Building a business is a bit like raising a child: you nurture it through the delicate early stages, then all of a sudden the company finds its feet and the risks start multiplying. Scaling up is hugely exciting, but as the pace of trade quickens,...
As a business owner, managing chaos could be one of your daily duties. For every business which relies on a website or app, though, this enters a new realm amidst the realisation that your website or app is down. In recent years, huge companies have faced...
Whilst many of us have the option to turn the heating up in winter, wear a few extra layers and supply both ourselves and our co-workers with a constant stream of hot drinks, construction workers must face the elements head-on. Even in the most adverse...
If you’ve ever insured a property, you’ll know that arranging buildings insurance is based not just on your property’s ‘market value’ – the amount it would sell for today – but also its ‘rebuild costs’. This refers to the amount of money it would cost to...
Every business will have its own particular problems during the winter. We hope our points below will help you prepare for the risks to your business during this period Employee Attendance Bad weather often throws road and rail travel into chaos, ranging from the slow-going to the...
In 2018, more major hacks took place from huge companies, including HSBC, British Airways and Facebook. In the first half of the year alone, it’s thought that around 4.5 million records were stolen. Experts suggest the trends of hackers have matured over the last year...
Landlords have already seen the effects of a reduction on the tax reliefs they can claim, and more big changes are planned to happen over 2019. Yet, with Brexit still in negotiations and the future of the country still in a state of flux, nothing...
Does your list of New Year’s resolutions look something like this? Visit the gym at least three times a week Save more money Give up smoking, drinking and chocolate – unless it’s the weekend Learn a new language Volunteer more Wait… what was the first one...
Festive thieves are gearing up for a busy festive period of easy pickings warns the Association of British Insurers (ABI). Last December, insurers dealt with the equivalent of 435. domestic burglary claims every day, paying £30 million to customers who were the victims of Christmas crime. That...
The fridge is stocked, the bar is full, and the rails and shelves are groaning under the weight of a pre-emptive Christmas spending spree. And then, disaster strikes in one form or another. Works down the road cut off your power supply, and all the food in...