Have you called an Uber instead of a taxi? How about that accommodation you booked on Airbnb? Uber and Airbnb are examples of an online marketplace, which is a website or app connecting sellers of goods or services with buyers.

eBay, Airtasker and Camplify are other examples of very successful online marketplaces.

Thinking about adding an ecommerce store to your website or do you already sell products via an online store on your website?

These could be either physical products, where you post something out to a customer - often seen as the main type of ecommerce in online stores.

Working from home has become increasingly popular since the pandemic began with the versatility of being able to remotely have kept businesses afloat and employees in their jobs. In many ways, flexible working arrangements have been one of the great business lifeboats over the past 18 months.

But with this change comes risk. Because this way of working on a large scale is still new to us, there are many risks that people have yet to think of, especially when the arrangements are made in reaction to a snap government lockdown. A work-from-home agreement will help to cover the following risks.