2004 News
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23 November 2004
Ambitious Britons undeterred by the UK's unsupportive environment
SMEs believe the UK is an unsupportive environment for small business and entrepreneurialism according to a new study released by AXA today. Despite the Prime Minister's pledge to put small business at the top of the agenda at the last Labour Party Conference, SMEs seem unconvinced by his promise. Nearly half of respondents (48%) believe the UK is not supportive of SMEs, even though the small business community generates 52% of private sector turnover, and employs 12.6 million people.
9 November 2004
Criminals who target business: hit them where it hurts
AXA supports recent calls for more effective punishment to counter the increasing threat of business crime. The insurer's latest research* shows a startling 19 per cent increase in its crime related settlements for businesses and, according to a study conducted by the British Chambers of Commerce, two thirds of businesses have been victims of crime.
1 November 2004
AXA Seminar: fighting complacency in business crime
Business crime is not only here to stay, but is on the rise in Britain. Yet companies remain complacent about the problem and many fail to take even the simplest measures to protect their premises and staff. Balancing the cost of protection against commercial impact is always a difficult process.
8 September 2004
Hike in business crime continues: AXA reveals business crime up by over 19%
The latest findings from the AXA Business Crime Index* reveal a huge increase in the number of crimes against businesses. Although many of these are smaller malicious damage claims, it is clear that the business community is under increasing threat from criminal activity. The frequency of crime related insurance claim settlements in the second quarter of 2004 increased by a staggering 19.3% compared to the previous quarter.
14 July 2004
Research highlights motivated British retailing workforce
New research from AXA reveals that over half (56%) the UK retailing workforce is optimistic about the industry's future prospects.
13 July 2004
Research highlights a highly motivated British workforce and optimism for the future
New research from AXA, the provider of insurance products and services to over 400,000 SMEs, reveals that over half (55%) of the British workforce is optimistic about the future prospects of the industries they work in.
13 July 2004
Research highlights motivated British manufacturing workforce
Despite the loss of 580,000 manufacturing jobs, new research from AXA reveals that just over half (51%) the British manufacturing workforce is optimistic about the industry's future prospects.
13 July 2004
Research highlights motivated British professional services workforce
New research from AXA Insurance reveals that over half (58%) the British UK professional services workforce is optimistic about the industry's future prospects.
8 July 2004
UK business concerns grow as litigation culture spreads
The growth of a US-style 'litigation culture' is a greater threat to British business than the growing powers of the EU, fluctuating UK interest rates, falling consumer confidence or even the cooling property market, according to the first Risk Monitor Report issued by AXA today.
8 June 2004
AXA business crime index indicates average cost of business crime up by 17%
The latest findings from the AXA Business Crime Index reveal that the cost of crime against businesses is rising dramatically.
27 May 2004
Are businesses at risk from their personality profile?
AXA launches the first psychometric tool that enables businesses to identify the personality profile of their business.
24 March 2004
Cost of crime against retailers falls by 45%
The AXA Business Crime Index highlights a growing impact on the wider economy – as the cost of business crime rises by 70% in one year.