Confidence in small businesses hits highest level since 2015
It’s good news for SMEs as Confidence Tracker rises to highest reading since before the EU referendum.
Category Business Insurance
Chasing payments: How to tackle outstanding invoices
17% of all payments in the UK are made late, and a whopping 9% are eventually written off as bad debt. Here’s how to save your SME…
7 ways to prevent falling objects on site
An object falling from a height can prove fatal. Here are some tips on how this can be avoided.
When should employees stay home to build a snowman?
As climate change brings unpredictable weather patterns and extremes, it has never been so important for businesses to have an adverse weather policy.
7 outrageous insurance fraud claims
An estimated 2,400 fraudulent insurance claims are made every week, valued at a whopping £25 million. Here are 7 of the most unbelievable real-life examples...
5 weather dangers for construction workers
Contractors and builders on construction sites are out in all weathers, but some of these conditions can present a real danger.
How should businesses respond to a “critical” threat level?
The UK terror level reached critical status once again following the Parson’s Green explosion on 15th September. Lowered to “severe” two days later, it’s the third time this year the country has been on the highest alert, with troops bolstering…
5 areas of risk in construction
If the only risks associated with construction were that of injury or death on site, the job of an insurer would be a lot more straightforward. But lead contractors know more than anyone, except perhaps insurance experts and solicitors, that…
3 less obvious steps to lowering your accident rate
Stringent on-site health and safety measures can protect your workers first and foremost, but also care for your business by reducing absence, protecting your reputation, retaining staff and maintaining productivity. Best practices around training, the right equipment and signage are…
Are your staff making any of these food safety mistakes?
Mistakes caused either through lack of training or an embedded culture in the kitchen need only be small to have devastating consequences on the health of diners. The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has exposed the kind of serious…