Two assistants left inside three months. The third has been with me over two years. I did not get better at choosing people; I changed four things about how I set it up, and I am fairly confident it was the setup rather…
Small café. Delivery platforms are now roughly a third of order volume and the commission is a large share of each order. The argument for staying on is that it is a third of my orders and I would lose it. The argument…
Small bakery, about £14k through the till in a normal month, two part timers. Some months I take £900, some months £2,600, and twice I've taken nothing because a mixer died. My accountant keeps saying set a fixed figure…
Two bay garage, two techs, I open at 7:30 and lock up at 6, then do invoicing and parts ordering after dinner most nights. I counted properly last month and it was 72 hours including Saturdays. I'm not asking for…
Small cafe, four part timers plus me. Two called in sick within an hour of each other on our busiest Saturday. I opened alone, could not keep up, served maybe a third of what we normally would and had a queue walk out…
Six years managing this place, and the owner wants to retire and sell to me at roughly 2.2 times owner earnings including all the equipment. I have £70k and the lease has four years left on it. The alternative is an…
First January with the cafe open. December was excellent, and takings for the first three weeks of January are running about 40% below the December average and roughly 25% below October. Same hours, same menu, no…
Wholesale supplier for our main ingredients sent an email announcing an 18% increase effective in two weeks, citing costs. Our agreement runs to March. I have 400 printed menus and boards priced for the old cost.…
Small salon, three chairs, monthly revenue around 22k and fairly steady. I am working about 55 hours a week and doing all the admin after close. Options as I see them: hire a second part timer at roughly 1400 a month to…
Added a second treatment room last year, build out and kit came to about 9k, plus around 300 a month in extra rent and utilities. Six months later it is used maybe eight hours a week out of a possible forty. The main…