dean
Member
Some of the problems are the costs involved in having a business premises that's why I work from home
The business rates (tax paid to local government) is almost the same as the rent in my town
Then you have to pay minimum wage which I totally agree with
But then you have to pay national insurance and pension money etc etc
So if I had a small lfs of 1000 square feet area
rent is about £650 per month
Business tax £550 per month
1 employee £1400 per month
So that £2600 before
Water
Electricity ( silly high prices)
Transport - van etc
Buildings insurance
Public liability insurance
My salary
Plus we have to pay 20% vat on all stock
Plus lots more
Now you can see why lfs owners mainly do it for the love and not the money
So when you going out buying fish etc I bet most of you go to the garden centres or one of the big chains etc
That's because they have the stock where as the small lfs has to order it in
"We want it today" is how we live
So people pay these high prices for a few reason
1 we want it today
2 the big chains are easy to find in garden centres and big shops on retail parks
3. Small lfs can't afford prime locations so harder to find
In general most people are inpatient and lazy
Virtually everyone in the uk has had per fish at some point but very few stay in the hobby mainly due to fish deaths and dirty tanks which is due to them either not bothering to research the subject, being given bad advise or being sold poor quality fish or inappropriate species
Rant over
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The business rates (tax paid to local government) is almost the same as the rent in my town
Then you have to pay minimum wage which I totally agree with
But then you have to pay national insurance and pension money etc etc
So if I had a small lfs of 1000 square feet area
rent is about £650 per month
Business tax £550 per month
1 employee £1400 per month
So that £2600 before
Water
Electricity ( silly high prices)
Transport - van etc
Buildings insurance
Public liability insurance
My salary
Plus we have to pay 20% vat on all stock
Plus lots more
Now you can see why lfs owners mainly do it for the love and not the money
So when you going out buying fish etc I bet most of you go to the garden centres or one of the big chains etc
That's because they have the stock where as the small lfs has to order it in
"We want it today" is how we live
So people pay these high prices for a few reason
1 we want it today
2 the big chains are easy to find in garden centres and big shops on retail parks
3. Small lfs can't afford prime locations so harder to find
In general most people are inpatient and lazy
Virtually everyone in the uk has had per fish at some point but very few stay in the hobby mainly due to fish deaths and dirty tanks which is due to them either not bothering to research the subject, being given bad advise or being sold poor quality fish or inappropriate species
Rant over
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