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Hi all
I am opening a new shop soon and would like some help on a couple of things. First if anyone can help with any shop fitting would be good! I am really after a wooden set of steps for putting the flower buckets on or where to get one from. Also does anyone have a list of things to do when opening a new shop just so i dont miss anything..... Your help would be great and most appreciated.

best of luck with opening the shop, when i opened my shop a couple of years ago i got my dad to make my stands, he's a bit of a handy man and did a really good job and it meant that i got what i wanted to fit exactly, made from wood and then painted, looks great and didn't cost a bomb, so if you know and trust anyone that can do this for you i would look into this option. In terms of what you need to organise for the shop opening my best advice is to sit with a pen and notepad and write everything down and then start to work through your list, things like, signwriting, phones, broadband, interior decor how is the shop going to be laid out, sundries, electric, water, till, statonery inc business cards, portfolio, loads of stuff come to mind which is why you need a pen and pad to have a starting point because as you think of one thing it will lead you on to another. hope this helps.

Best of luck with your new venture.
There was a good few helpful posts on here a couple of months ago when I think it was leanne opening up.
Will see if I can find the thread for you.

Found one of them, there are quite a few.
Help please with a list of sundries

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When we opened a mere 6 months ago, we sat down and made lists whilst searching websites we found we only missed a few little things out! It works
good luck
xxx

Thanks for advice and tips. Are your new adventures going well?

Good luck with your new venture. hope all goes well
Jackie

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we opened our shop 7 weeks ago and it is going well i guess, the thing is to write a list then edit it then write it again then again and again (you get the picture) everytime you think you have nailed it you will think of something else that you need. a lot of people told us not to buy in too many flowers to start off but my fear was that people would walk in and say "omg not much here" so for the first couple of weeks we had to dispose of a lot of waste flowers which is so disheartening. but we soon developed a hard skin and now as we get busier each week we throw less and less away. the thing we always do even on our little 3 quid ready mades we staple our business card to everything, im sure if a customer stood im my shop long enough he would leave with a business card stapled to his ear hahhaha. good luck with it roll up your sleaves and have fun .
steve x

stapled to his ear