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Direct Line, one of the UK’s largest insurers, has found that many small home based businesses are putting their business at risk by not taking out the correct business insurance. If your business isn’t covered with the correct insurance, you could end up loosing money if your business is ever unable to trade due to un-seen circumstances.

Direct Line found that over 25% of all home based businesses don’t have the correct insurance to cover themselves. read more »

Even if you rarely watch TV, no doubt you have seen one of the aweful adverts from the price comparison websites, whether it’s Peter Jones walking around a glass supermarket, or an opera singer dancing around a coffee shop, the adverts just seem to get worse each time.

We first saw price comparison sites coming to the TV a couple of years ago, back then they only really dealed with car insurance. However, now that more of these sites are appearing and they’ve discovered how lazy the common UK citizen is, these sites have branched out to everything from credit cards to small business insurance. read more »

Financial institutions are no longer permitted to sell PPI at the same time as loans. Consumers wishing to purchase Payment Protection Insurance can decide to buy a regular premium PPI instead. The reason for this is that many payment protection plans were not sold according to the correct guidelines over the years. read more »

Financial institutions are no longer permitted to sell PPI at the same time as loans. Consumers wishing to purchase Payment Protection Insurance can decide to buy a regular premium PPI instead. The reason for this is that many payment protection plans were not sold according to the correct guidelines over the years. read more »

Are you aware of the lifetime value of a customer? If by right away you have not minded a serious opinion, it’s time you execute straightaway. Customers are the king. read more »

If you’ve ever had to run a business then you’ve had to dealwith workers comp insurers. Battling with the constant threat of increased rates will make any business owner paranoid.

Chances are you already know that there are things that can happen in your company that can cause the workers comp insurance companies to increase your rates. read more »

Your business’ actual workmans comp premium is calculated from the annual workmans comp audit conducted by the insurer. Your premium can change dramatically from the estimated premium used for your original policy.

To expedite the process, setup one person as the sole contact for the auditor. read more »

I know, you have probably heard it a hundred times before: “Outsource your work. Let others do the work for you while you concentrate doing the things that You are good at.” There’s a reason that you hear these things over and over again… because it’s TRUE! read more »

NetSuite Pricing

Cutting your software costs

I want to help you save money and I am never going to ask you for anything in return.

Every year I save thousands of pounds by not spending any money on software. This article was inspired by NetSuite pricing (an ERP vendor) whose costs drove me to look for better economic alternatives for my business. read more »

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Managing a company efficiently is about organisation, focus and process as a massive 55% of businesses don’t make it to their fifth birthday. The experts offer shallow explanations as to why this happens. I consistently see three key reasons why this tragedy happens so often and to so many individuals with different backgrounds, education and skill. read more »