Many companies invest in a corporate medical insurance policy to look after the health and wellbeing of their workforce. According to the CiPD and Simply Health, the average rate of employee absence now stands at 7.8 days per employee per…
Something that’s become clear over the past year is the way that our priorities have shifted: towards a focus on people, mental health and happiness. As public attitudes filter up and influence commercial decisions, companies need to ensure that they…
It's time to lift the gloom and bust the jargon that surrounds the subject of life insurance for business owners. Let's be honest, nobody wants to spend too much time considering their own mortality. Or that of their business partners…
Tax is quite complicated enough, add a few employee benefits and it becomes a web of confusion. The table below will help explain our current understanding of the Tax and National Insurance Contributions (NIC) regulations for a wide…
Hooray Health & Protection are delighted to announce our new partnership with HR Solutions. Under this new agreement, our insurance specialists here at Hooray will be able to support business owners’ enquiries specific to employee benefits insurances. We will also…
“Your child has a cough...” Tell a parent that in 2019 and they might not have worried much. Now, however, something as seemingly trivial as a cough might mean 2 weeks isolation, 2 weeks off school and maybe even 2…
As important and useful as contingency plans are, how great would it be if we didn’t need them at all? Obviously, the chance of employees being healthy 100% of the time is pretty slim but preventing illness and injury as…
Hooray Health & Protection and Smarter Business are pleased to announce they have entered into a new strategic partnership, offering employee benefit insurance reviews to Smarter Businesses 40,000+ clients. Smarter Business is one of the UK’s largest business to business…
As if 2020 couldn’t get any more confusing, the rules have changed again! Many of the new restrictions, particularly the pubs closing at 10pm, have encouraged some of the UK public to attempt Stoptober – a month of abstinence from…
Running a small business isn’t easy. At times, it can feel like walking a tight rope whilst spinning plates. There are risks everywhere. But managing risk is a little like eating an elephant, you simply have to do it one…