It’s well-known that the majority of small businesses affected by natural disasters never get to open their doors again. Usually either too much is lost or the business had insufficient insurance to cover the cost of damages, so they could never replace what was lost. This interesting interview on The Guardian Small Business Network is…
Right now I am stuck, sitting in a plane on the northern runway at Heathrow Airport waiting to go the US. At about 09:00 BST a British Airways plane bound for Oslo had to make an emergency landing following a technical fault, with witnesses describing flames coming from the engine. You can see some scary…
As we have seen in the past week with the tragic scenes in Oklahoma, a natural disaster can hit at any time and cause devastation to your life, your business or sometimes even both. According to the BBC, the insurance claims for the tornado damage are likely to top $2bn. The 17 mile long and…
Anybody who watches the news cannot have failed to notice the chaos that has been caused by extreme weather over the last few years. But behind every news item like the super-storm Sandy in the US or the floods in the UK is the often unreported story of the knock-on effects it has had for…
Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Preparedness is key to a quick recovery. Company Liability Insurance can very important in the aftermath of a business disaster, especially if something has gone wrong that you or your business could…
Top 5 Tips posts from the SME Blog are always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. If your business is hit with a disaster that causes damage on the scale of Sandy, the superstorm that battered the East Coast of the U.S. last week, make sure that you…
In the 1980s, the idea of protecting your company against a data loss may simply have been a policy of “back that file up on a floppy disk”. Fast-forward a quarter of a century and the reliance on digital systems is so massive it is a safe conclusion to say that the vast majority of…
