Your trading with both customers and suppliers will involve you in contracts even if your dealings are purely verbal. It is important to have standard trading terms which are usually printed on your stationery. It is a cost effective and efficient way of penetrating new markets without the expense of your own sales force. Typically these define matters such as pay, notice, pensions, holiday, car, discipline, competition and confidentiality. Freehold gives you the greatest security but may not be the best use of your capital.
Most businesses therefore rent.
Leases give rise to many considerations such as rent, dilapidations, security of tenure, rent reviews, etc. You need to be sure that use of the premises does not infringe planning or environment laws. If you have an invention or trade secret which should be protected it is important not to delay taking the necessary steps. We can help you with a wide range of problems whether to do with banks and lending, employment, getting into or out of a commercial situation, contracts, property, trademarks and patents, debt-collection. We can also talk most problems through with you.