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Small businesses buying insurance out of hours

Research conducted by One Business Insurance has shown that most small businesses enquire about business insurance outside of normal working hours, with early mornings, evening and weekends being the most popular.

The data revealed that the peak for online enquiries was between 9pm – 2am on a weekday closely followed by 5pm-7pm on a Sunday. In one month alone 62 per cent of those enquiring about business insurance did so outside normal working hours.

“These figures really do highlight the fact that those running small businesses are never off duty,’’ said One Business Insurance Solutions operations director Darren Box.

“We always knew that there would be a high proportion of businesses sorting out issues

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