Britannia Rescue wins Kirklees Business Award

Press Release: 7 November 2011

Britannia Rescue has won the Judge's Choice award at the 2011 annual Kirklees Business Awards. The awards recognise outstanding business enterprises in the Kirklees area.

The Judges Choice award is given to businesses which demonstrate strong business performance and growth, as well as a commitment to the local area. There is no shortlist for this award but judges make their selection based on a range of business attributes. Britannia Rescue was selected for the 2011 award because of its financial performance, growth strategy, employee engagement and its ongoing support local community projects.

Peter Horton, Britannia Rescue Managing Director, said: "Huddersfield is the home of Britannia Rescue and we are fully committed to supporting the local area. The staff at our Folly Mills office work extremely hard to deliver excellent service to all our customers across the UK, 24 hours day and 365 days a year. We are delighted to have won the Judge's Choice Award and for our efforts to be recognised in this way."

Britannia Rescue employs 180 people in its Huddersfield office, where it operates a 24 hour service, handling all calls for breakdown assistance from the UK, Eire and mainland Europe. Over the past year the Huddersfield office has also become the first point of contact for LV= car insurance customers who have been involved in an accident.

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Britannia Rescue

Britannia Rescue is the UK's fourth largest road rescue organisation and is part of the LV= group of companies. Britannia Rescue's network has over 3,000 breakdown professionals nationwide and average response time is under 40 minutes.

LV=

LV= employs 5000 people and serves over four million customers with a range of financial products. We are the UK's largest friendly society and a leading financial mutual.

When we started in 1843 our goal was to give financial security to more than just a privileged few and for many decades we were most commonly associated with providing a method of saving to people of modest means. Today we follow a similar purpose, helping people to protect and provide for the things they love, although on a much larger scale and through a wide range of financial services including insurance, investment and retirement products.

We offer our services direct to consumers, as well as through IFAs and brokers, and through strategic partnerships with organisations such as ASDA, Nationwide Building Society and a range of trades unions.

LVFS is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, register number 110035. LVFS is a member of the ABI, the AFM and ILAG.

Registered address: County Gates, Bournemouth BH1 2NF. www.LV.com