Commercial Insurance & the Impact of the UK Riots – release
December 5, 2011 by martin · Leave a Comment
The dust may have settled on the recent UK riots, but for business owners, the consequences are ongoing.
In the areas of small business and commercial insurance, the impact of the riots may be felt for some time to come by the many offices and shops that were damaged in the unrest.
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Investment ISAs That Grow
October 30, 2011 by nick · Leave a Comment
Finding the best investment advice for your assets is no simple process and you will naturally be concerned about getting the best deal that will maximise your money’s potential. To this end you might be considering an investment ISA. This form of asset management can be pretty flexible and allow you up to £10,680 before [...]
Making Swimming Pools Safer
October 20, 2011 by nick · Leave a Comment
Accidents really shouldn’t happen very often at swimming baths. There should always be a lifeguard on duty to make sure that everybody is okay and is obeying the rules. This includes making sure that people aren’t running through slippy areas, and that potentially hazardous zones where people could slip have signs. Children should also be [...]
Avoiding Online Translators
October 10, 2011 by nick · Leave a Comment
When you need to quickly translate a few specific words, it may well seem that the easiest way to go about it will be through an online translator. After all, whether it is for a tag line, a specific hook or simply to ensure that as many people as possible can find certain areas of [...]
Break the Cycle of Bad Credit
September 20, 2011 by nick · Leave a Comment
So called ‘good’ and ‘bad’ credit can sometimes be something of a joke. Students who are thousands of pounds in debt, for example, actually have quite good credit, while people working two or three jobs to make ends meet may be refused car finance or credit cards. When it comes car finance deals, the lenders [...]
Large payrolls require large HR payroll resources
September 9, 2011 by nick · Leave a Comment
Some firms are perfectly content with being small or medium businesses and have no immediate expansion plans to become large companies. However, there are also many, at the opposite end of the scale, who work day and night to achieve large business status. Once they get there – and all credit to them for doing [...]
The use of websites in selling a home
September 8, 2011 by nick · Leave a Comment
Most property vendors consider the fees and valuation to be the most important factors when choosing estate agents. This is not necessarily the case however. Questioning their experience, checking credentials and ensuring they deliver a good service are other key factors to consider.
Increasingly, ensuring they market properties on property websites is important. More and more [...]
Buy to Let Mortgage Tips
September 8, 2011 by nick · Leave a Comment
Property-based television programmes such as Relocation, Relocation and Homes under the Hammer have embellished the potential for investors to purchase properties with a view to making a substantial profit. While the property market no longer remains at the peak of its powers as mortgage increases affected those who invested during the industry boom, it still [...]
Increase in British inflation has little impact on best exchange rates
September 8, 2011 by nick · Leave a Comment
In July, British inflation nudged upwards to 4.4 per cent on the Consumer Prices Index, 0.2 per cent higher than the previous month. This was well above the Bank of England’s inflation target of 2 per cent, but the foreign exchange markets barely registered the increase. This is in part because the threat of economic [...]
Taking a leap of faith with outsourced SME payroll services
August 21, 2011 by nick · Leave a Comment
The burden of the weekly or monthly payroll can be nothing short of a proverbial albatross around the necks of many small business owners. Often time poor, they struggle to balance the demands of running their businesses and exceeding their customers’ expectations. It is probably fair to say that HR payroll, employment law and tax [...]