All "insurance" articles
- A guide to business insurance
- Overview of key small-business insurances, such as public liability, professional indemnity and building and contents cover.
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- Home workers at risk without business insurance
- Home businesses are taking unnecessary risks due to the misconception that home-contents policies will cover them.
- See more in: insurance, home working, work from home, working from home, home workers, news, law, legal, legal fees, online, internet
- Don't pay too much national insurance
- Andrew Small of Franaccounts gives advice on how to avoid giving the taxman too much.
- See more in: national insurance, tax, guides
- Start-ups and tax
- If you're even reading this subheading then that's a good start: you're facing up to the less glamorous side of running a small business.
- See more in: tax, income tax, national insurance, corporation tax, VAT, business rates, stamp duty, capital gains tax, tax breaks, capital allowances, tax relief, guides
- Car-hire businesses
- Expensive to get into initially, the dividends from the car-hire business can be huge - and the market is rising.
- See more in: car hire, cars, automotive, car rental, services, b2b, tourism, guides
- Buying a construction business – Leroux Cilliers
- LeRoux bought his business to complement his existing activities. Find out how he did it.
- See more in: buy a business, Construction, Portsmouth, interviews
- Company formation checklist
- A guide to the key decisions you have to make when forming your company. By Brian McLelland, solicitor and Managing Director at Business Lawyers Ltd.
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- The top 10 reasons why businesses fail
- 80% of start-up businesses never make it to their fifth birthday. Here are some of the reasons why.
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- Top tips for buying abroad
- Some quick-fire handy hints to consider when moving abroad.
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- Paying respects: paid leave for funerals
- It's an emotive subject, but having a clear policy can preclude many problems says Peter-Jon Chalmers of Empire PR.
- See more in: HR, legal, funerals, employment, staff, employees, guides, paid leave
- Management v leadership – part two: The importance of building a team
- Management guru Nicholas A Tsiougos discusses the importance of team building in managing a business.
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- Recruiting staff
- Recruitment can be a difficult and time-consuming task. BusinessWings provides some pointers.
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- Financial advisors
- There's money in finance - unsurprisingly - but it can also provide great job satisfaction.
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- How I bought... computer franchise
- Chris Bartoszewicz had a successful career in print and design, but it was a passion for computers that decided his next step.
- See more in: Yorkshire, Leeds, computer, computers, repair, maintenance, franchise, franchisees, franchisee, buy a franchise, interviews
- Might now be a good time to buy a post office?
- If ideas emanating from the government are acted on, the fortunes of the beleagured post office network could be revived.
- See more in: post, post offices, post office, mail, royal mail, buy a business, buying, government, news analysis