Shaun aRe wrote:
> "RJM" > wrote in message
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>>"Shaun aRe" .com>
>>wrote in message
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>>>I have been made redundant.
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>>That's tough.
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>
> Indeed, but welcome, in many ways - it's a kick, but one I have long needed.
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>
>>Advice?
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>>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.
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>
> 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

Maybe try to wrangle a job with Google. As they march towards planetary
control, they must be hiring.

Rob