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Start Up Guide |
Everything you need to help start your own seasonal mobile ice cream van business for free. Useful business advice, help, ideas and tips
to get your new business started. |
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START UP A MOBILE ICE CREAM BUSINESS |
STEP2. REGULATIONS - FOOD SAFETY LAWS |
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| Important regulations checklist for
individuals starting a mobile ice cream business. |
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Register your new mobile ice cream business with your local
council at least 28 days prior to trading. |
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Apply for any roadside trading licences or street trading
permits that councils may require you to have before you start trading. |
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You may be required to pay business rates even if you
operate your mobile ice cream business from home, check with and notify your
local council. |
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Notify the inland revenue and national insurance
contributions office within three months of your employment status and becoming
self employed. |
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Notify HM Customs & Excise immediately if you anticipate
that your annual turnover will exceed the VAT registration threshold. |
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Notify any government departments where you may be claiming
family or unemployment benefits. |
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Obtain adequate specialist mobile catering public liability
insurance cover and if you intend to employ help, obtain employers liability
insurance cover. |
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Required by law, every business premises owner or or
occupier is required to carry out a fire risk assessment on their buildings.
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Undertake a food handing and food safety training course and
obtain at least to the minimum level basic food safety and handling certificate. |
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Prepare a written food safety management system. |
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of the above points refer to the key points navigation links |
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CHECK LIST |
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Important step
Regulations are in place to protect the public from risks.
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Food safety
What to expect and how to comply with food regulations.
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Hazard analysis
What is it and how to prepare one.
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Licensing laws
After hours trading laws apply to you.
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Insurance cover
Required by law.
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Roadside trading
Store fronts and travelling to events outside your area.
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Local councils
Find your local environmental health department.
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RELATED ARTICLES |
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Cost effective food safety and first aid training
Made easy with these training CDs from Itrium Solutions.
Buy direct through Villagefetes and save on the recommended retail price |
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Healthy Distance ... Basic Food Hygiene Training CD ROM
A flexible, self-contained food hygiene course allowing food handlers to study at their own pace,
at home or at work and designed to meet the training needs for modern food handling businesses
and individuals. Cost effective solution to your training needs which can be
used over and over again by all food handlers within your mobile catering
business.
Find out more about Healthy Distance ... click here |
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HACCP Wise ... Food Safety Management System CD ROM
A simple to use food safety management system. Regulations require that all food businesses put in place food safety procedures, this includes the need to document the food safety management system and keep records.
By completing the CD sections you will easily identify the critical control
points. Make food production, selling and food service safer and easier.
Find out more about HACCP Wise ... click here |
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First Aid Training ... A Multimedia Training Program CD ROM
First aid training is essential for you and your workers.
This course has been designed to give basic knowledge in emergency first aid procedures and to enable an appointed person with little or no first aid experience to work through a basic first aid course in a logical, methodical fashion.
Use the CD for training as many of your staff in first aid as needed.
Find out more about First Aid Training ... click here |
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If you have an unbiased view or tip regarding a product, piece of machinery, on any page within our business start up area, here's your chance to let everyone know and read about it. |
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