Right, now that Nick has got Sonia sorted out, please can somebody advise me about my current problem?
When I retired a few years ago I altered my car insurance to omit the business use, and went back to "social, domestic and pleasure" cover, or whatever they call it, but I've now had a rethink. I would now like to do a few driving jobs, and one example is small scale courier work, using my own car. What I had in mind was doing deliveries from local manufacturing businesses to their customers in the event of urgent need: breakdowns needing new components, etc. There appear to be possibilities for me here, but at the moment it looks as if insurance difficulties might kill the idea.
I don't want to spend a lot of time doing this work and making a business of it. All it would amount to is doing a few trips per month on an 'as and when required' basis.
There seems to be no getting away from the fact that this amounts to courier work, and most insurance companies aren't interested, including my present insurers, Liverpool Victoria. In addition to this, I would also need Goods in Transit cover, so it's all beginning to sound expensive, if indeed I can do it at all.
Any ideas?
Best wishes all,
Dave.