Monthly Archives: January 2021

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Never Zoom Alone

by Gil Peretz • January 15, 2021 • 0 Comments

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What are the benefits of agile working? – a small business guide

by Timothy Adler • January 15, 2021 • 0 Comments

Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
On the face of it, it seems ridiculous that post Covid-19 hordes will commute into cities so they can all sit down at their desks at precisely the same moment.
When all of our working day is spent looking at screens, why does it matter where you physically are
And what does it mean for the future of the office, which some now see as a relic of Victorian working practices?
The future, according to some, will be agile working – a blend of coming into the office for collaboration and team meetings, and working remotely.
>See also: What is an agile working environment?
Agile working is nothing new – as with many other aspects of our lives, all the pandemic has done is accelerate what was happening anyway.
When the pandemic hit, ASDA dispersed its thousands of headquarters staff back to their homes.
Simon Halkyard, ASDA head office resourcing manager has said, “It’s amazing what you can do when you are forced and have no time to over think it. Should this be the new normal, even after the lockdown is lifted. Why restrict your business to only employing people in one location when you can reach a nationwide

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Small firms win pay-outs in COVID business interruption insurance ruling

by Anna Jordan • January 15, 2021 • 0 Comments

Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
Tens of thousands of small businesses who faced COVID-19 earning losses during the first lockdown are set to receive insurance pay-outs.
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of small businesses to get pay-outs from their business interruption policies.
Many businesses claimed on their policies in spring 2020 to recover lost earnings. However, insurers refused to pay because they say that only their most specialist policies had cover in such unprecedented circumstances.
The judgement says that ‘it substantially allows’ the appeal from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and campaign groups Hiscox Action Group and Hospitality Insurance Group Action. Insurers including Arch, Argenta, MS Amlin, RSA and QBE had their appeals rejected.
It was agreed that a number of policy wordings should be contested in court to set the parameters of what would be a valid claim. This ruling gives guidance for 700 different insurance policies, potentially covering 370,000 small businesses.
High Court and Appeal Court judges had appealed largely in favour of policyholders earlier in the pandemic. In September, the High Court ruled that most claims should be paid where the policy has pandemic or disease clauses.
However, that ruling said that losses arising from general fall in customer