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From Planning to Performance: 8 Steps to Inclusive Presentation Delivery

A varied professional environment requires presentations that everyone can enjoy and learn from. Our post provides eight practical ways to make it more inclusive. If you’re looking to create yours. A Presentation design agency may help you create an engaging piece for all attendees, regardless of background, abilities, or learning styles. These inclusive behaviors will improve your communication and create a respectful, inclusive environment.

Know Your Audience

To give an inclusive presentation, first know your audience. This requires studying your audience's age,...

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What are the main differences between captive and self insurance

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Thu, 05/28/2020 - 3:54pm

There's absolutely no doubting the fact that there are many attractive things about starting a business. You set your own hours, give yourself access to unlimited income potential, and begin to build wealth with real assets.

However, there's also a massive downside to starting a business: risk. Whether it's a customer lawsuit, a workers' compensation claim, or failed operations in a new market, every aspect of a company's operations has an inherent element of risk.

There are two principal ways that businesses insure themselves from realizing the full cost of a risk that...

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The five key risks COVID-19 has brought to your business and what to do about them

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 05/27/2020 - 12:01pm

Yesterday, it was announced that in the UK all non-essential retail stores in England will be allowed to re-open from 15 June, on the proviso they are ‘COVID secure’. The Prime Minister also confirmed that open air outdoor markets and car showrooms can open from 1 June.

While this easing of lockdown restrictions is undoubtedly good news for retailers and suppliers, most of whose businesses will have been hit hard by being unable to trade as usual for the past two months, reopening under social distancing rules now brings a whole new set of challenges.

The impact lockdown...

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Applying for a UTR number

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Wed, 05/27/2020 - 6:36am

Filing tax returns is one of the simplest, yet most crucial obligations which if neglected or improperly done, can land one into some financial hot water with Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) department. Nevertheless, since the HMRC has no stomach for letting its subjects slip into tax-related penalties, they have made available an online account where you can register and successfully fulfill your tax obligations.

What is a UTR number?

A Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) number is a ten-digit unique identifier code of a self-assessing taxpayer (individual or business...

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Some parents are using the lockdown to inflict emotional abuse on children warn family barristers

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Tue, 05/26/2020 - 9:38am

A LEGAL service giving separating/divorcing parents direct access to barristers says it’s seeing an increase in emotional abuse during the lockdown and is worried about the damage it’s causing children.

Children in the Middle says it wants to raise awareness of parental alienation to ensure it’s recognised, so youngsters at home under COVID-19 restrictions are less vulnerable to it.

Elizabeth McCallum, who is a family barrister and co-founder of Children in the Middle, along with fellow Exeter barrister Sarah Evans, explained: “If, following divorce or separation, a child,...

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How to pick a reliable CFD trading platform

Are you looking to get into trading among the various platforms available in the market? With the accessible methods available for one to invest in financially, it may be quite troublesome to narrow down to a suitable one. Several techniques, such as share trading, forex trading, CFD trading, and betting, are available at one’s disposal with the accessibility of the internet to a significant part of the population. However, an experienced trader would recommend the platform to be fruitful and high-profit yielding. This can be held for CFD trading platforms . Your trading platform is a...

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GPB GR Founder Boris Ivanov Discusses How COVID-19 Will Affect the Oil Industry

Authored by Sam Richards
Posted: Fri, 05/22/2020 - 10:46am

With a majority of countries and US states issuing shelter-in-place orders to abate the spread of the highly contagious novel coronavirus (COVID-19), with only essential businesses such as grocery stores and medical facilities able to stay open, commuting and travel have been halted. Former Secretary of Energy and governor of Texas (the United States' largest oil producer), Rick Perry believes that the domestic oil industry is likely to collapse due to these conditions. At the time of writing, oil prices have fallen to historic lows.

After the spread of COVID-19 has significantly...

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Securing your Windows VPS in 9 easy steps

Your website safety greatly depends on all the security measures you implement not only on it but on your VPS server, too. Although it is a vital thing as insecure websites and systems are bound to attract cyber-attacks, most users mistakenly overlook this step. The smartest move, once you get your cheap Windows VPS server set up and running, is to secure it. Taking the proper steps outlined below to prevent your systems from being hacked by malicious parties.

Use a firewall and antivirus programs

Usually, the default Windows Firewall comes installed with every Windows OS...

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Why most traders quit trading after few months

Many traders start trading in the Forex market assuming it’s pretty easy to make money here. But in reality, it’s not easy to make money in the market. You have to face many ups and downs and thus many traders end up by quitting. The traders who quit are the ones who afraid to deal with the difficulties so if you want to become successful you must act smart in the trades. Gather as much knowledge as possible because without having proper knowledge you won’t be able to make profit from the trades.

Educate yourself about the market

Learning is the basic and key step of trading in...

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Employers and vicarious liability after recent Supreme Court decisions

Vicarious liability of employers for their employees’ actions was discussed in detail in the Supreme Court hearing appeals in Morrisons Supermarkets v Various Claimants (2020) and Barclays Bank v Various Claimants (2020).

In the Morrisons case, an employee of the supermarket’s petrol station assaulted a customer. In legal circles there was some surprise that the supermarket was held to be vicariously liable for this. The decision was a borderline one on its facts with one Law Lord in the Court of Appeal saying that if Morrisons were liable then in practically every case where an...

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Specialist skills highlighted as Hannah receives Law Society’s Family Law Accreditation

Associate Solicitor Hannah Porter from The Family Law Company has been accredited by the Law Society and accepted as a member of the Family Law Panel.

This accreditation covers all types of family law work, except public law Children Act work and means that Hannah now has a recognised quality standard as a practitioner, so clients can be even more sure of an excellent standard of service. Achieving accreditation requires the successful completion of examinations, interviews and assessments to confirm suitability.

Hannah says “Having your skills and breadth of expertise...

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