Why Insurance is Important for Bakeries
Bakeries, much like any other food production businesses, can prove to be high risk environments to work in. Your staff will often need to use expensive pieces of equipment in order to produce all of those baked delights for customers to enjoy. You are also creating food items which are to be sold to the general public, which in itself is another risk area for your business. To help safeguard your business, you will have to adhere to certain health and safety measures however in certain circumstances you will also need to have employers liability cover to protect you by law.
These are just a couple of reasons why it is important for bakeries, whether a small independent outlet or a larger named chain to consider the level of insurance cover that they have in place. In order to be protected correctly, you should talk to an expert about the more specialist policies that you can arrange for your business. These can include cover for your equipment and of course, the products that you sell.
About the Baking Industry
Bakeries have been popular for hundreds of years, whether it is to buy some freshly baked bread, grab a sandwich, hot savouries for lunch or to treat yourself to a fresh cream cake.
The trade itself can take years to master and a bakery can take time and dedication to run. However, if you ask a baker what keeps them going, they are likely to say that it is simply because they love what they do.
When you run any small business, you will have plenty to think about. However, no matter how busy you are, it is important to think about insurance and how best to protect the livelihood that you have worked so hard to create. But don’t forget help is at hand – by working with an insurance broker, they can help ease the pressure on you by helping you find the right insurance for your needs, and hopefully saving you precious time too.
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* We randomly surveyed 54 new business policyholders (12.5%) with insurance start dates between 12 April 2019 and 1 August 2019. 93% made a financial saving by moving to smei, with an average saving of 15.96%. This data excludes commercial and residential insurance for landlords.
** Standard and optional cover may differ dependent upon insurer.
*** Data compared from 277 policies sold in 2019.
smei is a trading name of Marsh Commercial, a UK award winning expert in insurance and risk management, and part of the same business family as Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and risk management. Occasionally a representative from Marsh Commercial may contact you in response to your enquiry if your trade type is better suited to that area of the business.
