If you were given/won

[Paul The Party Dj]

I'd take £3K and go to Mobile Beat and do every seminar and workshop I could. I'd book a £1k holiday for November.
I'd spend the rest on my business (mostly on marketing and training) over the next 24 months.

[Stu]

Ohh didn't realise you can't drive. 100% definatley use the money to get your license and buy a van plus insurance for a year.

What do lessons cost now, £25 an hour? Even if it takes you another 100 hours of lessons, that's still only a quarter of your budget spent on getting one of the most important skills you'll ever have.

Spend £5k on a van if you want a snazzy one (less if you can find an older one in good condition) and then the £2.5k you have left should be enough to insure it for a year.

Seriosuly, don't give up on learning to drive. It is pretty much an essential skill if you want to stand on your own two feet in any walk of life.

[Shakermaker Promotions]

I'd invest it in a new van.

Charlie, I have to say mate....You are a VERY lucky boy! You may not think it but you most definitely are. I wish someone would just hand me £10K and say "Spend it wisely".

Are you going to accept it?

If I were in your position I'd be inclined to refuse it and get off my backside and go out and get some work during the day. That would soon stop the bumming around wouldn't it.

[Charlie Brown]

I'd invest it in a new van.

Charlie, I have to say mate....You are a VERY lucky boy! You may not think it but you most definitely are. I wish someone would just hand me £10K and say "Spend it wisely".

Are you going to accept it?

If I were in your position I'd be inclined to refuse it and get off my backside and go out and get some work during the day. That would soon stop the bumming around wouldn't it.

Fair and honest point. I'm inclined to agree.

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Good stuff

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I'd use it to take the business further.

By doing what?

Buying equipment, marketing, advertising?

[leelive]

I would use the money to buy a percentage of my business from me. I've heard this can be done when moving into the realm of VAT registered. Would be a nice tax saving that I could use to pay off some of the mortgage.
Lee

[djtrev]

If I were in your position I'd be inclined to refuse it and get off my backside and go out and get some work during the day. That would soon stop the bumming around wouldn't it.

I think that I would agree with this.
Get a job;if you can;keep up with the driving lessons and then when you pass your test then maybe consider the offer.
But consider it carefully.Borrowing that amount of money and agreeing to pay it back is a major committment.

[Charlie Brown]

By doing what?

Buying equipment, marketing, advertising?

That's exactly what I was asking.

What would you guys do?

[Cowlinn]

That's exactly what I was asking.

What would you guys do?

I certainly wouldn't take £10k from my grandparents.