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Stacey

Joined: 18 Jul 2005
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Posted: Wed Apr 04, 07 9:00 am Post subject:
Good luck Brian - wishing you all the best

btp

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: summerseat, lancs

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 07 6:04 pm Post subject:
just an update we did our first market as self employed at preston yesterday and sold 230 jars so not a bad start to the year cheers brian

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 07 6:05 pm Post subject:
Excellent news Brian.

jema
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 07 6:37 pm Post subject:

btp wrote:

just an update

we did our first market as self employed at preston yesterday and sold 230 jars so not a bad start to the year

cheers brian

Sounds very good indeed, though numbers can be misleading.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 07 7:23 pm Post subject:
ace stuff the game is on

gil
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 07 7:28 pm Post subject:
Very pleased it went well for you.

kaz

Joined: 09 Sep 2006
Posts: 189

Posted: Sat May 19, 07 7:28 pm Post subject:
Congratulations btp for having the nerve to give up your job and going out on your own - good wishes for continuing success.

Sarah D

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 2584

Posted: Sat May 19, 07 10:36 pm Post subject:
You'll do fine, Brian, well done. I would endorse your preserves anytime. 230 sounds a good, healthy number to me.

btp

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: summerseat, lancs

Posted: Sun May 20, 07 6:17 pm Post subject:
i would just like to say thanks for all your really nice comments just done second market at preston still very busy moving house over the next few weeks so no markets till 2nd june cheers brian

bingo

Joined: 26 Oct 2006
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Location: The Games Room normally!

Posted: Sun May 20, 07 8:33 pm Post subject:
Good for you Brian. By the way, I jacked my job in and went self employed too. I really hated that job.

btp

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 263
Location: summerseat, lancs

Posted: Mon May 21, 07 3:31 pm Post subject:
nice one bingo what do you do now?

btp

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 263
Location: summerseat, lancs

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 12 9:51 pm Post subject: Up Date 4 years on

hi everyone who knows me

after 4 years of going it alone with my preserve buisness we have had
to mothball the buisness and i have gone back to my old job at the hospital i wa lucky at the interview as there were 120 applicants

we had some really good times also some times when you wondered what you were doing 70 hours a week and no wages at the end of it

if the situation gets better we might give it another go but at the moment its nice to be paid for every hour you work

but then again i prefered being my own boss

cheers btp

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 12 9:54 pm Post subject:
Welcome home. Sorry it hasn't worked out yet.

jamanda
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Joined: 22 Oct 2006
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 12 10:01 pm Post subject:
Thin times for businesses right now - things will pick up again in the end and you'll have some good solid experience to help you get going again. You don't come out on top of an interview field that big by luck! Well done.

btp

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 263
Location: summerseat, lancs

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 12 10:02 pm Post subject:
cheers nick btp

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