Category: Business
How Your Business Can Reduce Their Motoring Costs
How Your Business Can Reduce Their Motoring Costs Rising motoring costs are a concern for all businesses that have a motor fleet. If you run a fleet of vehicles as part of your business, you’ll be keeping a close eye on balancing the cost of keeping your fleet on the road with the difficulties of…
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Safety Practices Regarding Lithium-Ion Batteries
Safety Practices Regarding Lithium-Ion Batteries Lithium-ion batteries (also known as li-ion batteries) are in many everyday appliances - both in the workplace and the home - and have become commonplace, but they pose a fire risk not everyone may be aware of. Let’s take a closer look at these batteries and the sensible precautions you…
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Why all businesses require Directors and Officers insurance
Why all businesses require Directors and Officers insurance Directors and Officers liability insurance (D&O insurance) provides financial support and defence against potential investigations into the behaviour of your executives and the possibility of them being sued. Without such insurance, the company will be left to pick up the tab from their own resources. Or,…
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What can Fleets Expect in 2023?
What can fleets expect in 2023? 2022 was a wild ride for the trucking industry, but as we enter autumn many are wondering what will happen next. Sean Storey of Capital Equipment spoke recently at NationaLease, offering his thoughts during their recent Annual Meeting about how he thinks things may play out over the coming…
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3 Changes in Transportation in 2023
3 changes in Transportation in 2023 The transportation industry is always adapting to changing times and circumstances. With such an influential impact on other sectors, it’s important for businesses in this space to keep themselves informed about what will come next year so they can plan accordingly – both now (to avoid surprises) as well…
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8 Ways to Tackle Underinsurance
8 Ways to Tackle Underinsurance Underinsurance can be devastating, especially when it comes to your business property and its contents, should you ever be in the unfortunate position of having to make a claim. Here are 8 ways to avoid it: Get your property valued regularly The cost of building materials has risen significantly in…
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Top 6 Cybersecurity Trends to Watch Out For in 2023
Top 6 Cyber security trends to watch out for in 2023 - Rise of automotive hacking - Potential of artificial intelligence - Mobile is the new target - Data breaches: prime target - Targeted ransomware - Insider threats Rise of automotive hacking: The use of wireless communication systems in modern vehicles has created a vulnerability…
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Construction – Problems with Products
What is Part Product? In the last few weeks I have seen trade advertising from different major insurers announcing that their Construction policy now has an optional extension for what is known as Part Product. Well, this is not something new, as I have been including this important extension since the early 1990s. Liability Insurance?…
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Legal News – Three Items of Interest for the Construction Community
Phoenixing: Construction bosses who 'phoenix' firms could now face fines or bans Construction is one of the UK industries that suffers the most from ‘phoenixing’ – folding a firm to avoid debts, then starting up a near identical business with a new name. Now directors who do this could face hefty fines or being banned…
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How Does Cyber Insurance Work and What Does it Cover?
How does cyber insurance work and what does it cover? How does cyber insurance work? You have a small business that sells leather goods online and you collect customer data including credit card numbers. You are hacked by cybercriminals who steal all this information from 1K of your customers' accounts- making them victims, too! Your…
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