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Zara Lavender - September 23, 2016

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Suicide Kills More Construction Workers Than Accidents

Save money purchasing materials

James Watkins - July 28, 2016

Save your money when purchasing materials If you’re in the construction business you’ll know how important it is to source your materials at the best...

What does shop insurance cover?

James Watkins - June 8, 2016

Shop insurance is a comprehensive policy that will cover many aspects of a commercial shop/retail business. If you run a retail business, there are a...

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What Insurance Do I Need for My Home Business?

James Watkins - June 27, 2016

What to do when a Client Doesn’t Pay

James Watkins - June 30, 2016

There are many perks of being self-employed or running your own small business, but chasing late payments is not one of them. Almost everyone...

Eyes on the Road: Ensure your Business Drivers Are Tested

Abbie Power - June 9, 2016

As a fleet manager, or the owner of a business which relies on its fleet and drivers, then you are bound to already have...

Record high number of vans on UK roads

Abbie Power - June 8, 2016

Thousands of tradespeople and small business owners up and down the UK rely upon their van to do business. The latest figures from the...

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Trades Insurance: Protecting your Tools and Equipment

James Watkins - July 19, 2016

The specialised nature of many different trades means that individually designed insurance is often needed. Bespoke insurance is designed for many different industries and...

Employers liability is a legal requirement

Abbie Power - June 1, 2016

Employers’ liability insurance protects a business and its owner against employees that make a liability claim as a result of an injury at work,...

HMRC fine chartered engineer over 40k for tax mistake

Abbie Power - August 1, 2016

Not the best news to wake up to, but one engineer got hit with a curve ball in the form of a HMRC slap...

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Tradesmen for Fiat Pro Footy Trials

Abbie Power - August 1, 2016

Are you a tradesmen with a passion for turning a tackle? Have you always had...

What happens when you don’t have public liability?

James Watkins - June 8, 2016

Public liability insurance is a way of protecting your business against expensive claims arising from...

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£66.2 billion spent on transport project

Abbie Power - June 1, 2016

£66.2 billion spent on transport project A recent analysis of the UK Government’s Construction Pipeline has...

Recruit online to win

James Watkins - July 28, 2016

Win online as well as recruit Clever employers, from accountants to hairdressers, have been using the...

Asbestos deaths: 20 tradesmen a week afflicted

Abbie Power - June 1, 2016

Tradespeople could be coming into contact with the potentially fatal asbestos chemical more than 100...

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A guide on how to tackle flexible working

James Watkins - June 20, 2016

In a bid to encourage employers and employees to embrace the concept of home-working, the government has introduced changes to the flexible working legislation. The...