Start-ups
Focus - Broker funding: Finding your way through
With the major banks still cautious about lending, brokers are finding it tough to access funding for growth. Rachel Gordon looks at the options.
Record numbers flock to Broker Expo 2010
A record-breaking 750 brokers attended the sixth Insurance Age Broker Expo at Coventry's Ricoh Arena.
Spending Review 2010: Mixed regional picture for number of start-ups this year
Ahead of today's publication of the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review tomorrow, data provided by Simply Business shows that the UK's start-up sector has experienced a fragile recovery in 2010, with the first increase in the start-up rate for…
Reportage - start-ups: Branching out
Starting your own business is exciting but deciding between autonomy and a helping hand can be tough. Edward Murray looks at what to consider to get what you want and make sure your venture flourishes.
Focus - Start-ups: Making your own space
Edward Murray investigates the key considerations involved in establishing a new broker
Broker start-ups face tough time ahead due to lack of faith
Broker start-ups face a tough start after new research revealed that nearly one in 10 companies will avoid trading with a business if it is less than a year old.
Moorhouse launches first start-up broker
Welsh broker Moorhouse is set to launch its first business under Moorhouse Enterprise, a subsidiary set up to support the next generation of broker start-ups.
Scotland business start-up rate falls significantly
Sir Tom Hunter has commented that Scotland is facing a declining rate of business start-ups.
Westinsure launches broker start-up service
Westinsure Broker Alliance has launched a new service which aims to help new start-up brokers through the process of launching and growing their own businesses.
News: Brokers given heads up on cottage trade rising potential
Brokers have been urged to take full advantage of the recession-fuelled growth of sole traders as demand for cover for 'cottage trades' increases.
Broker Network refutes AR poaching campaign allegations
Broker Network has denied that it has launched an aggressive marketing campaign specifically targeting members of fellow network TEn in a bid to boost users of its revamped start-up proposition.
Invicta following through on growth promise
Personal lines start-up Invicta Insurance Services has made its second acquisition since its launch by former Woodstock Insurance Brokers operations manager Steve Gamage.
Broker Network launches enhanced start-up package
Broker Network has announced the launch of an enhanced Start-Up package designed to help bring new brokers to the high street, despite the lingering economic downturn.
Startups: Plotting the first move
There are many reasons for brokers to start their own businesses, from wanting to escape the confines of a consolidator, suffering redundancy or having the vision to create smart, independent new firms who provide superb service for their clients, writes…
Moorhouse launches commercial broker start-up facility
Chairman Lyndon Wood said frustration "is part of the hangover from consolidation" and that the time is right to help entrepreneurs realise their ambitions