I looked at sole trader , but ran as a company, much safer for me, as you say Billy protection of my assets
And traded under another name, yeah cash was great , but it wasn't practical because of the amount of money involved
Bit hard to explain when if someone fucks up, I employed others to do the work
A no I didn't stop because of no customers , most work was word of mouth
As were the big jobs, never paid any advertising at all, ever matey
BTW I was medically retired , all the work was divided between 6 of my best tradesmen who started their own company
Who to this day have strong businesses
So play with your small amounts of cash ....,,,,,,,,,,,,e
By the way where is 9 to 4 not in the middle of peak hr?