Author: Tom Wood | Date: 25/04/2025
Categories: General
The move to ‘green’ businesses is increasingly being driven by a desire to improve ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) performance – a business practice standard increasingly important for corporate reputation. The British Business Bank says ESG measures a business’s impact on society and the environment whilst also demonstrating its transparency and accountability. Businesses falling short of expectations could face both […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 11/04/2025
Categories: General
Business survival and reputation management are inextricably linked. A 2020 survey found that 63% of executives believe reputation defines their business’s market value. In the past 20 years, it has become ever more important to safeguard reputation. As the Harvard Business Review noted in 2007, “In an economy where 70% to 80% of market value comes from hard-to-assess intangible assets […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 28/03/2025
Categories: General
Businesses depend on technology for everything, from storing data and facilitating transactions to managing customers, keeping track of employees, communicating with suppliers, and so on. However, this ‘digital dependence’, coupled with the growing sophistication of cybercriminals, leaves many businesses vulnerable to cyber attacks. Worse still, many remain blissfully unaware of their own vulnerabilities until it’s too late and the damage […]
Author: Tom Wood | Date: 14/03/2025
Categories: General
Thousands of UK homeowners have not figured out what their possessions are actually worth, leaving them typically either underinsured or overinsured. In fact, only one in ten homeowner properties is likely to be insured for the right figure. The degree of underinsurance can vary, and wealthy individuals, owning large homes and expensive items such as jewellery, artworks, antiques, expensive watches, […]