Stage 7: Money, money, money

Posted by Justin on Mar 24, 2009 in Blogs, business, buying, buying-pubs, English Pub, legal-procedure, pub-buying, pub-sale, pub-sales, pubs, selling, solicitor | 0 comments While all the legal investigations are being dealt with, the buyer needs to get his or her finances in place, ready to – (a) pay a deposit (usually ten per cent of the purchase price) on exchange of contracts and (b) pay the rest of the purchase money, plus legal expenses, plus the stock value, on completion As exchange of contracts and completion often take place on the same day, the...
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Another test

Posted by Justin on Mar 24, 2009 in Abaddons Musings, Uncategorized | 1 comment Third time lucky, I hope!
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Beards and beer

Posted by Justin on Mar 23, 2009 in Abaddons Musings, beards, beer, local | 0 comments Articles extolling the eco-credentials of beards and local beer – I must be doing something right!
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Chamber of Commerce Spring Hop

Posted by Justin on Mar 23, 2009 in Abaddons Musings, shops, small towns, Tenterden | 0 comments Received from David Caulfield:================================================================Spring is here (nearly) and there’s no better time to get everybody dancing at a live music event. The ‘Spring Hop’ in St Michaels, Tenterden is to raise money for the Kent Air Ambulance and the Motor Neurone Disease Association – to be split equally between the two charities. There will be ten...
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Dumped!

Posted by Justin on Mar 22, 2009 in Abaddons Musings, banks, small towns, Tenterden | 0 comments On Friday (in common, apparently, with a lot of other sole practitioner lawyers and low-volume conveyancers) I received a “Dear John” letter from Abbey National (or “the Abbey”, as they like to be called but have not bothered to change their name to).They have unceremoniously and without warning “dumped” me – I am, with immediate effect, no longer on...
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