What will happen if you have booked a flight with Flybe and the company collapses? Partner in travel and insurance law in the Exeter office at Trowers & Hamlins, Bronwen Courtenay-Stamp, explains what rights people have in the event.
In the case of a failure of an airline much depends on whether the flight is ATOL protected or not. ATOL is a financial protection scheme for holiday makers.
Where there is ATOL protection you are guaranteed a refund if a company collapses and you would be found an alternative flight home if you find yourself stranded abroad. If you booked...
Fewer UK businesses would fail if owners had more knowledge of the world of business prior to taking the plunge and setting up themselves, according to two thirds (63%) of SME owners.
Small business owners are now calling for more education for those in the process of setting up in business, as research today reveals many directors went into business blind and confess they made big mistakes along the way.
The research, conducted by Just Cash Flow PLC spoke to 250 small business owners, and 80% admitted that they didn’t know everything they needed to when they first set up...
Does your organisation learn the lessons from its failures?
Do you have a system that promulgates lessons learned throughout your organisation?
Failures in a business are often swept under the carpet as those involved do not wish to dwell on them. And yet that is when the most valuable lessons can be learned. If a business is not to repeat such lessons they need to be recorded and promulgated.
This session will allow you to understand the lessons that can be learned from failures within a business and how to instigate a blame free culture that allows such lessons to...
The African impala can jump to a height of over 10 feet and cover a distance of greater than 30 feet. Yet these magnificent creatures can be kept in an enclosure in any zoo with a 3 foot wall. The animals will not jump if they cannot see where their feet will land.
A lot of humans are like this. They are afraid to take a risk. Not I. I understood at an early age that in order to triple your success ratio, you might have to triple your failure rate.
Thomas J. Watson, the founder and first president of IBM said: “Failure is a teacher – a harsh one, perhaps, but the best…...
A man was walking in the park one day when he came upon a cocoon with a small opening. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through the little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It looked like it had gotten as far as it could, so the man decided to help the butterfly. He used his pocketknife and snipped the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily, but something was strange. The butterfly had a swollen body and shriveled wings. The man continued...
