How to run a company remotly ?

[Jo W]

A sparkling business plan would be a good start - but I wonder how realistic you are being? Small businesses like this succeed because the owners and their employees work darned hard to ensure they do - and just turning up a couple of days a week doesn't send the right message to anyone.

If the business has been run for years in a traditional fashion, the client base is likely to be pretty traditional - ditto the workforce. Neither is likely to take kindly to someone 'dabbling' (which is how they'll see it, however hard you work) from long distance. CCTV might identify a problem but it won't enable you to go hands on to solve it.

You will need an excellent manager on site to handle day to day operations. One possibility might be some sort of joint venture with a suitable individual, albeit you retain voting control or the business.