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For those who have already started up a business you can read smugly or skip this and wait for next weeks read 🙂 As the saying goes if you want to be a self-made man (or woman) don’t leave out the working parts. There’s no doubt that working for yourself can be bloody hard work, […]

This is a question I get asked often and my response is nearly always the same – don’t throw a large amount of money at it to start with. Now this might be a little surprising considering my position, surely it’s in our interest to sell someone as much equipment as possible? Well yes, but […]

In the world of road sweeping the motto is “look after your broom”. In the world of marquees it’s “look after your back” (anyone who hasn’t heard Trigger’s quote before do yourself a favour and put off starting up a marquee hire business until you’ve gone and watched every episode of only fools and horses!). […]

When we ran a marquee hire business my dream was always to have a large yard with everything loaded by forklifts. It strikes me as the most efficient way of running the business and we were probably a year or two away from accomplishing it when I had to ‘retire hurt’. So is this what […]

My original title for this was ‘how to think when running a marquee hire business’ but I thought two things – I don’t want to tell anyone how to think– If anyone told me how to think they wouldn’t get a very good reception! I’m talking about what stock to buy and how to use […]

If you’re starting a marquee hire business, you need to plan and have knowledge of when’s the busiest time of year. It seems obvious – summer. end of blog. More specifically peak season for most hire companies is from the middle of May to the middle of September. Business will build up and fade away […]

It doesn’t matter how big a company you are winter months for a marquee hire business are going to be quieter than the summer. A fool could tell you that. In fact a fool is telling you that! Business will have gradually slowed down in October and November will be very quiet. It depends on […]

It may not be the first thing on your list but it’s one of the more interesting: -choosing a name for your new start up marquee business. There’s lots of general information about registering your name here. If you read about marketing you’ll hear a lot about ‘promoting your brand’ and similar ‘brand awareness’ stuff. […]

I’m not really one for marketing lingo but everyone should know their USP -Unique Selling Point. It will probably change as you grow, expand and find your market but you should have an idea of what it is right now. If you’re starting up a marquee hire business or thinking of it and worried how […]

In the marquee hire business commission rears its head from many places. People see you taking £1k for erecting a marquee? They want a part of it. Some are deserved, some aren’t and some fall in between where you have to judge if it’s a sound business idea or not. There are some sites like […]