If you could do it, what would you do?
If I had land I would turn it into Edinburgh's first and only Pet Cemetery.
Given that people already pay hundreds of pounds to have their pets cremated, and pets die en mass every single day, why is it that there are only two pet cemeteries in Scotland? One in Cullen and one in Balmedie. Both in the Grampians.
Surely for someone with land, a Pet Cemetery in or around Edinburgh would make an absolute killing, and a good alternative to selling their siblings inheritance away to the next housing developer?
Why on Earth do we not have a Pet Cemetery? I think someone needs to open Edinburgh's first Pet Cemetery and call it Rainbow Bridge.
So, what would you do if you could?
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Yesterday 02:02 PM #1
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Yesterday 03:03 PM #2
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Wasn’t there one down seafield?
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Yesterday 03:34 PM #3
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I wish I could develop apps.
Over the years I've had a few "good" ideas 😆Space to let
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I've always wanted to run a walking tour business.
Do it properly. Well researched, minimal gimmicks, a real delve into the social history of Edinburgh. Leave the Harry Potter, Greyfriars Bobby and ghosts to others (no disrespect to them, many do it very well).
It's something I plan to look into a bit further when my kids are a bit older. Do it as a second job at first and see how it goes from there. Tbh the actual research and 'performance' element doesn't worry me at all. It's the web side, online bookings etc that I'd struggle with.PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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Yesterday 04:27 PM #8
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Nothing that will ever make me millions but Im very handy and creative so more of a niche thing. Im buying a “man” shed when I retire and Im going to make bird boxes, bird tables and small childrens toys, the toys I will likely donate for free but the other stuff probably online sales or sell at market stalls
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Funny you mention having a chippy - that’s one of the lines of work that has featured in the papers quite regularly lately in relation to the struggle to make ends meet - and it sounds really, really tough. I own my own business and the past few years of rising costs and staff recruitment and retention issues make me look around at the business landscape and wonder how anyone actually manages to make a living and stay sane.
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The owner is a genius in my opinion, and one of the big strokes of genius imo was something as simple as the unique telephone number.
Also the name of the Taxi company was important.
But the owner does not seem afraid to spend what many would say is an insane amount of money in order to accumulate.
The same could be said about the Chip shop industry. There are at least two chip shop owners currently in Edinburgh right now that made their million from the industry.
How did they succeed where others did not? That is the philosophies that entrepreneurs need to hack in to.
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Or maybe it was Covid that gave them a hit.
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Capital cars? Not sure they are that great of you speak to the drivers.
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And the Crolla's have more investment in Liverpool than they do Edinburgh. So whilst owning Berties may not seem all that impressive, Berties is only a spoke on a wheel which spans at least two different cities.
I only know this because I once had a person in a taxi I was driving that was sent from Crolla's in Liverpool to work for the Crolla's in Edinburgh, and the person did nothing but complain about how rubbish Edinburgh is compared to Liverpool.
Apart from that I have absolutely no information about their operations.
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How many other Franchises they have I don't know, but two alone in Northfield.Last edited by Edina Street; Yesterday at 06:31 PM.
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I would love to do my podcast full time. I tried to start a business doing leadership training after being made redundant last year, but some illness in the family meant I had to sack that idea and go back into full time employment.
If it wasn’t the podcast i had a coffin rental business idea with Colin, or a proper nice burger van.Follow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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Played golf abroad recently and can only think they make serious money renting out clubs.
Rented out clubs from a company not affiliated to a course, couple of folk got the top of the range for £125 for 2 days. Presumably the whole set would have cost about £2k or so, so you’d make it back fairly quickly.
I rented cheaper ones which were £65 for a set that costs £950. So about 15 days rental and they’re paid for. Obviously more to it than that but it seemed an opportunity to make a good amount of money if you’re place somewhere popular for golf.Last edited by Stubbsy90+2; Yesterday at 07:02 PM.
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Most likely the former Barracuda building will be raised to the ground as part of the building development of the former Right Wing siteLast edited by Bridge hibs; Yesterday at 07:00 PM.
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Yesterday 07:07 PM #26
- A Brass Neck
- A Sand Bag
- A Sand Castle Bucket
- Mortar
- Sand coloured texture spray
- A table to sell the sand castles on Portobello Promenade in the Summer.
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And if Giovannis really have closed the NFF so soon after buying it, then they have made a terrible mistake given how much the Edinburgh council will be willing to give them in compensation to build their Student Appartments.
JB Stores got saved by the council. Apart from Shirley's Deli, they were unable to compete with Tesco Express. But JB stores branching away from the Londis franchise did turn into an accidental sound investment.Last edited by Edina Street; Yesterday at 07:21 PM.
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Building a website is actually surprisingly easy however. Had I realised just how easy it was, I would have ventured into business a lot sooner than I did.
Having said that, web designers are certainly not put out of business by me.
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I thought there was definite mileage in that business. The Phoenix open is a fairly unique golf event that is a bit wild and young folk love - which culminates the same day as the Super Bowl.
I could definitely get on board with putting together itineraries around a booze soaked trip to sample some American Sport at it’s best - and I was surprised he’d just let it slide.
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Today I was asked to open for a group of Americans from Michigan, 24 customers on a trip to Scotland and I'm a happy bunny, now have to replace what they bought!! 😁There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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