It's 'fambition', not ambition, for UK small businesses
April 2006

'Meaning', not money, is increasingly the order of the day as ageing population and world events take their toll.
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Nearly three-quarters of UK sole-traders admit to confusion over employers' liability insurance law
Feburary 2006

One year on from the change in Employers' Liability legislation, 73% of UK sole traders admit to not being aware of the update in the law and its implication to sole traders, reveals research by MORE TH>N Business.

The research also shows that 21% do not understand what Employers' Liability insurance covers.
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'Guilt Gifts' the Solution for Stressed Parents
January 2006

Research has show that nearly half of parents with children under the age of 13 believe that their kids would like to spend more quality time with them.

To compensate for the time spent at work, more than one third of parents buy their children guilt gifts. This illustrates the continuing struggle British parents have with balancing work and home life.
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Tailored Hotel Insurance Package launched
November 2005

MORE TH>N launches an insurance product specifically developed to meet the needs of small hoteliers.

The MORE TH>N Hotel Policy has been designed as a 'one-stop' policy to cover the insurance requirements of a small hotel or guest house catering for up to 20 guest rooms.
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Alterpreneurs – Life Makers not Risk Takers
July 2005

MORE TH>N report dismisses myths about Britain’s micro businesses.

Financial stability or regular income are at the bottom of the alterpreneur priority list, according to a new report launched this week from MORE TH>N; A Nation of Life Makers not Risk Takers. 98% of Britain’s alterpreneurs – micro business owner/managers who have left their nine-to-five careers for an alternative lifestyle - say that when it comes to setting up their business these factors are of little concern when compared with threat to lifestyle.
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Entrepreneurial nation is a myth
May 2005

The rise of the ‘alterpreneur’ puts Britain’s entrepreneurs in the shade.

Britain’s much vaunted ‘enterprise culture’ is little more than rhetoric, according to MORE TH>N Business. Research commissioned by the small business insurer found that alterpreneurs, not entrepreneurs, are the bedrock of Britain’s small business community.

MORE TH>N Business has published the Health, Wealth & Happiness Report, which assesses the factors motivating Britain’s micro business owner-managers – a sector traditionally seen as a hotbed of entrepreneurial endeavour.

The report identifies the rise of a new class of micro business owner, the alterpreneurs – lifestyle-focused business people - who are taking over from the finance and career orientated entrepreneurs.
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