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Ten months ago, my lovely friend Jessica and I came up with this great idea. Like me, Jessica runs her own business, Of Cabbages & Kings<\/a>, and like me she had a tiny little shop. We were discussing how our small premises had been good starting points, but how they now limited the expansion of our businesses, we both felt that we\u2019d reached a saturation point and the need for more space was rather crucial for us to be able to keep growing. But moving locations isn\u2019t that easy when you are a small independent business. The prices for bigger premises, especially if you\u2019re hoping for a High Street location are extremely high, and very difficult to manage if you\u2019re tiny and not prepared to drown yourself completely in debts. So we came up with this plan, to share premises. Running our two separate businesses under the same roof, meant that we could increase our space, and at the same time keep our expenses low.<\/p>\n

For ti m\u00e5neder siden, kom min gode venninne Jessica og jeg opp med en genial id\u00e9. Lik som meg, driver Jessica sin egen lille butikk, Of Cabbages & Kings<\/a>. Vi diskuterte hvordan v\u00e5re sm\u00e5 lokaler hadde v\u00e6rt gode utgangspunkt, men hvordan de n\u00e5 begrenset muligheten til \u00e5 utvide. Vi f\u00f8lte begge at vi hadde n\u00e5dd metningspunktet og at vi trengte mer plass for \u00e5 kunne fortsette \u00e5 vokse. Men det \u00e5 flytte lokale er ikke lett n\u00e5r man er bittesm\u00e5 bedrifter, leieprisene er skyh\u00f8ye, i hvert fall hvis man h\u00e5per p\u00e5 en butikk i en hovedgate, og det er vanskelig \u00e5 h\u00e5ndtere utgiftene hvis man ikke er forberedt p\u00e5 \u00e5 drukne seg selv i l\u00e5n. S\u00e5 vi kom opp med denne planen om \u00e5 dele lokale. Det \u00e5 drive v\u00e5re to uavhengige butikker under samme tak, bet\u00f8d at vi kunne f\u00e5 mye mer plass, og samtidig holde utgiftene v\u00e5re lave.<\/em><\/p>\n

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No, it\u2019s no spelling mistake, we came up with this idea TEN months ago, and this is how long it has taken put our plan into action. We had every single hick up you can think about, and we got completely tangled up in bureaucracy, paper work, solicitors and agents. It\u2019s been an agonizing process, which also forced us to close up our shops over the summer, and of course even more delays before we finally got in. But we\u2019re in! And we will open as quickly as possible, but as you can see there is plenty of work to be done. I\u2019ll keep you posted on the progress, but for now, have a look at our blank canvas, which we plan to make into the prettiest shop ever!<\/p>\n

Nei, det er ingen skrivefeil, vi fikk denne id\u00e9en for TI m\u00e5neder siden, og dette er hvor lang tid det har tatt oss \u00e5 sette planen ut i live. Vi har hatt hvert eneste problem du kan tenke deg, og vi ble fullstendig viklet inn i papirarbeid, byr\u00e5krati, advokater og agenter. De har v\u00e6rt en pinefull prosess, som ogs\u00e5 tvang oss til \u00e5 stenge de eksisterende butikkene over sommeren, og som selvf\u00f8lgelig ga enda flere forsinkelser f\u00f8r vi endelig kom oss inn. Men n\u00e5 er vi inne! Og vi vil \u00e5pne s\u00e5 fort som overhode mulig, men som dere kan se det er mengder av arbeid som st\u00e5r igjen. Jeg skal holdere dere oppdatert p\u00e5 fremgangen, men for n\u00e5, ta en titt p\u00e5 v\u00e5rt blanke lerret, som vi planlegger \u00e5 gj\u00f8re om til den flotteste butikken noensinne! <\/em><\/p>\n

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