Hi Newbee

I would say you would be mad to give up your job and open a florist shop at this present time without some experience on what has to be done to make it profitable.

I work as a flower exporter in Holland supplying UK florists on a daily bases and over the last year we have seen a big decline in the floristry trade, just for instance look who is selling flowers now in the UK, every supermarket, nearly every high street shop like Boots, Next, Debenhams, Thorntons, M & S and theres probably alot more to add.

So you need to think how you can either do something these guys dont do or try and compete.

To compete you would have to have your own flower farms in Kenya so you can keep costs down and sell a bunch of Crysants for £1.99.

Or you can do what alot of start up people are doing now and specialise in something, Weddings, Events, Corporate work ect.

This isnt an easy business forsure, but if you are business minded and work at it proffessionally yes you can make some money.

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