Love thy neighbour

In our final love themed instalment, we’re addressing the love of your fellow man, and more specifically your ‘local’ man, and woman! If there’s one thing about smaller businesses that…

Defensive lines

The last few weeks has seen several new lines of defence added to the tactical map of UK pension savings. New Pension Freedoms Safeguards In late January the Financial Conduct…

Keeping the love alive

For many, forming your own business is a little like falling in love. It’s new, it’s a little exciting and who knows what time will bring; its all a bit…

Firms Should Rethink Their Cyber Security Practices

A cybersecurity expert claims that some cyber attacks are unpreventable, therefore businesses should shift focus from prevention to damage limitation – highlighting Sony as a recent example of a firm…

Show me the love

Sometimes in business it’s all about ‘show me the money’, but what our customers are all really craving is a bit of ‘show me the love’. What keeps customers coming…

intellectural property

Protecting Your Big Ideas With Intellectual Property Insurance

For today’s innovators and entrepreneurs, a great idea can be a fast track to a great fortune. This could mean an inadvertently successful glitter-mailing business or being part of a…

Spotlight on: Sarah Longthorn

If you cast your mind back to 2010, you may remember a certain business pitch to a small group of Dragons on the hit BBC show ‘Dragon’s Den’. Fast forward…

Preparing a rental property for winter - infographic

Here’s a few of our top tips on how best to prepare your rental property for winter, all wrapped up in one simple and informative infographic.  

Auto Enrolment – Don’t leave it too late…

With Auto Enrolment well under way for the UK’s largest businesses, over the next 3 years an additional 800,000 smaller employers (with less than 60 employees) will start their journey…

Cyber Insurance – what you need to know

What is Cyber Insurance? Cyber Insurance is a policy that mitigates losses from a variety of cyber incidents – anything from business interruption and network damage to data breaches. An…