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The Final Countdown Commences!
Last chance to win Budget Van Insurance & Checkatrade’s ‘Tradesman of the Year 2009’ competition title with £2,000 1st prize
April 2009The countdown to find Britain’s ‘Tradesman of the Year 2009’ commences with those tradesmen and women who have not entered the competition, having until 30 April to join the race! A tasty £2,000 first prize, trophy and the top title, provided by Budget Van Insurance and Checkatrade1, are still up for grabs.
The contest provides the cream of the UK’s trade workforce with the chance to scoop the coveted title and prize. Entrants can enter online through www.budgetvaninsurance.com or www.tradesmanoftheyear.co.uk and with £250 prizes for the top two runners up, there’s no reason to delay.
Entrants will be judged on the quality and quantity of feedback from their customers, who can also recommend their favourite tradesperson. The first person to nominate the overall winner will also receive a £250 prize
Mnveer Arkan, head of marketing at Budget Van Insurance, said:
"There’s a wealth of talented tradesmen and women across the country that deserve recognition. With just over a couple of weeks to go, we'd recommend any potential entrants out there get their skates on to stand a chance of winning this top prize.
"We're also urging the public to nominate their favourite plasterers, plumbers and painters, as the first member of the public to nominate the winning tradesperson wins £250 as well."
For full terms and conditions please visit www.budgetvaninsurance.com or www.tradesmanoftheyear.co.uk. Please note no purchase necessary. The competition is open to over 18s and UK residents only. Closing date for entries is the 30th April 2009.
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For further information please contact:
Roland Cross/Lizzie Hannaway
Broadgate
020 7726 6111
1: Checkatrade is an online marketplace for tradesmen and homeowners. It connects consumers with authorised workmen and women, who have been vetted by Checkatrade and are continuously monitored via unique customer feedback cards. The site is helping bring well-deserved recognition to hard working tradesmen and assisting consumers locate the perfect plumber or plasterer for their home improvement needs.
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.
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:
Checkatrade
When a tornado damaged hundreds of Selsey buildings in 1998, cowboy operators travelled from all over the country to take advantage of the situation. Homeowners were deceived with no easy way to discern between genuine tradesmen and swindlers.
Local businessman Kevin Byrne discovered little was being done to help consumers and reliable information about legitimate businesses was hard to find. He started Checkatrade, a free information service that runs on the basis of reputation; with all member businesses being recommended, vetted and monitored, the public were able to find the latest facts about trades and services in their area.
The system worked, and the service was soon dealing with thousands of businesses and consumers. Trades and services are proud to be listed and have their qualifications and expertise displayed for all to see. What started as a local initiative is now a national service, improving the standard of work and delivering peace of mind to consumers when choosing a trade or service provider.