The FSB's national chairman, Mike Cherry, said that the rise in Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) would discourage small business owners from taking out vital insurance policies. more»

Research from the environment, food and rural affairs committee has identified a significant problem amongst small firms being able to protect business premises against flood damage, issuing targeted advice to third party insurers. more»

Building contractors, engineers and estate agents are among the small business owners that are least likely to have taken out professional indemnity insurance policies: designed to protect businesses that offer professional advice that could result in a customer losing money. more»

In advance of a ministerial roundtable on flood responses, the FSB have warned of flood blight? should the government follow up on comments about relocating small firms in flood-vulnerable areas. more»

Adverse UK weather conditions damaged the revenues of three out of five small businesses in the last year, new research from insurance broker Towergate has shown. more»

In advance of the imminent 31 January self-assessment deadline, HMRC has published some of the worst (or rather best) excuses it has received for filing late tax returns. more»

Some 15m of emergency payments have been made by insurers to UK businesses to aid attempts to recover from the worst flooding that some cities in the North of England have ever seen, according to new statistics by the Association of British Insurers (ABI). more»