By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive The BBC’s first ever broadcast appeal for children was in a 5 minute radio broadcast on Christmas Day in 1927 and the money that it raised was spilt between 4 children’s charities. The first TV appeal was in 1955 called “Children’s Hour Christmas Appeal” which was presented by Sooty and Harry Corbett. The Christmas appeals […]
By Ben Scott Marketing Manager The Stoke CII held it’s Annual Dinner on Friday October 14th at The Best Western Moat House Hotel in Festival Park. The Annual Dinner is a formal black tie event for members of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Stoke-on-Trent, featuring representatives from a wealth of local insurance companies and sponsorship from Autonet Insurance Group, QBE, Onesure, Allianz, Kindertons […]
By Ben Scott Marketing Manager Important Communication Regarding Enterprise Insurance Company PLC Original Article: Enterprise Insurance Enter Liquidation On the 26th October a hearing will take place in which the Provisional Liquidator of Enterprise Insurance Company plc will present a report and recommendations to the situation. The statement includes the following: “To prevent the continued accrual of liabilities on an insolvent […]
By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive Connect are participating in Jean for Genes again after the success of last years appeal. So staff members will be rocking that 90’s trend of denim jeans today to help raise money for children affected by a Genetic Disorder. In the UK it is estimated that 1 in 25 children is affected by a genetic disorder and therefore […]
By Ben Scott Marketing Manager A new standard rate of Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) will be introduced from October 1st 2016, increasing the figure from 9.5% to 10%. This Government decision was announced at Budget 2016. This increase in Insurance Premium Tax will not be favorably received following the previous one less than 12 months ago. Thankfully this time around the increase […]
By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive The new five pound note comes into circulation on the 13th September 2016; it will take a few weeks for the notes to spread across the UK to shops, business and banks. The old £5 note will no longer be legal tender from May 2017 and therefore will not be accepted by shops. If after […]
By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive There is a new Insurance Act which will come into effect on 12th August 2016, the new Act provides more up to date framework for commercial insurance and will apply to all commercial polices taken out, renewed and amended from this date. The new Act focuses on “fairness, transparency and certainty” over the rules that govern contracts […]
By Ben Scott Marketing Manager Important Communication Regarding Enterprise Insurance Company PLC On the 22nd of July 2016, the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) intervened in the operations of the Enterprise Insurance Company PLC and issued directions under section 105 of the Financial Services (Insurance Companies) Act to cease the issuing of any insurance contracts (policies) with immediate effect. This […]
By Ben Scott Marketing Manager The Government have taken a strong stance on ensuring the population remain protected from second-hand smoke, especially vulnerable demographics such as children. We all know making smoking illegal would achieve this easier, though I digress. Following the recent smoking related regulations: Smoke-free (Premises and Enforcement) 2006 Smoke-free (Exemptions and Vehicles) 2007 Smoke-free (Vehicle Operators and Penalty […]
By Georgina Bailey Marketing Executive The tax disc has not been in implemented since October 2014 and this has led to a rapid increase of the amount of vehicles which are untaxed. Experts did warn that getting rid of the tax discs which came into effect in 1921 would lead bother driver confusion and more tax evasion, the amount paid […]