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• 4x6m or 6x4m marquee?

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• How 4m commercial DIY Marquees are so strong

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• How to anchor your marquee down on hard surfaces

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• How to choose where to erect your marquee

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• How to connect your marquee to a house

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• How to easily make formal or informal seating arrangements

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• How to have fantastic starlight effect without fantastic prices

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• How to heat your marquee

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• How to join marquees using a gutter

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• How to run power to your marquee

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• Marquee dance floor options

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• Marquee lining terminology

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• Marquee terminology and jargon

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• PE, Poly/PVC, 500d, PVC What does it all mean?

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• The flexibility of interchangeable sides

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• The strength of eave braces

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• Tips for wedding marquees

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• Tips for evening party marquees

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• Tips for daytime party marquees

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• What is Duracoretex™ PVC?
• Why 2m end panels are more wind-resistant

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• Why a 20degree pitch roof is more wind-resistant

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• Why envelope roofs are stronger than carport style

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• Can I use a DIY Marquee as a smoking shelter

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• Erecting marquees on hard standing

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• Should I remove the sides of my marquee in strong winds?

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• Best practices in windy conditions

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• Best materials for marquees

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• Winter marquees take longer to build

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• Weathering a marquee to a house part 1

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• Weathering a marquee to a house part 2

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• Weathering a marquee to a house part 3

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• Anchoring a marquee down -the ground matters

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• Eave braces

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• Space required in a marquee

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• Different types of top table

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• Marquees in strong winds

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• Can you have a marquee wedding on a budget

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• How long can a marquee stay up for?

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• Positioning the windows in a marquee

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• Do I need a a license for my marquee wedding or event?

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• Marquee PVC can stretch over time

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• Marquees in the snow

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• What is Galvanized Steel?

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• Marquee Maintenance

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• Reality Check: 3.7m vs 3m marquee height

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• Reality Check: Breathable vs Non-breathable marquee flooring

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• Reality Check: Galvanised vs powder coated marquee framework

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• Reality Check: Stitching vs Welding material together in marquee roofs

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• Case study: Joanne wants to hold an informal wedding in a field

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• Case study: Brian owns a pub that isn't large enough to hold weddings

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• Can you make two 6x6m marquees from one 6x12m marquee

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• Erecting marquees over obstacles

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Marquee Flooring Advice

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• Erecting marquees on uneven surfaces

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• Laying a marquee floor

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• how to lay marquee carpet flooring or matting

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• Coconut matting

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• Types of marquee flooring

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• Avoid using heaters when erecting a marquee

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Marquee Cleaing Advice

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• How to clean a marquee

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• How often should you clean a marquee?

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• Marquee linings: keeping them clean

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• Customers decorating your marquees

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Marquee heating advice

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• Marquee heating information

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• How much fuel to suppply

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• Seasonal Weather

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• How much heating does my marquee need?

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• Marquee heating tips

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Dance floor advice

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• How big a dance floor do I need?

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• Stacking, storing and transporting marquee dance floors

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• how to lay a marquee dance floor

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• Marquees on sand

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Marquee seating advice

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• How much space is needed for a place setting

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• Theatre style seating in marquee weddings

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• Different top tables in marquee weddings

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• Forgotten things to allow for in marquee weddings

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Marquee Electrical/Power advice

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• Marquees: Who provides the power?

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• Problems with power to a marquee

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• Marquee lighting and electrical courses

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• marquee electrical problem

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Marquee DJ Areas

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• DJ Areas

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Marquee Linings Advice

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• Why are most marquee linings ivory?

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• How to look after marquee linings

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• Marquee linings tip

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• Dirty marquee linings

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• Non-damaging way of getting a fixing on a marquee lining

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• Fairy lights in marquees

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• Marquee swags and pelmets - there's a knack

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Marquee Wedding Advice

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• Flowers in marquees

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• Can you have a marquee wedding on a budget

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• Tips for weddings

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• Planning a greeting drinks area

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• How big a marquee do i need

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• Stacks of chairs in marquees

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Winter Marquee Advice

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• Marquees in the winter

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• Case study: Mr Jones wants to cover as much of his garden with marquees as possible

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Transporting Marquees

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• So you've decided to start a marquee hire company?

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Party Tents

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• Party Tents or Marquees

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• Party Tents use powder coating, marquees are galvanised

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Marquee Insurance

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• First steps to marquee hire

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• Marquee hire insurance and terms & Conditions

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Advertising Marquee Hire

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• Advertising

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• New marquee hire websites and stock photos

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• Signwriting vehicles

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• Wedding fairs

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• Natural lisitings on google vs pay-per-click

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Site visits

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• Tips for site visits

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• Make a good impression on marquee site visits

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• Example site visit: Dave and jenny's garden party

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• Example site visit: Dave and jenny's garden party part 2

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• Erecting marquees over obstacles

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• When to call-off cancel or postpone a marquee booking

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• Connecting marquees to a building

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• The art of negotiation

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Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

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• Getting your marquee website up the search rankings (part 1)

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• Getting your marquee website up the search rankings (part 2)

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• What to name your marquee hire business

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• Every marquee hirer should be using google

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• SEO for your marquee hire website

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• Google Alerts

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VAT (Value Added TAX)

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• Marquee hire and VAT

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Marquee Websites

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• Get a website up pronto

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• Keep your website updated

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• Marquee website tip

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• What area do you cover

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Starting out

• Advice on starting a marquee hir business

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• Before starting a marquee hire business

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• DIY Marquees guide to marquee hire

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• Get payments up front for a secure business

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Toilet hire

• Toilet hire

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Health and safety

• Fire safety in marquees

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• Marquee hire companies and PAT testing

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• Marquee hire health and safety

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• Remind customers of their responsibilities

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Terms and conditions

• Anchoring marquees down

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• Checklist for completed marquees

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• Marquee site visits and surveys

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• Out of hours marquee cover

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• Putting up marquees when the customer's not there

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Marquee hire

• Marquee Forums

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• Theres already a large marquee hire business in my area

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• Marquee pricing

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• Marquee hire success

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• Marquee catering partitions

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• Marquee hirers suggestion to reduce stress

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• Checklist for completed marquees

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• What's needed in the toolbox of a marquee hirer?

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• Different styles of management on site with marquees

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• Marquee tools

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• Turnover is vanity, profit is santiy

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• Tampering with marquees in your absence

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• Marquee storage

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• Use loading lists to avoid frustration

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• Show customers exactly what they might be hiring

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• Erecting aluminium frame marquees

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• Attitudes to customers on site

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• Negotiating, haggling and just being rude

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• Different marquee customers look for different things

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• Essential items for your van

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• Business plans

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• Marquee site visits part 1

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• Marquee site visits part 2

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• Marquee site visits part 3

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• Marquee site visits part 4

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• Budgeting, a bit like accountants, dull but important

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• I want to set-up a marquee hire business

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• Where's the bar

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• first impressions count

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• Planning a greeting drinks area

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• What area do you cover?

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• Out of hours marquee cover

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• How much is my marquee hire business worth

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• Starting a marquee hire business: research

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• Commission - greed, bribe or a part of business

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• Know your USP

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• Starting a marquee hire company choosing a name

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• Marquee hire businesses during the winter

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• The marquee hire season

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• My suggested approach to running a marquee hire business

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• Where to store your marquees

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• Look after your back

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• Keep your marquee advertising local

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• What budget do you need to start a marquee hire business

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• What's stopping you start up a business

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• Presenting your marquee hire quotations

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• The most important thing about marquee hire

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• Getting yourself known

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