PROTECTING YOUR BUSINESS

Our best practise guides on how to effectively manage business risk, operationally and financially including tips on how to ensure your business insurance matches your commercial needs.

How to find a good accountant for your business

For any small business, finding the right accountant is a must. An accountant, after all, isn't just a professional to compile a tax return; they can and should be seen as an advisor and a partner with an interest in seeing your business succeed and grow.

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Making sure your business is safe in the Cloud? What to check.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 | Tags: Business Security 

Cloud computing is undoubtedly revolutionising business IT - and there's little doubt the huge trend towards storing data and running apps from the Cloud is going to continue. 

The...

Scams and Your Business – Spot Them and Stop Them
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 | Tags: Business Security 

2011 has been quite a year for scammers.  There's no doubt they are getting more sophisticated, more clever and, arguably, more successful. This is especially true of those who use the Int...

Top tips for Christmas closure
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 | Tags: Security 

With many businesses shutting temporarily over the Christmas period, here we highlight the measures companies may wish to take to ensure their business remains safe and sound. 

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How to deal with bad debts
Friday, October 08, 2010 | Tags: Finance 

Dealing with bad debts and bad debtors is no one's idea of fun. 

Sadly, though, for just about every business, it's a fact of life that sooner or later they are going to have to de...

Guarding your business against cybercrime
Monday, September 13, 2010 | Tags: Business Security 

Cybercrime is back in the news.  This time it's an especially nasty 'Trojan' called Zeus v3.  

What this malicious piece of coding does is attack online bank accounts, cl...

How to find a good accountant for your business
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | Tags: Business Growth 

For any small business, finding the right accountant is a must. An accountant, after all, isn't just a professional to compile a tax return; they ...

Running a restaurant – a recipe for success
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 | Tags: Restaurants  Sales and Marketing 

Running a restaurant is renowned as being one of the hardest businesses in which to succeed. And with good reason - the failure rate...

What’s a customer worth to your business?
Monday, June 28, 2010 | Tags: Sales and Marketing 

This is a useful question to ask because it helps focus attention on a crucial areas for any business  - customer retention. 

Let's say you sell a physical product, in fact, l...

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