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7 Oddest Things Stolen From Hotels

If you run a guest house, B&B or hotel, why not add an extra layer of protection to your business by making sure your contents insurance is designed specifically for the hospitality industry. MCM’s friendly advisers have experience in arranging policy packages for your business.

Keep Your Home Secure This Summer

The promise of a British summer brings a heightened sense of excitement and widespread hysteria across the country. Although in actual fact we generally get a couple of days of sunshine in April. We dust off the barbeque which for a number of months has been no more than a...

Sunday Times 2017 rich list showcases the Hospitality Sector front and centre

2017 appears to be the year of the hospitality industry with food manufacturers and the wealth of investors skyrocketing. Brothers David and Simon Reuben are hospitality entrepreneurs and philanthropists, whose investment in larger hotels both in the UK and abroad as well as their fully-owned boutique establishments, has totalled their...

Cyber crime insurance among manufacturers up 89% from 2015

According to figures from Advisen Ltd, manufacturers paid $36.9 million in premiums for cyber insurance in 2016. Those figures are up a staggering 89% from 2015. But why all of a sudden are manufacturers rushing to their insurance brokers to take out cyber policies? With cyber-attacks on big businesses never...

Just under 6 weeks until 12% Insurance Premium Tax

The constant flurry of reports regarding the rise of car insurance premiums in the last six months have been the talking point of the insurance industry. But now the new rate of insurance premium tax is only weeks away from coming into force. From The 1st June, the new figure...

Volunteer Recognition Day

As its volunteer recognition day, I thought I would put together a more personal blog post. So aside my job I run a junior football club out of North Manchester, which is completely voluntary based in each and every way. Manchester Lions began two years ago now and since that...

Will robots steal your job? No, actually they might create some.

“Robots are coming to take our jobs!” Originally the fodder of Sci-Fi novels, and more recently the tabloid papers, there’s no doubt that robots are here to stay in the manufacturing industry. But is the mass hysteria really worth its while? No, not according to a new study by The...

How to combat the 9 second attention span

ATTENTION… How to make your business appealing in 9 seconds Shocking isn’t it? That our attention span on average is down to just 9 seconds. That’s according to Sally Hogshead, author of Fascinate: Your Seven Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation. In relation to 100 years ago when 20 minutes was...

How to lessen risks in the construction sector

As the environment changes, as to does the challenges facing construction companies. From the difficulty in protecting people and property as we continually become more aware of the HR issues which may arise in the workplace, to the changing governance and developing a system which covers all aspects of legislation....

Is it the Law to have Business Insurance?

Whether you’re setting up your own business or have been running one for a while, the subject of business insurance can be fraught. How do you find out the vital information of which policies are a must? Which extra covers are worth your hard-earned money and which are a complete...