Throughout July Europe has seen some remarkable temperatures being recorded. Record breaking heats of almost 40 degrees Celsius across Europe has made this summer the hottest on record. Despite the joys of ice-creams, beach days and swimming pools, there are also downsides. One van driver found this out the hard way. One van driver in…
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Nightmare Car-Hacking: The remote controlled car
Hostile interventions by hackers in vehicle technology are not science fiction, as various cases have proven with different car manufacturers in the last few years. But what can be done about it? THE NIGHTMARE Imagine you’re driving with 100 other vehicles on a main road. As if by magic, the central locking engages, the radio…
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Is the world ready for autonomous cars?
Announcements surrounding autonomous cars have come thick and fast over the past few years. What is hardly ever mentioned is whether the world at large is ready for them. We’re only talking about fully autonomous vehicles, the fifth and final level of automation, choosing not to venture into the grey area where levels 1 to…
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Company Collapses Highlight the Need For Trade Credit Insurance
Since mid-January, the news headlines have been dominated by the collapse of the UK’s second biggest construction firm, Carillion. It is said that 30,000 supply chain businesses are directly, or indirectly, affected by its insolvency and inability to pay suppliers. Firms within the supply chain started to tumble like dominoes, as soon as Carillion’s position…
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Coffee Guide to Floating Warehouses
Whether it’s a quick espresso, a simple flat white, americano, macchiato, mocha or a frappucino with a dash of vanilla – your drink of choice will go great with our latest coffee guide. (Tea, juice, water, etc. will also probably be fine.) Coffee Customer: I’ve heard the expression ‘floating warehouses’…what are they? You: Floating warehouses,…
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Business Insurance – What is it? Do I need it?
Anybody running a business, no matter how small, needs to consider business insurance. Whether you are self-employed or run a small or medium sized business you need a good insurance policy that protects you, your business and your sources of income. Business insurance comes in many forms, including tradesmen insurance, buy to let insurance and…
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Brokers v tick-boxes: The playing field will level
The reasons why clients prefer to use a professional insurance broker, rather than price comparison and aggregator websites, are likely to be reinforced by the end of 2018, as regulators seek to create a more level playing field when it comes to professional standards. For some years now, there have been concerns about the way…
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Data keeping drivers safe on the road by getting to know their good and bad habits
Serious motor incidents involving HGV drivers always make the headlines, whilst a company car driver who carries out a motoring misdemeanour that negatively affects other road users can bring instant shame on the company name. A few years ago, preventing eventualities like this, which could conceivably have been avoided, would have seemed an impossibility in…
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Driving Law: Changes Coming
2018 sees many new driving laws come into force, while other established laws are set to change. Staying on top of changes could help you avoid breaking any laws in the future. Take a look at our vehicle cameras to help your driving CHANGES TO TAX ON DIESEL CARS From April 2018, motorists buying a…
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HSE Fees for Intervention – The Disputes Process
CURRENT CONTEXT – the HSE claims it has always had a “proportionate dispute process” since it introduced Fee for Intervention (FFI) in 2012, intended to lay the cost burden of HSE intervention on businesses that break health and safety laws, not on taxpayers. In September 2016, permission was granted for a judicial review of the…
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