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Most of the major multi-national businesses in the world today, can trace their roots back to much smaller ventures. A lot of the bigger companies are simply many smaller companies that have grown and merged and continued to grow. One of the UK’s favourite retailers started out as a single shop. MacDonald’s a single restaurant that was bought out by two entrepreneurial individuals and Google, was started by two individuals in a trailer.

So, even if you are thinking of starting a small business today, you never know where the business will end up. Everyone has big ideas and big dreams and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Look around and you will see more businesses than the three mentioned above that started out as single location ventures with either non-existent or very low turnover.

We started our business insurance broker from scratch, nearly ten years next month. You can spend days, if not weeks and months, searching and reading for new business start up advice on the internet. Once you have the initial business idea, it is up to you to decide where to go from here. We are not in the business of giving advice, unless it relates to your insurance requirements. But, we will say one thing, that we have learned from being a start up ourselves. You have to keep an eye on the costs are every single stage of the business from day one, to day two, to day three…you get the picture.

As you get more and more involved in the business, you will sometimes take your eye off the ball as far as costs are concerned. Certain costs will hit you that you hadn’t even thought of and other costs will start to creep up, before you know it.

You should always treat every expenditure as one that is using up your last money. What this means is that, if you have £5,000 in your account and you are buying a piece of machinery that should cost around £500, approach this purchase as if you only have £500 left in your account. This purchase will either make or break your business. You need to consider whether it is necessary to buy new, should you lease, hire purchase and how will you pay for repairs etc? If you approach every purchase with a keen eye to getting the best deal, you should always keep costs low.

So what should you do if you are starting in business and you are faced with the prospect of having to buy small business insurance? It is very difficult as you may never have purchased business insurance before. If you read the press you will see that motor insurance, business and personal, is increasing at annual percentage rates in excess of 10% . Survey after survey shows the insurers and bumping up their prices as they suffer the after effects of the recession.

So, should your small business insurance cost £100 or £1,000? And should this be per month or per year? How do you find the answers to these questions? There is one simple way to do this. Speak to a business insurance broker. We cannot give you estimates of costs here. Every policy depends on what you do, where you are, what sums insured you need and a whole host of other reasons. You can appreciate that a fish and chip shop will pay a bigger bill than a small office and a nightclub will pay more than a country pub. Find yourself a broker via the internet and make sure you can call them and discuss your requirements. A broker should ask you questions and then, based on your needs and requirements, recommend either one or a number of quotations.

Only then can you decide, once and for all, what is the right policy and right price for you.