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How To Get Customers For Your Business
We are going to cover 10 different strategies you can use to get customers for your business. For each one I will give some tips on where to start and show real life examples from my businesses. They work and can be used by everyone, whether you have a coffee shop, a...
My Monthly Report – October 2018
Welcome back to another monthly report. October was a great month because I have finally completed on the sale of an investment that for complicated reasons has taken about two years and a lot of work to sell. I definitely find it difficult to be optimistic and focus...
My Updated Investment Strategy – Investing In The Light Of Brexit
This week I completed on the sale of some properties I had invested in, leaving me with a large bank balance and a very good problem to solve. Where shall I invest this money? Normally my strategy is pretty simple: I max out my ISA each year on the Vanguard 80% ACC...
The Basics Of How To Set Up A Business In The UK
This post is going to be a short one about the mechanics of how exactly you set up a business in the UK. And I am writing it because I want to get over the excuse of ignorance. Loads of people have great ideas but fall at the first hurdle. They don't know what the...
My Monthly Report – September 2018
Welcome back to September's monthly report, it has been one of those months that flew by and I can't believe it is already over. Progress has been up and down. The most exciting thing to report is that our new business Pipehouse Gin is now firmly in the profit! There...
My Monthly Report – August 2018
Welcome back to another monthly report. August was a pretty bad month. I really struggled with motivation towards the end of the month after spending a couple of weeks on holiday doing nada. And to make matters worse I hit stock issues with almost all my businesses,...
My Monthly Report – July 2018
Welcome back to another monthly report. July was a quiet month with lots of self-reflection. I like to pause every now and again and assess how happy I am with my life and businesses. I sit and jot down pages of notes and ideas. Brand new businesses, new angles for...
My Monthly Report – June 2018
Welcome back to another monthly report. The highlight of June was easily the launch of Pipehouse Gin, a business I have been working on since September last year. The month was full of events and experiments to try and promote the gin, and it went really well! On the...
Starting A Gin Brand Episode 5: We Have Finally Launched Pipehouse Gin!
This is the fifth and final instalment of my quest to start a gin brand on a shoe-string budget. And it is also the most exciting as after 9 months of work we have finally launched! You can buy your very own bottle of Pipehouse Earl Grey & Cucmber Gin on...
Make The Most Of Being Different And Stand Out From The Crowd
Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian immigrant with a thick accent who went on to become one of the biggest movie stars of all time. But did you know there was a time where he got rid of his accent completely and then chose to go back? When he first moved to America...
My Monthly Report – May 2018
May was another busy month where I had a lot to do, but also one where I found it very difficult to motivate myself to be creative. I didn't hit my target for blog posts and I didn't start any new ideas. But the big news for May was that Pipehouse Gin is finally here!...
Starting A Gin Brand Episode 4: Labels, Packaging & Marketing
This is the fourth instalment in my quest to start a gin brand on a shoe-string budget. If you’re just joining us now you can find all the other posts on my Pipehouse Gin project page. First off, I am really sorry this update has taken so long! It has been three...
