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Post-Thaw – Check Once More!

Following on from the recent excellent Loss Prevention Guide from Ageas, comes their guide to property protection as the ice and snow begins to finally melt away. You can download the THAW 2013 document (pdf) or read the small extract below.

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Ageas Loss Prevention Guide – Avoid Costly Claims

Ageas Insurance Limited, one of the UK’s leading commercial and personal Insurers (formerly called ‘Fortis Insurance’) have re-issued their ‘Loss Prevention Guide‘ which provides timely advice to help you avoid potentially costly claims. The guide addresses the following areas: Freeze and Escape of Water Storm Theft Fire

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Cameras on drone aircraft trigger calls for legislation – BBC News

BBC News – Cameras on drone aircraft trigger calls for legislation. An interesting video on the BBC News website regarding the potential privacy issues raised by the increasing use of UAV’s (or ‘drones’). The video features one of our clients, Horizon Aerial Photography, who build and operate remote aerial systems for aerial photography, cinematography and …

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Google cash buys drones to watch endangered species

BBC News – Google cash buys drones to watch endangered species. Further projects using the unique funtionality of UAV’s (unmanned aerial vehicles or ‘drones’) has emerged as the World Wildlife Fund announces that $5m in funding will be provided to photograph poachers and track animals via smart radio tags. The near silent operation of UAV’s …

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Win a bottle of Champagne for Xmas!

It’s competition time and we’re giving away a bottle of champagne on our facebook page! All you need to do is head over to our facebook page and simply ‘like’ and ‘share’. That’s it! Good luck and Merry Christmas!

HP Audit firms sued in HP’s Autonomy acquisition

As a follow up to our recent post ‘HP Autonomy debacle, many advisers but little good advice‘ it seems that the threat of litigation has already been realised. According to Reuters news agency, a shareholder lawsuit has already been filed against audit firms Deloitte and KPMG alleging errors in their handling of the transaction. Further, …

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Supporting Movember to raise ‘Mo’ money for Charity!

We’ve got involved with the annual Movember charity event to help raise more money for Cancer Research. Read all about our amazing moustache growing efforts, and see photos of the team, on our Movember page.

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We’ve Been Speed Karting For Charity!

Hosted by Jones Sheridan Financial Consulting, we entered a team of 6 into the 2012 Charity Challenge to raise money for the Wingate Centre in Wrenbury, Cheshire. The evening was a great success, with 10 local businesses all entering teams to raise £1,000 for this local charity, who are currently trying to raise £10,000 for …

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