The 21st-century world is flooded with ‘personalisation’ options; initials, embossed fashion items, must-guess-whois-driving number plates, pizzas with just your choice of topping and nobody else’s. Yet, whilst business owners are building their own burgers with zeal, they rarely appreciate that they can have a major influence when it comes to shaping their own insurance policy, by ensuring they thoroughly tell Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 22/10/2019
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 15/10/2019
Punishments are not just fitting the crime but also the potential crime when it comes to health and safety. Additionally, the number of directors and managers prosecuted for breaches has more than doubled in recent years. And, in the last quarter of 2017 and Q1 last year, around one-in-ten prosecutions involved the personal prosecution of a director or senior manager. Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 07/10/2019
Brexit Update – Green Card Guidance
Categories: General
With the current exit date of 31 October looming and a no-deal Brexit still a possibility, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) reminds consumers and businesses of the insurance implications if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Guidance from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Motor Insurance Bureau (MIB) is that drivers should be prepared to have Read More…
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 01/10/2019
Q1 2019 has seen the highest underlying level of company insolvencies of any quarter since Q1 2014, with 4187 company insolvencies – a rise of 6.3% since Q4 2018 and an increase of 5.1% on the same quarter last year. Meanwhile, Q1 2019 has seen 31,257 individual insolvencies – up 15.9% on Q1 2018. But what does insolvency – corporate Read More…