Insurance costs top ‘dirty dozen’ list

THE cost of insurance remains Business Enemy Number One in a list of the ‘dirty dozen’ problems for small businesses, according to a new survey.

Members of the Small Firms Association (SFA) were asked to rate their top 12 negative factors affecting their ability to develop, expand and create new jobs.

The survey was sent to a sample 3,500 of the SFA’s 8,000 member firms and 1,049 responded.