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Small Business Insurance

This section provides helpful guides, advice and features around the different insurance types available for UK small businesses. Small Business is also offering you the chance to find insurance quotes for bespoke, flexible business protection, ideal for startups and small businesses.

Key topics covered include: Business Insurance Types (such as public and employers’ liability insurance, tradesman insurance, key person insurance, business interruption and professional indemnity cover), How to Compare and Buy Insurance, Making Claims, and guides to picking the right cover for your category of business.

Make sure you understand risk and protect your business against losses and compensation claims. Find answers to your small business insurance questions by using the search facility top right or scroll through this category to match our case studies with your company’s needs.

Why Marketing Consultants should consider Professional Indemnity Insurance

Imagine the advice you give your client, which at the time you think is perfectly sound, ends up having a negative impact on their brand.

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The importance of getting the right insurance cover for a small business

Jonathan Willett, director of Henderson Insurance Brokers Teesside, explains why the getting the right insurance cover is crucial for a small business.

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How to get the right business insurance

If you're self-employed or you run a small business, it's important you get the right business insurance cover in place.

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Ensure you have the right business insurance policy

If you're running your own small business, make sure you insure against hard times and disaster.

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Car Insurance: The Rise of Car Key Theft

Having your car stolen must be one of the most distressing things to have happen to you. You may be left stranded in a strange area or left without access to a car to get to work or to get the children to school.

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Covering your Business Insurance essentials

Accidents can have damaging consequences for all parties involved. Here, Chris Slater, head of insurance at online comparator SimplyBusiness.co.uk, provides a guide to business insurance cover.

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How to claim on your public liability insurance

Claims made against SMEs can be particularly damaging. Here SmalllBusiness.co.uk and Chris Slater, head of insurance at online business insurance comparator SimplyBusiness.co.uk, offer some top tips to ensure you have adequate public liability insurance.

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Business continuity in a flash

Fires, floods and flu get all the headlines, but it's the less obvious perils that bring down the majority of businesses. Here we look at ways to prevent your company becoming a lightning rod for disaster.

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How to claim on your public liability insurance

Claims made against SMEs can be particularly damaging. Here SmalllBusiness.co.uk and Chris Slater, head of insurance at online business insurance comparator SimplyBusiness.co.uk, offer some top tips to ensure you have adequate public liability insurance.

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Business continuity in a flash

Fires, floods and flu get all the headlines, but it's the less obvious perils that bring down the majority of businesses. Here we look at ways to prevent your company becoming a lightning rod for disaster.

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Insuring your business against disaster

Fail to get the right insurance and your business could go up in smoke. Read our guide on which cover you can and can't afford not to have.

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Trade credit insurance hurting retailers

Retailers being refused trade credit insurance is leading to problems in the industry, especially for small to medium-sized businesses, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warns.

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‘Underinsurance leaves firms open to claims’

Many small businesses are underinsured - meaning that they could potentially face legal claims amounting to more than £3 billion, according to research.

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Can you afford to ignore flood risk?

Small businesses are more at risk from flooding than fire - and the effects can be 30 times as costly as burglary - yet many businesses still do not have any measures in place to protect their property or staff from flooding, says , the Environment Agency.

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What are the benefits of business broadband?

Business broadband offers a host of advantages over standard domestic connections, here’s why you should be considering an upgrade

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How should I select my business broadband provider?

As with any supplier, it’s important to do your research and ask important questions before you select a broadband provider for your business. But what are the must-have things you should take into consideration?

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Why your business should switch to a broadband-based phone network

Analogue phone systems are increasingly being replaced by smarter broadband based networks – here’s why you should consider switching

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Streamlining document management for your small business

David Malan, sales director of DocuWare for the UK and Ireland, explains how the platform can streamline your document management