Guys, thanks for the uber quick response !
They have a light tent but a lot of the time the products need to be hung or place on bars as this is their final use so without cutting and destroying the tent it's not practical to use it. I did try it but their lights aren't powerful enough with it and from their own previous experience using a pro photographer in his own studio and doing it on brilliant white backgrounds that didn't have to be cut out when put on the white background of the site the photo's brilliant white is then more of an off white so need to be cut out anyway along with have to go into brochures later down the line so clipping path is required. It's not the cutting out it's the photo's and their current dullness even with the lights.
@Silversnapper, thanks I'll look those podcasts up, they sound good !
I've googled and read so many things now I thought I'd ask as I don't know what's good advice and what's not.
Any tripod advice or more tips widely accepted