I'm pleased for your brother making his qualification as a driving instructor. I have no doubt it was hard work.

A quiet word of warning from a highly-qualified and -experienced driving instructor who, amongst other things, trains prospective driving instructors...

There are many, many companies and driving schools out there who offer to train you to become a driving instructor... at a cost which is not inconsiderable. The final percentage of qualifiers is extremely (and I do mean extremely) low. These companies have one major aim... to make comparatively easy money for old rope. Most of them do not care if you qualify or not and they have little or no vested interest in you as a qualified instructor. They have made their money.

Once you have qualified, you enter an over-supplied market. There are too many instructors trying to chase too few prospective learners. It is flipping tough.

And these adverts that say, "earn up to £30,000 - £35,000 a year". Yes, you might be able to make that if you can find enough learners to work approx 40 hours a week (plus travel time between lessons). Then, and most importantly, deduct the cost of running the car (or franchise fees).

In short, would I ever encourage a friend to become a driving instructor? No (unless I wanted to get rid of him/her).

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...are three books I can thoroughly recommend. I used these when I first became self-employed.

And find a darned good accountant to help - right from the start. A good accountant can spot the things you might miss and offer salient advice and guidance. It's an expense, I know. But it can save a lot of money in the long run if things do take off.

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to give yourself an income of £200 a week and then whether you could live on a Net Income of £170pw.

That, of course, may mean that you need to have Sales of about £400+ each week.

That's one of the reasons I now drive a Taxi and am not a Net Trader. The other was that I have been unable to find suitable Packaging for my Product.

I was only making 20 to 30 Postal sales when I had the Coffee House. To make a living from it I would have to increase that to 300 or 400 transactions each week.