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Are you actually "making" boxes or are you "intending to make" boxes? As for selling 20 - 30 per week, a common mistake made by business start ups is to over-estimate the level of sales or base forecasts on emotion rather than experience or market research (and by market research I dont mean...

I bought one of those Rutlands router tables and I have a Trend T11 hanging off it, can't say Ive noticed any sagging.

As i said, Yes, went yesterday and had an entertaining few hours.

Yes, went yesterday and had an entertaining few hours.

Making for stock actually accelerates your cash outflow because you have to buy the raw materials to make your batch of 100 items and you don't get money in until you start selling them.Of course, if your material costs are not significant and the opportunity cost of your labour in making the...

If I only needed one or two for my own use I'd do that but I need them for a commercial venture so own build or paying £40 retail price for a frame was something I'd prefer to avoid. Nor do I want to go to China for them even though they are knocking them out at $10 a pop for 100.

Yes I know about these but unfortunately they only sell complete deckchairs (@£93 retail) rather than just the frames. Even at a trade level they sell complete deckchairs. I just need frames.

Does anyone know if there is a manufacturer of wooden deck chair frames in the UK?

Give them a ring and ask them what deals they are doing. Are you in Knighton Wales or Knighton Leicester? If the latter you may find this worth going to:- http://www.nelton.co.uk/midlands-woodwo ... -show.html

They do have satisfied customers, I am one for a start. They have always delivered quickly and on the very rare occasions I have had an issue they have dealt with it promptly. Are you in any way unhappy with your dealings with Rutlands? You bought an inexpensive bobbin sander and it was...

You can spend your money where you wish, although you admit yourself that it is a "trivial" story yet you have written off a company on the basis of that "trivial" story. I hope your customers are more forgiving of trivial issues. I was merely agreeing to the comments made by others that there...

I sent them pictures but would/could not answer my question which was are they all the same or was my one a freak. It would have only took someone a couple of minutes to discover this, probably less time than they spent on the phone telling me they wouldn't do it.. Paddy So on the strength of...

I must admit that I too have always found Rutlands to be a good outfit to deal with. They have always delivered extremely quickly, something that Axminster have failed to do to such an extent that I will no longer buy anything from them online.

Well clearly they don't have systems for this, because if they did the OP would have been able to get the part he wanted and / or been told he should place an order for one. Axminster is living on the goodwill generated in the past but the time is rapidly approaching when a lot more of their...

I had been toying with the idea of upgrading my CL3 with a variable speed unit and was unaware of any third party offering until I read this thread. I emailed Haydock last night and got a very quick response quoting a competitive price.. With regards to fitting they said:- "If you have the...

Numbers were taken from information filed at Companies House. Axminster is part of a group and so to avoid distortion that can be caused by inter company charges I actually quoted numbers from group accounts of the ultimate holding company (Styles & Brown). Stock turn...the stock turn ratio...

It looks like the costs of the new unit (£800k) have been capitalised and so the profit and loss account is not affected by the set up costs. If, as you say selling prices are falling, then that will put even more pressure on the margins. As I said previously, a 2.3% reduction in sales wipes...

Accounts for year ended 30 April 2015. On what basis do you say that they have the numbers to make the big decisions? Looks to me like:- high levels of borrowings (they'd be in trouble if interest rates started climbing) annual interest charge of c£130k so not much cover if they need to...

I find Axminster's business model difficult to understand. Opening big sales units at a time when other retailers are looking to reduce overheads and move towards online sales???. Then despite the fact that catalogues are an established way of building customer loyalty and promoting sales...

Don't give up, just moderate your plans. Trying to build a business from a zero base to £30k in a few months was always going to be a big ask and probably unachievable. If you enjoy making stuff then why not use your "day job" to pay the bills and look to develop your concrete business in slower...