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Budget Van Insurance offer bright spark the chance to win a £6k Electrician Competition
April 2009Budget Van Insurance has launched a competition with the Daily Mirror to offer someone the chance to win up to £6k worth of training, to become an electrician, absolutely free!!
The prize is an in-depth ‘Become an Electrician’ course package, provided through OLCI Construction Training, resulting in City & Guilds 2330 Levels 2 and 3 and City & Guilds 2356 NVQ Level 3 upon successful completion. The courses cover theory, practice and on-site components. With course centres up and down the country, anyone can enter!1
Research by Budget Van Insurance shows that electricians are in demand by over a quarter of the country2 with some estimates claiming as many as 37,000 new electricians are needed to fill the gap3.
Mnveer Arkan, Head of Marketing, Budget Van Insurance says:
"It’s really important to support tradesmen and women across the UK. As well as making up a large number of our customers, they provide us all with essential services, particularly electricians, who we’d literally be left in the dark without! Their hard work helps to support the UK economy, which as we all know, needs as much help as it can get at the moment!"
How to enter:
To stand a chance of winning this great prize, you simply need to tell us why you think you could be a good potential electrician. Our expert panel will select a shortlist and decide on the winner in the coming weeks. To access and send an online entry form, please visit: www.budgetvaninsurance.com. Hard copies are available by telephoning 020 7726 6111.
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For further information please contact:
Roland Cross/Lizzie Hannaway
Broadgate
020 7726 6111
1: Terms and conditions apply. Previous experience isn’t necessary but entrants must hold Key Skill Level 2 or GCSE Maths and English, or equivalent to be accepted on the course. Entrants must be 18 years of age or over and attendance on the course will be subject to OLCI's standard terms and conditions - http://www.olci.info/. OLCI Construction Training takes all reasonable steps to make the courses as inclusive as possible; however entrants with dyslexia or colour blindness must inform in advance of their condition. The course is flexible and must be completed within two years from the date of enrolment. If entrants do not hold the required Maths qualification, he/she can complete a short Maths home-study course alongside the ‘Become an Electrician’ course package, at cost. Prize includes all standard course fees but does not include any additional expenses incurred by the winner e.g. travelling expenses and re-sit/re-take fees. Winner must agree to publicity and coverage of the competition by Budget Van Insurance.
2: According to research carried out by Budget Van Insurance, 26% of the UK public have a demand for an electrician (from a survey of 1,072 respondents carried out on behalf of Budget Van Insurance between 18.07.08 – 24.07.08 by Opinion Matters.
3: Info sourced from: www.newcareerskills.co.uk/electrician-skills-shortage-electrical.htm
Note to editors:
Budget Van insurance searches a panel of 12 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.
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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.
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