Comment On Tory Pledge To Set Up Technical Tradesperson Schools

Oct. 6, 2009 - PRLog -- “The small tradesmen and women of the UK are the backbone of our trade industry and anything that can help this crucial industry should be welcomed with open arms. Often, sole traders or very small companies are limited in the scope of ongoing training that they can undertake – so anything that gives them a headstart to give them unrivalled knowledge and technical skills is welcomed by us at Budget Van Insurance”.


Notes to editors:
Budget Van insurance searches a panel of 15 insurers to offer competitively priced van insurance, in addition to exceptional product benefits. In 2006 Budget Van launched various innovative marketing campaigns including ‘it’s a van man thing’ and ‘flying traffic wardens’, which resulted in it being awarded ‘Marketing Campaign of The Year 2006’ (Insurance Times Awards). More recently Budget Van and News of the World have joined forces to produce the Dream Dates Calendar 2007.

Budget is part of the BGL Group.

The BGL Group

The BGL Group was founded in 1992 and has grown to become one of the UK’s largest personal lines insurance intermediaries.

Brands within the BGL Group include BUDGET car, van and home insurance, Bennetts bike insurance and carbon-neutral motor insurance, ibuyeco. Junction, BGL Group’s affinity business, works with brands like Post Office®, HSBC, M&S Money, RAC and Auto Trader to offer insurance products to their customers.

The BGL Group has more than 2.3 million customers and more than £600 million GWP. It operates major contact centre operations (Fusion) in Peterborough, Coventry, Sunderland, Peterlee in the UK, and Cape Town, South Africa. The Group currently employs over 2,150 people with its head office in Peterborough.

In 2006 the Group was named ‘Intermediary of the Year’ (Insurance Age UK Broker Awards) for its outstanding contribution to the insurance industry.  In October 2007 the Group was ranked 229th in the Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 250 of Britain’s 250 biggest mid-market private companies by latest sales.

In 2007 the Group won the coveted title of Large Business of the Year in the regional Business Awards 2007 hosted by the Evening Telegraph, Peterborough. The Group’s affinity business, Junction, won Marketing Campaign of the Year 2007 at the Insurance Times awards.

BISL Ltd, part of the BGL Group, is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registered Address: Pegasus House, Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, PE2 6YS. Registered in England no 3231094


BGL Group websites:

www.budgetvaninsurance.com

www.bglgroup.co.uk

www.budgetinsurance.co.uk

www.bennetts.co.uk

www.ibuyeco.co.uk

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