Traders in Oswestry, including café owners, are facing a new £50 charge for a special permit if they want to make use of the pavement outside their business premises. According to Shropshire Council, the new scheme, which will operate separately from the planning and licensing processes, will encourage passing trade. In addition to the fee, as reported in bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk, business o » read more
If you have reason to make a claim for compensation from your local council, you might think it was a matter for the council to decide. But not necessarily. As Viktor Haman discovered when he sought to reclaim the cost of repairing the damage caused to his car by driving over potholes on the C11(N) road near Dalswinton.
According to a spokeswoman for Dumfries and Galloway Council, a » read more
An article posted on freshbusinessthinking.com drew attention to some of the issues that companies need to think about when assessing if their business insurance really does provide cover for some of the extra risks that protracted spells of bad weather can throw up. At a time of economic uncertainty with depressed consumer demand, can any business really afford to be out of business for any perio » read more
It hasn’t yet been a year sinceOUTsurancelaunched their dedicated business insurance product designed for medical professionals in South Africa. Yet already a large number of doctors, dentists and others have transferred their business insurance.
Designed with input from a number of the firm’s medical industry clients, the policy aims to meet all of the professionals’ business insur » read more
