Personal Group welcomes Lookers Motor Group

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Personal Group Holdings PLC

23 January 2015

 



Press Release

23 January 2015

Personal Group Holdings plc

("the Company" or "the Group")

Personal Group welcomes Lookers Motor Group onboard

Personal Group is pleased to announce that they have been chosen by Lookers Motor Group, as benefits provider across all their dealer networks, in the UK and Ireland.

Lookers Motor Group was established in 1908 and now operates across 130 different sites, with 6,000 staff, selling over 30 different vehicle marques. Personal Group launched "NICER Rewards" to Lookers' staff on 12^th January via their unique face-to-face approach which is what sets Personal Group apart from the other providers.

The NICER Rewards package includes over 8,000 retail discounts at well-known high street retailers - such as Argos, Asda, Sainsbury's and House of Fraser - and a range of simple insurance products including Voluntary Group Income Protection ("VGIP"), a hospital cash plan, and death benefit. Lookers also have plans going forward to incorporate an Employee Assistance Programme ("EAP"), salary sacrifice home technology and a holiday purchase scheme.

Sarah Williams, Group HR Manager, said: "We looked at a number of benefit providers but felt that Personal Groups' communication set them apart from the others. Their face-to-face presentation is important as are the benefit books, but we also appreciated the ongoing communication support from Personal Group. Our original benefits offer was basic so in our last employee survey we asked what benefit options staff would like and the retail discounts came out on top. Our next survey is due in February so we are excited to see what the feedback is and we hope that everyone can see that we are listening to their requirements."

Steve Mason, Personal Group Business Development Director, said: "We are very proud to have Lookers Motor Group onboard. Their passionate approach to reward and recognition is superb. We are also looking forward to adding to their programme and hearing the feedback from their employee survey."

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For more information please contact:

Personal Group Holdings Plc
Mark Scanlon, Chief Executive	[phone]

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Max Hartley (Nomad) Russell Kerr (Sales)	[phone]

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Notes to editors:

With a 30 year track record 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.  Personal Group's benefits offer employees an effective way of making their pay-packet stretch further.  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.

In March 2014, the Group acquired Lets Connect, a leader in the home technology salary sacrifice market which focuses on large enterprises in the private and public sector. 

Personal Group has a strong client base across a range of sectors including transport, where it works with the likes of Network Rail and Stagecoach, healthcare, where clients include Priory Group and Spire Healthcare and logistics, with companies such as TNT Express. 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 550 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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