Leonard Tondel Articles

Although I would like to write for you, let me point out that I am not a qualified business adviser (and I'm certainly not a 'guru'.) Consequently, if you are seriously contemplating launching a full-time, profit-making business from home - especially in the UK -  then I would wish to stress the importance of using the services of an experienced business adviser as part of the due diligence needed for this kind of venture.

On the other hand, I started in 'home business' when eight years old and my parents decided to become 'their own boss' - not for lots of money or an easy lifestyle (these were not valid considerations just after the Second World War) but because they wanted to be independent. It then became a simple case of the whole family pulling together in pursuit of that as a common goal. (Plus they didn't speak English well enough to be able to get a 'decent' job.)

Consequently, I have been 'selling' for over 50 years and during that time I have also interviewed thousands, if not tens of thousands of people trying to 'sell' themselves to me and my various colleagues. My accumulated experience also seems to have been adequate enough to see me in front of politicians, the Bank of England and household-name sponsors and to have helped form the UK's first and only national credit union for small businesses.

However, let me emphasise again that the guidelines I offer in my first set of articles are for people wishing to start a home business in the United Kingdom/Great Britain.

We have a lot of visitors from all over the world but the US, Russia, France and .eu domains particularly and so anyone who is not from the UK should use my first articles accordingly. Contrary to the claims advanced on most Anglo-Saxon business websites, the entire world does NOT speak English and laws, regulations, customs and practices vary enormously from country to country, even within the European Union (EU).

On the other hand, the European Union, including Britain, is the world's largest developed marketplace and so an effort to jump through some hoops, might be called for.

Go well.

Len Tondel, Chairman, Home Business Alliance. http://www.homebusiness.org.uk