Starting a business in the TRNC

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:04

If you were going to start a business here - what type of business would it be?



Whay type of business is lacking in the TRNC?

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:07

DVD shop...



"you can never get have enough DVD's" as my old uncle Percy used to say...

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:13

There are loads of DVD shops. I think you'd struggle to make a living Nick.

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:16

Msg 1

A business start-up advisory bureau !

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:18

Think we probably need a scrapyard, more than anything followed closely by a sewage plant.

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:18

A mail-forwarding business

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:19

mess 3 - yes i'd do them for 50 Krushers each....



That would put the cat amongst the pidgeons...

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:19

A sausage roll factory

pinkchilli


Joined: 30/11/2008
Posts: 689

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:22

Advising the civil servants how to deal with their upcoming dismissals.



Seriously, a good Thai/Vietnamese restaurant would be a good bet.



A company that would do a good job of snagging/builders clean(s), etc.



Also, a company that could emply locals (possibly ex-civil servants) to sort out some problems Brits face, especially those without TC friends, or those that do not want to impose upon their friendship. Only payment on solution!



Finally, a company that could supply and run a desalination plant, a power station and a 20Mb Internet connection! Basic requirement: Must be able to run 24 hours per day, with no trade union involvement



Best of luck.



Regards



PC

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:27

DVD Rental - download and record episodes of ALL the soaps, series, etc. and rent 'em out for 50Kr a night - a lot of people don't want to be bothered connecting a pc to the TV, or subscribing to an iffy satellite service, whereas popping a DVD in the machine to watch their 3 favourite soaps within a few days of broadcast would be fine. And no bother dropping off the DVD and picking the next one up when you go to the market for bread etc...

You could either build up an archive of all the soaps, or use re-recordable DVDs, and just keep the previous month 'in stock'.

wearytravellers



Joined: 27/04/2007
Posts: 250

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:34

Some decent wine, a really nice wine shop that can sell cheeses as well. I,ve lost count the amount of times that I could have died for a decent savagnion blanc......have to sneek some over from the darkside occassionally.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:36

wearytravellers,

If you like nice wines and cheeses Guido's is the place to buy them, also Guido makes pate to die for.

ustwo


Joined: 08/12/2008
Posts: 67

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:37

A proper cake shop ,like Greggs,proper doughnuts ,bread pudding,vanilla slices ,eccles cakes,need I go on.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:39

hi weary you know we sell savagnion blanc and a range of cheese along with other good wines. When are you back xx

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:41

Keith, message 10. I think copying all the soaps, series, etc etc..is an excellent idea.

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:46

A private detective agency.......

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:55

msg 11,

I am led to believe that there is a 'proper' wine shop next to Supreme supermarket, up Çatalköy way -it's long way from Lapta, I know, so you'd better stock up!

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 10:57

Oops,

Sorry Lilli, didn't see your post!

I wasn't trying to send all your customers off to the opposition

Keith.

lovingcyprus


Joined: 02/03/2007
Posts: 1272

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 11:24

I'd start an Indian Restaurant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hatty


Joined: 13/07/2008
Posts: 260

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 11:53

Insolvency Practice

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 16:39

A restaurant without animals roaming around inside.

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
25/08/2009 17:02

a recycling company

HNComputers


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 472

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 10:20

Yes a proper cake shop i agree with Ustwo!!! MMM krispy kreme doughnuts hehe

dav88



Joined: 01/08/2008
Posts: 605

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 10:57

a recruiment agency

wearytravellers



Joined: 27/04/2007
Posts: 250

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 11:20

Lilli,



I know that you sell fantastic wines and of course cheeses from your deli.....back on Thursday.

wearytravellers



Joined: 27/04/2007
Posts: 250

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 11:21

Start a business:



A really good upmarket, Chicken Farm !!! not the ones you get on Guzelyert road, but a fantastic expensive out of this world knocking shop.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 11:30

A nice little English tea room serving cream scones.

Home made steak & kidney pies and meat & potato pies and pasties.

keithcaley



Joined: 13/06/2008
Posts: 2521

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 12:05

msg 21,

A restaurant WITH animals roaming around inside, so that you can pick the one that you want, like you do with lobsters.

Should increase the number of vegetarians around



p.s. remember 'The Restaurant at the end of the Universe?'

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 13:59

Hi Woodspeckie,



I was going to open a tea room with homemade cakes and scones with strawberrry jam and cream oozing out. Apple pies and lemon meranguei tart etc. Chocolate cake that melts in your mouth. Steak & kidney pies, plus cornbeef & onion slices. Tommy was going to help me do this, do you remember Tommy? Anyone know where he is?



The butlers wife

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 14:10

hi butlers wife,

i just love apple pie, but getting the right apples here to make it is often a problem.

apple pie and home made icecream my favorite, i would be your first customer.

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 14:30

Oooh, Butlers Wife ..... my mouth is watering just thinking about cream tea's.



I would be a customer

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 14:58

I know! How about a legal firm that actually does what the client legally wants? One that knows it owes a duty of care, that tells the truth, actually acts & represents the best interests of their clients. Gives good advice and has indemnity insurance? That clearly lays out it's reasonable charges and doesn't just pluck out an up front fees figure in £1000 chunks? That has a regulatory dicsipline authority that could investigate a complaint against it. A firm that would campaign for better, fairer & clearer laws? Utopia I know..

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 15:07

I'd certainly be a very regular customer at the Butler's wife's shop.



Speaking of Tommy - someone asked about him on here a while ago. Does ANYONE know what happened to him - seriously, I mean.



I think Keith Caley posted on here at the time that he was off stopping world poverty, advising Barack Obama, etc. but surely he must have finished that by now?

J

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 15:40

Hi all to pt you out of your misery Tommy is well just very busy dealing wit his projects. Saw him today in the restaurant. The Btlers wife I see him often do yo want me to mention anything to him. By the way we do scones with real whipped cream xxx

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
26/08/2009 15:52

Went out yesterday with my grandaughter picking blackberries then we came home and made lots of Apple & Blackberry crumble, stocked the freezer up. Warm with ice ream - yummy

Serkan


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
27/08/2009 11:51

vine yard

egg farm ( any farm)

and lot more.



place to invest

the butler


Joined: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1958

Message Posted:
27/08/2009 15:59

Hi all,



As I live at Esentepe, I was thinking of opening my tea shop east of Kyrenia, where do you think would be a good place and would you visit?





The butlers wife

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
27/08/2009 16:03

The Butlers Wife. Make sure you open your tea shop near to where Missus Monger lives. She'll be in every day for her daily 'fix' of cream and scones )

cyprusairsoft



Joined: 22/06/2009
Posts: 2066

Message Posted:
27/08/2009 16:16

reclamation yard