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Get your lucky pants on boys!

June 2007

With the World Cup kicking off this weekend, Budget Van Insurance is sending a final message of good luck to the team by way of personalised England pants for each squad member.

The boys will each receive a St George’s styled pair of pants with ‘Good luck England’ emblazoned across the front and their individual name on the rear !!

Matthew Gledhill, Managing Director, Budget Van Insurance says:
“Admit it, we all have a lucky pair of pants and with so much at stake we at Budget Van Insurance want to give the boys on the pitch that little bit extra confidence and what better way than St George’s styled pants thrust in the face of the opposition.

“We have ultimate faith in the boys bringing home the World Cup, so come on Sven make sure the boys wear their special pair of lucky pants!”

To mark this unique event, the Budget Van Insurance football squad will be modeling replica pants for the enjoyment of the people of Peterborough on Wednesday 7th June at xx am/pm.  Photographs are available on request.

Notes to Editors:

The BGL Group
The Budget Group of Companies was established in 1992 and has grown to be the UK’s third largest personal lines intermediary, through a combination of organic growth and a series of major strategic acquisitions.

It now has over 1,300,000 customers, contact centre operations in Peterborough, Coventry, Sunderland and Cape Town, South Africa; 93 high street retail outlets and a number of websites, including – www.budgetinsurance.com.  It currently employs over 2000 people, and its head office is in Peterborough.

As an intermediary, Budget is able to access a wide range of underwriters, making it highly competitive in the marketplace.

Budget’s core products are motor, home, commercial vehicle and bike insurance. The Group also offers a wide range of supplementary products, which include breakdown cover, legal protection, travel insurance and mortgage payment protection insurance.

In 2003, Budget launched Junction, its affinity arm, which provides outsourcing services for major UK brands including Bradford & Bingley plc, Marks & Spencer Money and the Post Office.

Budget’s motorcycle division, Bennetts, is a leading player in the motorcycle insurance market. 

Budget also operates a chain of retail outlets in high streets throughout the UK.  It is currently strengthening this business through a programme of acquisitions of high street brokers and also developing a portfolio of niche products – most recently entering the taxi market.

Budget is a trading name of BISL Ltd, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

Registered Address: Pegasus House, Bakewell Road, Orton Southgate, PE2 6YS. Registered in England no 3231094.