Key facts about liability insurance for trainees
In this article we look at whether you need liability insurance if you are setting up a co-operative business where you will be training staff.
Small Business Insurance
This section takes you through every important aspect of how to run a successful business. It offers expert guides and advice articles on the key elements of business management such as employing staff, finding customers, marketing and sales, pricing, people management, office and home working, business technology and everything else an entrepreneur must tackle in order to succeed.
In this article we look at whether you need liability insurance if you are setting up a co-operative business where you will be training staff.
Small Business Insurance
Legal advice
Firms that do not have a written set of disciplinary rules and procedures for their employees risk losing employment tribunals, an employment adviser has warned.
Legal advice
Small firms should clarify terms of business with their large customers from the outset of their trading relationship according to Clive Lewis, chairman of the Better Payment Practice Group (BPPG) - a service providing free advice on credit management.
Office & home working
Office space costs money. So whether you are planning to work from home or rent office space, you need to justify every bit you use.
Business management
Small business owners have shown a “worryingly low level of understanding of some of the most basic businesses practices” according to the first national IQ test of entrepreneurs.
Getting Online
If you are looking to produce a website have a very clear idea of what it is you want the site to do, as you should be able to justify every part of the costs involved in building, hosting and maintaining the site.
Marketing
UK, small businesses are being urged to be cleverer with their websites to give themselves a competitive edge.
Legal advice
Terms and conditions (also known as terms of trade), whether they apply to sales or services, are essential to your business as they set out the level of responsibilities that apply to you and your customers.
Marketing
UK, small businesses are being urged to be cleverer with their websites to give themselves a competitive edge.
Legal advice
Terms and conditions (also known as terms of trade), whether they apply to sales or services, are essential to your business as they set out the level of responsibilities that apply to you and your customers.
Legal advice
If you have thought of an idea on which to base your business, then it is certainly worth trying to protect it with the law, in case someone tries to copy your idea.
Buying and selling a company
There are three key stages when it comes to buying a business: finding one, valuing it and financing the purchase.
Finding and selling to customers
Many business ideas never get off the ground if that first sale can't be achieved.
Marketing
As soon as you start your business, you should be thinking about the brand you are trying to get across to customers. The aim of your brand is to distinguish your product or service from the competition.
Business Loans
Everything you need to know on what small business loans are and what types of loan are available for your business.
Business Technology
To run an optimal business, you must have optimal tech. We explain why you must upgrade your business technology on a regular basis
Investing in a franchise
Starting a new business is an exciting venture. But – especially in well-established industry sectors – a key question is whether it would be better to buy a franchise or go solo.