Family Business Futures

Last week, we shared our win at the Midlands Family Business Awards. 🏆 Our recent blog looks back to the celebration event and what the win means to us as a family-run, sustainable organisation. 🌍 Read the blog here 👉 https://bit.ly/HSGxFBA2024 #FamilyBusinessAwards #Awards

Wilsons organise the Midlands Family Business Awards - and our amazing team did an incredible job of organising and hosting the Awards Ceremony & Dinner last week, when our finalists, sponsors and judges gathered at Athena in Leicester to celebrate our region's fantastic family businesses. Our photographers captured some fantastic shots of our guests enjoying the Awards Ceremony & Dinner from start to finish. We've set up an online Gallery so if you joined us in Leicester and would like to remember a wonderful evening, or want to see what you missed, you can find the gallery here https://lnkd.in/gJfDeC6y These Awards are not about making money, we run them as a not-for-profit initiative thanks to the support of our wonderful sponsors, to help the Midlands' family business community share and celebrate their successes. This year we were delighted to support The Brain Tumour Charity, close to the hearts of the Wilsons team. Thank you so much to everyone who donated at the event, and everyone involved in 2024 for making it such a wonderful Awards year. Enjoy the photos!

We are shocked by the scenes of violence and destruction that we are seeing in towns and cities across the UK, affecting families, homeowners and businesses. If you have suffered any loss or property damage as a result of the riots, notify insurers as soon as possible!   We would recommend our clients get in touch with their usual Wilsons contact as soon as possible following any property damage or loss - whether the result of a riot or not! We’re always here to help. #Insurance #Riot #InsuranceClaim #Claim #Compensation #RiotCompensation #CommercialInsurance #PropertyInsurance #PropertyDamage #InsuranceCover #InsuranceBroker #Wilsons #FamilyBusiness #ClientSupport

How can we better protect our businesses from the ever-evolving cyber threats? In the wake of the recent IT outages we look again at the importance of cyber insurance as a crucial component of any comprehensive cyber security strategy. #CyberInsurance #CyberSecurity #BusinessContinuity #RiskManagement #ITOutage #BusinessProtection #Insurance #CommercialInsurance #Nottingham #Cyber #Breach #BusinessContinuity #BusinessInterruption

We're excited to be at BioCity in Nottingham today to judge the #PropertyandConstructionExcellence award in the Midlands Family Business Awards 2024. Our judges include James Coppinger from category sponsor Buckles, awards sponsor Simon Phillips CERT CII of The Wilson Organisation and Bethan Dillon, Procurement Director at CR Civil Engineering who’ve had success in previous awards years. Plus, Charlotte Perkins is meeting and greeting our fantastic finalists. All the very best of luck to Arctic Cabins Ltd, Boss Group, S Brown Paving Ltd, The Berry Group, Deeley Group and The Home Styling Company with your sessions. #FBA2024 #businesssuccess #midlandsbusiness #familybusiness #businessawards #midlands #familybusinesslife

Wer’ve had such a fantastic welcome, as usual, at Ward Recycling HQ for their Best Small Family Business judging day. It’s great to be kicking off the Midlands Family Business Awards judging phase with them. Thank you to pur judging panel for their support - Donald Ward, James Pinchbeck, Liz Slocombe and Rachael van Oudheusden you are all amazing, thank you so much for being so generous with your time for another year! Good luck to all our Finalists meeting with the panel today. #FBA24 #FamilyBusiness #Awards #CSR #ESG #SME #Midlands #SmallBusiness #Awards #Collaboration

We receive so many queries from professionals and creatives that are planning their future as a freelancer. Most believe Professional Indemnity is the only insurance cover they need, but that's not usually the case. Self-employment continues to rise in popularity, with research showing there were more than 4.25 million self-employed people working in the UK as of March 2024 - and almost half of them were freelancers. Becoming a freelancer may bring more freedom, but you still have responsibilities, not only for the day-to-day running of your business, but ultimately for any liability too. You’ll need to understand the insurances you require so you and your business are protected. Professional Indemnity, or PI as it's commonly referred to, is the most common type of insurance freelancers enquire about. If you're an architect or solicitor you'd see this as a core cover - but what about freelancers in other sectors? There is an ever increasing group classed by insurers as ‘miscellaneous’ -anyone who offers advice or consultancy for a fee is deemed to be a professional and therefore has an exposure to a professional negligence claim. In addition to the 'miscellaneous' businesses there are those who may perceive they have no professional negligence exposure, but who have a contractual liability requiring them to have a PI policy in place. These businesses often have a ‘contingent liability’ as although they do not provide professional advice or consultancy directly, they sub-contract this activity and remain the first port of call in the event of a problem or claim. You may feel confident in the quality of your work, and the advice or service you provide, but anyone is vulnerable to a claim if they fail to meet a client’s expectations.   A PI policy will offer cover compensation you may need to pay to correct a mistake, or any legal costs due to negligence, such as giving incorrect advice or making a mistake in your work. It can also cover the legal defence costs and expenses incurred in defending your position against an alleged claim/claims for financial loss. Areas where you or your business could be exposed may include: - Professional negligence - Breach of confidentiality - Loss of documents - Infringement of copyright Dependent on your type of work, who you work with and where, there may be other insurances you require in addition to any trade specific insurances. To ensure you're fully protected, always speak to a specialist that takes the time to understand you and your business. Wilsons have helped countless professionals and freelancers rectify ineffective insurance cover and set up comprehensive and cost effective programmes with a top quality consultative approach. If you're thinking of becoming a freelancer, or you'd like to ensure you have the right cover in place, just get in touch with Charlotte Perkins #Insurance #Freelance #ProfessionalIndemnity #Professionals #CommercialInsurance #PI #Consultancy #SelfEmployed

Enter our #Digital & #Tech category - it's FREE and entries close at midnight on Friday, so don't miss the opportunity to showcse your Family Business success! #BusinessAwards #FamilyBusiness #Tech #Technology #Digital #Midlands #Innovation #Awards

Did you hear our very own awards aficionado Ped Briggs from The Wilson Organisation talking about the Midlands Family Business Awards on the BBC's Arun Verma radio show? From who should enter, how to enter and where the awards ceremony will be, there's everything you need to know. Have a listen on BBC Sounds here from 53.01 to 58.12: https://lnkd.in/eSQbBxka Don't forget, entries close at midnight on Friday 19th April. Enter free, online here: https://lnkd.in/gWTZDuY #MBFA2024 #Celebratingfamilybusiness #Familybusiness #midlands

There are some amazing family businesses providing pet products and services, even more that have office dogs - we've been lucky enough to meet a few of them! We'd love to see you enter the Awards this year, start your FREE entry today! https://lnkd.in/gakScpZ While you're here, why not share a picture of your office pets, or a link to your family business? #nationalpetday #familybusiness #midlands #awards #familyowned