19 Jul 2010 07:00
| Press Release | 19 July 2010 |
Lighthouse Group plc
('the Company')
Financial Adviser Awards: Large IFA of the Year
Lighthouse signs agreement with UNISON
Lighthouse Group PLC (AIM:LGT) is pleased to announce that its National subsidiary, LighthouseTemple, has been appointed by UNISON, Britain's largest public sector trade union, to supply financial advice to all of the union's members, on an exclusive basis. The new direct contract, which builds on the successful working relationships already established, will run for three years. Lighthouse is the sole approved provider of financial advice to UNISON's members.
UNISON has 1.3 million members who are structured into 12 regions with 1,200 branches throughout the UK. Lighthouse has over 250 financial advisers in its National division, to whom a growing number of new client opportunities are provided by Lighthouse.
Paul Barker, National Membership Services Officer of UNISON, commented:
"We are pleased to have appointed Lighthouse in this capacity, as the Group's quality of advice has been high over the last three years. We are confident that Lighthouse will continue to provide a good standard of advice to UNISON's members."
Paul Harris, Managing Director of LighthouseTemple, commented:
"We are delighted to have been appointed by UNISON, following the strong relationship we have built over the last three years. Securing this contract is a testament to the hard work of the team. The contract gives LighthouseTemple access to over 1 million UNISON members, and we look forward to continuing to provide high levels of advice.
"This contract win comes shortly after we were chosen on a competitive basis to provide financial advice to all employees of the Royal Mint and shows the growing success of Lighthouse in securing new clients for its national advisers."
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For further information, please contact:
| Lighthouse Group plc |
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| Paul Harris | Tel: +44 (0)800 85 85 90 |
| Malcolm Streatfield | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 5646 |
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| www.lighthousegroup.plc.uk |
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| Shore Capital and Corporate Limited | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7408 4090 |
| (Nominated Adviser to the Company) |
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| Dru Danford / Stephane Auton |
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About Lighthouse
Lighthouse is one of the largest financial adviser groups in the UK, with over £6 billion of funds under advice. The Group is cash generative, profitable and dividend paying.
Lighthouse has in excess of 800 IFAs across the UK providing financial planning advice to both private and corporate clients.
On 21 April 2010, Lighthouse was named the Large IFA of the Year at the 2010 Financial Adviser Awards.
LighthouseTemple is a trading style of LighthouseTemple Limited. The Group's 2009 Annual Report and Financial Statements contain more detail on its "National" operations.
About UNISON
UNISON is Britain and Europe's biggest public sector union with more than 1 million members. Its members are people working in the public services, for private contractors providing public services and in the essential utilities. They include frontline staff and managers working full or part time in local authorities, the NHS, the police service, colleges and schools, the electricity, gas and water industries, transport and the voluntary sector. Last year UNISON recruited 137,000 new members - 375 per day.