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Insurance

Divorce misery for firms

Business lobby group the Forum of Private Business (FPB) has warned SME owners that marital ruptures can have a negative effect on their businesses, following the high-profile divorce case of insurance multi-millionaire John Charman.

Insurance

Insurance

Managing employers’ liability insurance

Employers’ liability insurance, like an appointment at the dentist, is an unwelcome but necessary imposition. Basically, if you employ people you have to have it. Yet surprisingly, many small companies take out a basic policy and have no idea what eventualities they are covered for and, more crucially, what they are not.

Insurance

Business back-up procedures

Recent events have put the issue of business continuity and disaster recovery at the forefront of many CEOs' minds. All businesses should prepare for the worst, be it the total loss of their premises, computer failure or simple human error; losing the information stored on systems can be catastrophic.