{"id":28195,"date":"2023-01-31T04:16:39","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T04:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/partner-insights\/smes-are-leading-the-business-travel-rebound-but-facing-greater-risks\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T18:09:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T18:09:47","slug":"smes-are-leading-the-business-travel-rebound-but-facing-greater-risks","status":"publish","type":"partner-insights","link":"https:\/\/rebrand2.bfstagesite.com\/en-ca\/partner-insights\/smes-are-leading-the-business-travel-rebound-but-facing-greater-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"SMEs are leading the business travel rebound \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but facing greater risks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28195\" class=\"elementor elementor-28195\" data-elementor-post-type=\"partner-insights\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4561a9d7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4561a9d7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2675cf4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2675cf4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad7f98e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ad7f98e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de2246 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5de2246\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBusiness travel bookings in the UK are now exceeding pre-pandemic levels with small and medium-sized businesses spearheading that rebound, according to a leading travel management company.\n\nDonna Joines, general manager of <u><a traget_blank href=\"https:\/\/www.corptraveller.com\/en-gb\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Corporate Traveller UK<\/span><\/a><\/u>, part of <u><a traget_blank href=\"https:\/\/www.fctgl.com\/\">Flight Centre Travel Group<\/a><\/u>, said that British SMEs were playing a \u201c<u><a traget_blank href=\"https:\/\/www.businesstravelnewseurope.com\/Management\/Travel-by-SMEs-saw-emphatic-rebound-in-2022\">huge role<\/a><\/u>&#8221; in economic recovery following the disruption caused by COVID.\n\nSMEs account for 99.9% of all UK businesses and a substantial percentage engage in both domestic and international business travel. The easing of COVID-related travel restrictions globally throughout 2022 offered hope of a return to \u2018business as usual\u2019 for many of these companies \u2013 but that return is not without its risks.\n<h4>Travel uncertainty and unplanned costs<\/h4>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Rising fuel costs, staff shortages and increased demand have all contributed to a substantial rise in travel costs and for SMEs &#8211; especially those with fewer than 50 employees &#8211; these costs represent a much larger share of their overall operating budgets.<\/span>\n\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Their relative size also makes them more susceptible to unplanned costs caused by factors including cancelled, curtailed or delayed flights, government travel advisories, personal liability, lost or damaged baggage, personal security or COVID-19 medical expenses.<\/span>\n<h4>Business Travel cover designed with SMEs in mind<\/h4>\nWhen battleface launched its dedicated.<u><a traget_blank href=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/en-us\/business-travel-plan\/\"> Business Travel Plan<\/a><\/u> last year it was with these types of travellers in mind. The product is targeted at organisations with travelling employees and contractors across all business sectors including corporate, NGOs, educational Institutions and many others.\n\nAmongst the benefits specific to SMEs is the ability to tailor cover and benefits to match specific travel requirements, enabling businesses to avoid needless costs.\n<h4>Supported by battleface<\/h4>\nOur business travel and medical expenses policies, underwritten by certain underwriters at Lloyd\u2019s, are valid for a period of 12 months from a mutually agreed start date, and cover directors and employees for trips\n<ul>\n \t<li>Outside of their country of residence \/ international relocation<\/li>\n \t<li>With air travel within their country of residence \/ international relocation<\/li>\n \t<li>Within their country of residence \/ international relocation involving an overnight stay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nStandard policy benefits include up to \u00a310 million in medical and evacuation expenses, supported by battleface\u2019s own emergency travel, medical and claims assistance services. Depending on the business traveller\u2019s requirements and the company\u2019s location, battleface can offer benefits for trip cancellation, curtailment, delay, personal liability, baggage, personal security and COVID-19 medical expenses.\n\nFill out this form in less than 10 minutes to receive a <u><a traget_blank href=\"https:\/\/www.battleface.com\/en-gb\/business-group-application\/\">tailored annual business travel and medical expenses quotation<\/a><\/u> for your business.\n\nbattleface Insurance Services Ltd. is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":9383,"template":"","partner-insight-category":[122],"partner-insight-tag":[139,140,137,141],"class_list":["post-28195","partner-insights","type-partner-insights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","partner-insight-category-united-kingdom","partner-insight-tag-business-travel","partner-insight-tag-business-travel-product","partner-insight-tag-partnering-with-battleface","partner-insight-tag-smes"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rebrand2.bfstagesite.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner-insights\/28195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rebrand2.bfstagesite.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner-insights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rebrand2.bfstagesite.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/partner-insights"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rebrand2.bfstagesite.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner-insights\/28195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28200,"href":"https:\/\/rebrand2.bfstagesite.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner-insights\/28195\/revisions\/28200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rebrand2.bfstagesite.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rebrand2.bfstagesite.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"partner-insight-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rebrand2.bfstagesite.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner-insight-category?post=28195"},{"taxonomy":"partner-insight-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rebrand2.bfstagesite.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner-insight-tag?post=28195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}