The world of business looks nothing like it did a generation ago. From landlords navigating new legal responsibilities to small farms opening their gates to visitors, today’s entrepreneurs face a more complex landscape than ever.

You need to have a good idea about how to protect your business when things have gone wrong. In this very challenging business world, having the right insurance policies can help to save a working empire if something catastrophic occurs.

There’s a great deal more to running a business than most folk think. It’s very easy to imagine orders flooding in through the front door and the bank account rolling in cash. But to get from the one to the other in a linear manner is not always as easy and straightforward as that. Much…

There are many small businesses being run from family houses and apartments, up and down the country. Obviously we all like to think they are being run legally and safely. Knowing how strapped for cash many new would-be entrepreneurs are at the start of their enterprise, it is quite possible that not all of them…

Whatever type of business you run, it has to be operated from premises of some sort. That may be a factory, warehouse, a house or shed. Any type of property that has a business run from it effectively becomes a commercial property. For this reason, separate commercial property insurance is recommended for if the very…

In every kind of business operation, from even the tiniest little back bedroom set up, there may come a time when someone wants to make a claim against the business. So from the get-go, it is wise and in some instances, essential, to take out certain types of insurance policies. Take public liability – this…

You just never know what’s around the next corner, at any given day. One minute you’re happily filling your stores with wonderful products you’ve made or bought in to sell and the next minute could find you scrabbling about in the midst of a hurricane or other weather related problem. The possibility of damage to…

Every business, whatever the size, will need storage of some sort at some stage or other.   At the beginning that storage could be Mum’s spare bedroom, or even half the wardrobe in said bedroom.  However, once a production line starts properly, then there could well be goods coming in, ingredients or chemicals for mixing, or…

There is much discussion about whether it is possible to run a business from inside a self storage unit.   In short it is generally not an approved activity because  planning permission is often needed to site one.  There are some providers of storage who can offer flexi-office workspace within the storage unit for administrative tasks…

There are hundreds of software packages for the start up business to help them keep on track with all the legals surrouding the finances and tax side.  Before anyone starts up that little business, they would be well avised to take a look online at the government guidance on all aspects of running a business…