Lighthouse Group PLC Affinity contract renewal
May 15 2018 - 2:01AM
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Lighthouse Group PLC
15 May 2018
Press Release 15 May 2018
Lighthouse Group plc
("Lighthouse" or "the Group")
Affinity contract renewal
Lighthouse Group plc (AIM: LGT), the national financial adviser
of choice for Middle Britain, is pleased to announce that it has
won the renewal of its contract with Royal College of Nursing
(RCN), as the preferred provider of expert financial advice to its
members, encompassing retirement planning, mortgages and
investments, for a further three years from 1(st) March 2018.
Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has around 435,000 members,
comprising of registered nurses, midwives, health care assistants
and nursing students, working in a range of health care
specialities and settings in the NHS and independent sectors.
This contract renewal underlines Lighthouse's already impressive
list of affinity partnerships, which includes major employee
organisations such as UNISON, BA Clubs, Usdaw, Association of
Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and University and College Union
(UCU), further demonstrating Lighthouse's capacity to deliver
financial planning solutions to a diverse and growing audience.
Andy Cowan, Business Director at Royal College of Nursing,
commented: "We are pleased to have renewed this contract with
Lighthouse, as this will enable us to continue to ensure that our
members are able to access financial planning assistance on a truly
national basis and across a broad range of financial planning
topics. It is very important to us to be able to continue to
partner with an organisation which is clearly capable of supporting
our members no matter where they may reside and no matter what
their background. We look forward to further building upon our
relationship with Lighthouse and ensuring that our members are able
to secure quality service and consistent professional financial
advice".
Malcolm Streatfield, Chief Executive Officer of Lighthouse
commented: "The Board is delighted that we have secured this
contract renewal with Royal College of Nursing (RCN), which further
serves to highlight the quality of service and financial planning
support which Lighthouse Financial Advice provides for all
participating members in our affinity relationships. We look
forward to further progressing our relationship with Royal College
of Nursing (RCN) over the coming years. The Board remains committed
to developing further our affinity partnerships throughout the
UK".
For further information, please contact:
Lighthouse Group plc
Malcolm Streatfield - Chief Tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 5640
Executive
Peter Smith - Group Finance
Director
investorenquiries@lighthousegroup.plc.uk www.lighthousegroup.plc.uk
finnCap Limited
(Nominated Adviser and Broker Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7220 0500
to the Company)
Adrian Hargrave / Emily Watts/
Hannah Boros
Media enquiries:
IFC Advisory Limited
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/
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About Lighthouse Group plc
Lighthouse has been listed on AIM since 2000 as an integrated
financial services company for investors, coupled with significant
scale in terms of distribution through financial advisers and
wealth managers and its fully diversified business model.
As one of the UK's largest autonomous financial advice and
wealth management groups, Lighthouse provides a comprehensive range
of services to businesses and individuals and is retained by most
of the major trades unions and other affinity groups to advise
their combined memberships of over 6 million members.
The Group aims to increase its relationships with, and the
benefits it derives from, its relationships with affinity groups
and professional partners.
In addition to a wide range of financial advice, the Group has
developed innovative products to meet the specific needs of its
retail and corporate customers in the asset management and
auto-enrolment sectors.
Lighthouse operates from its headquarters in London as well as
having principal operating offices in Stockport and Woodingdean,
near Brighton.
For more information please visit:
http://www.lighthousegroup.plc.uk/
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