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A welding career can come with more than a little risk. After all, welding involves extreme heat, sparks, soldering, and often heavy machinery. All of these elements can present on the job risks for welders, which means that investing in business insurance is a popular choice for many welders.

Just imagine: A phone call out of the blue. The caller has a voice you don’t recognise. He’s telling you he is hurt – badly – and you’re responsible. You hang up.

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?

Having a great product is essential to a great business. But it’s the ability to scale that product to the masses without losing its quality which makes a company truly remarkable. “A great product is no longer enough. To create a sustainable business, you need to value growth and customer satisfaction in equal parts,” says automation expert Brad Hoyle who is the Ops Excellence Manager at BizCover.

For tradie small business owners, quoting jobs can be very tricky. When it comes to trade quotes and how to prepare quotes, you don’t want to price yourself out of a job by coming in well above other tradie businesses who are competing for the job. But at the same time you don’t want to deliver great work for miserly returns. After all, you have a successful small business to run, employees and suppliers to pay, and general business expenses to cover.

Running your own small business and are unsure about how you can expand? Successful entrepreneurs have many ideas on leveraging their business and vision of their biggest goals. Here are a number of tips you might implement into your goals to help grow your business to the next level. You may be able to understand how to expand your business in ways you have not before.

Buying insurance is often a weighty decision for small business owners. You want to know that the company you choose offers fair pricing, quality products, great service and, most importantly, will have your back when it’s time to claim.