After a protracted period of negotiations, a period when all bets were off, the negotiations for our second shop are finally nearing conclusion.
What has compounded our attempt to open this shop is mainly the fact that volunteers can only do their thing (me included) when we're not at work, and when we're not at work is usually when those people who need to speak are also not at work. Needless to say this means an e-mail can take 24 hours to reply to, or phone messages a similar time to respond.
This manner of negotiation while having some advantages also can cause confusion. Every lease we negotiate gives us more experience for the next, and there will be more. Our medium term plan is to open several charity shops as these provide a degree of stable income. The retail side of the charity is also linked to our long-term aim of our own kennels which will take a considerable length of time to become a reality.
As of today final terms seem to have been agreed, a schedule of ingoing condition has been prepared and we not await the final go-ahead from the landlord. Obviously all this is still subject to final lease as it has yet to be presented with the last amendments in place. That said, we hope to be signing the lease during the first half of June.
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