Northgate plc embraces Personal Group

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Personal Group Holdings PLC

16 June 2015

 

Press Release

16 June 2015

Personal Group Holdings plc

("the Company" or "the Group")

Northgate plc embraces Personal Group's face-to-face approach

Personal Group a leading provider of employee benefits, employee related insurance products and financial services in the UK, is pleased to announce the provision of employee benefits to over 2,000 staff of Northgate plc, the UK's leading light commercial vehicle hire company. 

The Darlington based rental company was established in 1981 and has seen significant expansion in recent years.  Personal Group's, "Just For You" programme, rolled out on the 27^th of April, offers a broad range of retail and lifestyle discounts as well as Personal Group's own cash plans.

Northgate wanted to enhance its benefit offering for its employees to increase employee engagement and improve employee retention through becoming a more attractive employer. Northgate researched various options within the employee benefits market, but it was Personal Group's face-to-face approach which really struck a chord with them.

Hayley Burn, HR Business Partner at Northgate, said: "The face-to-face delivery was important for us and really appealed when we were looking for suppliers.  A lot of our colleagues don't have access to computers at work so we wanted to make sure they could access the benefits by phone if they wanted to.  The initial response has been good and we've had some great feedback.  We've had over 2,000 clicks and our employees have saved £6,500 already."

Steve Mason, Personal Group Business Development Director said: "Personal Group's approach works brilliantly with organisations like Northgate where a significant number of employees don't regularly access a PC at work and are spread across the UK.  Our ability to engage with staff, face-to-face during work time, gives us the opportunity to sit down and give a practical understanding of what their employee benefits programme can offer them and their family."

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Personal Group Holdings Plc
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Notes to editors:

With over 30 years' experience of looking after its customers' employees, Personal Group Holdings Plc (AIM: PGH) is a leading provider of employee benefits and employee related insurance products, offering benefits programmes to over 2 million employees across the UK.

Personal Group's innovative approach to using technology to deliver its programmes, combined with its face-to-face method of communicating with employees, makes its offering compelling to blue chip clients across the UK as a way of attracting, retaining and motivating employees.  The Group tailors its packages to include insurance products such as hospital and convalescence plans, death benefit and income protection plans, as well as lifestyle benefits such as holiday and retail discounts, health and wellbeing benefits and a range of tax efficient benefits.

Personal Group can also supply home technology via salary sacrifice through its subsidiary Lets Connect.  Offering the latest iPads and other tablets, home computers and laptops, smart phones and smart TVs is a highly engaging benefit which has employee and employer benefits too. In April 2015 the Group established its own Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) called Personal Group Mobile Ltd. This was achieved through the acquisition of the assets of shebang Technologies Ltd and in addition to handsets can provide airtime via salary sacrifice which offers an overall 10-47% reduction on mobile phone costs to its client's employees.

Personal Group has a strong client base across a range of sectors including transport, where it works with the likes of Network Rail, Stagecoach and EYMS Group Ltd, healthcare, where clients include Four Seasons Health Care, Priory Group and Spire Healthcare. The Group also covers logistics, with companies such as TNT Express and Bibby, and motoring with Manheim and JCT600 as clients. In addition the Group also has a strong presence in food manufacturing and service and clients include 2 Sisters Food Group and Young's Seafood.

With over 450 clients the Group has grown considerably and provides engaging and effective benefits packages across a breadth of sectors.  

For further information, go to www.personal-group.com

 

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