I get where you are coming from,bit what I'm not sure of is how your business would earn money

I don't think this kills as many birds as you think. One of the big issues that have been discussed back and forth for years has been monetizing the Business District. A while ago we had the business stock exchange that basically paid out in parallel with the businesses' thread activity and quality of content. I can't recall precisely why it was removed, but there are generally a host of problems with these ideas.

First, you have the problem that MR actually ran into a few months back. Individuals were going into bars and restaurants and copy/pasting the menu in each of their posts as if they were "reading" the menu each time and picking an option. This inflated the value of the post and inflated the stat ("Street Smarts" or "Vision") that was boosted by it. This is probably the primary concern with making the Business District a money-producing component of the game.

Second, the focus of the Business District is RP. You said it's the Streets "part deux," but this is actually a very poor comparison. The Streets are where mobsters come together as a group to discuss certain matters of importance. Auths, speeches, protection orders, etc. are all done through the Streets, and that is its primary purpose. The Business District has never and will never be used for auth speeches, protection orders, or anything of real importance because of its very limited audience. The BD is really just a place for more hardcore RPers to orient themselves with each other and RP out events. Plus, the BD isn't supposed to be repetitive; you should write something different for each business you visit. But I think if you make businesses capable of generating money, you'll get a lot of repetitive posts. Not because we want to abuse the system, but because we like making as much money as we can; and that means visiting businesses early and often. 

Third, your suggestion doesn't actually involve creating additional money. You want the business to just be a means of transferring money from one player to another in exchange for some service. This is done already without the "storefront," as suit makers are all over the place. Additionally, you mention setting up a "shareholder" system, but there's no reason for one. Shares are sold by by a company to build up capital, which is then used to produce things, which are then sold and the profits are shared equally among the, you guessed it, shareholders. The mechanism you propose has no need for initial capital; suit makers don't need any initial "investment" in order to start their business. Photoshop costs no in-game money, writing a thread costs no in-game money, and selling a suit to a player costs no in-game money; so there is no need for investment or shareholders.

I don't mean to rain on your parade, but this isn't the first time this sort of thing has been suggested. I don't think there's any good way of monetizing the Business District without making it terribly bland, repetitive, dull, and casual. It'll be used to farm cash and stats and not as a means of establishing a character.

I think what you're describing could be done without any added code. A user could create a business, sell suits, collect money, and distribute that to "shareholders" without adding any functionality. All of those things, as you suggested, would be done by the player anyway, so there's no real reason to automate it in code.

Excellent suggestion JonnyBe_RED , this would only be a beginning and I'm sure if implemented we would roll with it and start tweaking it to make it work. I like the idea that the value of the business is completely up to the community and the buying and selling of the business' shares. This could also create a whole host of side businesses, advertisers for example. People who can be brokers and middlemen for the goods and services provided. I am also thinking that bars could have items which help to reduce timers or provide small impermanent boosts to defense or stealth or attack. Who knows what other possibilities could arise from this. But yeah maybe like Drug Front Properties certain families can purchase and operate store fronts or restaurants/bar - car dealerships and have to role play them to maintain them and provide the goods. It's a start but it sure would make the business district more dynamic and interesting.

We're crimminals not Warren Buffet...

No.

Criminals were some of the smartest entrepreneurs, I can list countless examples. They weren't just thugs with a gun and a bad attitude.

i hope if this was to be the case would be a closer scrutiny on the quality of the businesses so not just anyone is using it to make money quick

yeah but even the lowest quality knocked together in 5 minutes could infuse money into the game, also what would be the situation if a next of kin was to take over a position would it be master account linked? or a case of new business, new post and clutter to the district of repear posts possibly?

I see the business district as massively under utilised. I suggested 5 years ago that we tied DFPs into the business district, not only because it would be a realistic development, but it would also reward those people who are prepared to get their hands dirty and spend the time/effort to maintain one. You can read more on that here, if you want.

Onto your suggestion and my only real concern is whether or not it would actually be used. I don't really believe that many people will buy shares in a business and I'm not convinced that many people here actually produce businesses that make any money. There are only a handful of examples that I can come up with of things that people have been prepared to pay for.

Notwithstanding the coding element, of which I have no knowledge I would like to see something done to link the business district to actual businesses and if there was an option to purchase a stake in a business that made money, I would probably do so.