benefits or make your own work. If you don't try you'll never know...