In the final piece of our Business Insurance for the self-employed guide, we take a look at Personal Accident and Illness insurance and Cyber Liability insurance. We share the ins and outs of why self-employed workers need to consider these forms of cover.

Effective marketing strategies have never been more critical for personal trainers, given the dramatic effect that the Covid pandemic has had on the personal training industry. As such, there’s no better time than now for personal trainers to review how they market their personal training business to ensure that they remain competitive.

The fitness industry is constantly changing, just as attitudes towards exercise and health change. There are always new technologies, research statistics, and fitness fads that come and go, which keeps the personal trainer industry in a constant state of evolution.

Your clients rely on your expert advice and services as a physiotherapist. You help ease their aches and pains from minor sprains to long-term rehabilitation programs. If something were to go wrong during their course of treatment, you could be faced with a costly claim that could have a career-ending impact on your reputation, a worry you could do without.

As a tradie, you’ve probably heard or even experienced plenty of horror stories about people accepting the lowest quote for their work and later regretting it. But do you do the same when it comes to your sole trader insurance?

A phrase often-uttered by traditionalists these days is, “there’s an app for everything now”. And that’s certainly not far from the truth. In fact, today not only is there an app for everything, but we have millions of apps for anything.

While personal training is very popular these days and the personal training industry is booming, as an occupation personal training didn’t have much of a following at all just 20 years ago. However, with the current fitness boom, coupled with a greater emphasis on health and wellbeing, in 2024 personal training shows no signs of slowing down. So, what do personal trainers do, what are the minimum requirements to become a personal trainer, and how do you become a personal trainer?

When you run your own business, there is a lot to consider, like protecting your business if things go wrong. This is where business insurance comes into play and should be one of the foundations of your business’ risk management plan.

While they have a lot of common ground, there are a number of pivotal differences between a handyman and a licensed contractor and the work they can legally provide to homeowners and clients.