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Story #01 — The skip hire round that quietly became a £3m business

The numbers, not the fantasy.

Proper journalism about unglamorous businesses that print money. You get the revenue, the costs, and the maths.

Trades & Home

One man, one lorry: the £3m skip hire empire

Waste licences, tip fees and why the boring businesses have the best margins in Britain.

£3.1myearly revenue

£60kstartup cost

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Pets

The doggy daycare that out-earns a dentist

How a converted warehouse, 40 dogs a day and subscription billing built a £400k/year machine.

£412kyearly revenue

£38kstartup cost

Coming Sunday

The window cleaning round worth £1m

Why recurring-revenue trades sell for 2–3x turnover, and how a round becomes an asset you can sell.

£980kvaluation

£250startup cost

The idea files

Million-pound ideas, with the maths attached.

Searchable, sortable, honest: every idea comes with startup cost, time to profit and realistic ceiling. No "just start a dropshipping store" nonsense.

The numbers

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Startup cost calculator

What it really takes to open — vehicles, kit, licences, insurance, first-year cashflow.

Margin explorer

See the gross margin of 40 UK business types before you commit a penny.

Valuation tool

What your business would sell for today — and the three levers that raise it.

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