"RJM" > wrote in message
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> "Shaun aRe" .com>
> wrote in message
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> > I have been made redundant.
>
> That's tough.

Indeed, but welcome, in many ways - it's a kick, but one I have long needed.

> Advice?
>
> There are now several of you with capital sums. Consider
> getting in touch with one or two with whom you worked
> well together. Propose a joint venture. Buying a franchise
> is a useful first step if you're short of ideas. Meet as often
> as it takes to come up with a business plan, making sure
> not to commit the total amount of your funds. Work out a
> sum that will keep families etc ticking over, not forgetting
> that benefits are available. Take your business plan to the
> High Street. Having chosen a business (franchise perhaps)
> that you can show is viable (bringing in enough to provide
> the partnership minimum income with potential expansion
> based on the 24hr committment of the partners - ie you're
> the driving force and the work force) make your pitch with
> all the facts to hand. I recommend you look into businesses
> that have low labour costs, allowing you to take on staff as
> soon as possible - in other words no mothers in law etc in
> the mix (unless you're Asian of course in which case ignore
> this post). Catering franchises are a very good choice for a
> working investor or partnership. Profit margins are set high
> and the potential for cost savings throughout is useful. Ask
> any accountant.
>
> Note: The majority of workers made redundant dispose of
> their money as money. Sales of cars, domestic appliances,
> etc., booze and recreational drugs immediately rise steeply
> in areas where local companies go under, the skew lasting
> about a year.
>
> Good luck.

Again - thanks - good to know we can butt heads but you have more going on
than just being a butt-head ',;~}~

Your advice so far is _appreciated_.

I have E-mailed myself your post to mull over some more - we were only a
small (family) company, with about 12 employees at the time, all of quite
different backgrounds and with diverswe personal interests, and I have some
that I have been looking to for a future for a while, so I would need to
give some thought to partnering up with anyone of the others. As for
catering, well, I am a lover of cooking and food, not to mention a fanatical
grower of chiles and lover of all things chile related - been looking at
making this something of a business for a while - now, I have some time to
invest, finally.

Now, as for booze and recreational drugs - I am familiar enough already with
such, and have no need to increase my uhhhmm, knowledge of such because of
the sitiuation.

The moneys may be paid to me as a lump sum, or as a weekly 'wage' - I do not
know for certain, yet, but either way, the same portion I have already been
allocating for such, will go to bills, household financial obligations etc.
*PLUS* some more, the rest will be used well, and invested in future
returns, one way or another.

Again, thanks.

Shaun aRe
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