4 things you need when you run a business from your home
Simon Roberts, Senior Associate Solicitor, DAS Law, looks at some of the rules you’ll need to consider if you’re looking to run your business from home.
For many years, remote working has been transforming the way that businesses function. With the current crisis ensuring that more of us are working from home than ever before, companies are looking at how this could be of long-term benefit to them in terms of reducing office space, improving staff wellbeing and retention and even slashing the environmental impact of commuting.
In addition, many people have taken the exciting step of launching their own business from home.
1. Do I need permission to set up my business from home?
Running a business from your home will spare you the trouble of finding premises for your business, and could make it easier to balance your home life with your work. However, there are a number of extra rules that you will need to consider, depending on what sort of business you are running…
To read the full article from DAS, CLICK HERE
About DAS Group
The DAS UK Group comprises an insurance company (DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Ltd), a law firm (DAS Law), and an after the event (ATE) legal expenses division.
DAS UK introduced legal expenses insurance (LEI) in 1975, protecting individuals and businesses against the unforeseen costs involved in a legal dispute. In 2018 it wrote more than seven million policies.
The company offers a range of insurance and assistance add-on products suitable for landlords, homeowners, motorists, groups and business owners, while it’s after the event legal expenses insurance division offers civil litigation, clinical negligence and personal injury products. In 2013, DAS also acquired its own law firm – DAS Law – enabling it to leverage the firm’s expertise to provide its customers with access to legal advice and representation.
DAS UK is part of the ERGO Group, one of Europe’s largest insurance groups (the majority shareholder in ERGO is Munich Re, one of the world’s largest reinsurers).