Personal Group's salary sacrifice scheme not in jeopardy despite Autumn Statement
24th Nov 2016 15:43
(ShareCast News) - Personal Group, a provider of employee benefits and financial services, said that despite Chancellor Philip Hammond's clamp down on salary sacrifice schemes in the Autumn statement, its 'Lets Connect' scheme will not suffer. Lets Connect is a benefit that offers employees a wide r
Read morePersonal Group inks three-year contract with Sage (UK) Ltd
21st Nov 2016 11:47
(ShareCast News) - Personal Group Holdings said it has signed a three-year agreement with Sage (UK) Ltd to launch Sage Employee Benefits, a new employee-engagement product designed for the SME market. This follows an announcement made by Personal Group on 19 April. Sage (UK) is a subsidiary of Sage
Read morePersonal Group shares slide on disappointing interim earnings
20th Sep 2016 10:59
(ShareCast News) - Employee benefits and insurance products provider Personal Group Holdings reported its results for the six months to 30 June on Tuesday, with revenue increasing by 10.2% to £21.0m. The AIM-traded firm said new insurance business generation increased 12.5% to £6.3m, with major cont
Read morePersonal Group hires George Farrow for 'hapi' product
8th Mar 2016 16:27
(ShareCast News) - Personal Group was looking to boost its new online benefits platform on Tuesday, appointing the experienced George Farrow to the post of commercial relationships director. The AIM-traded company said the role of commercial relationships director was a new one, aimed at progressing
Read morePersonal Group loses Royal Mail insurance contract
18th Feb 2016 15:22
(ShareCast News) - Personal Group reported good trading in an update to the market on Thursday, but that could change in March as the company announced it was being dropped as the insurance provider to Royal Mail's workforce. The AIM-traded provider of employee benefits said the business was continu
Read morePersonal Group's chief executive sells shares
29th May 2015 15:27
Personal Group's chief executive sold some shares in the company on Friday. Mark Scanlon sold 125,000 shares for an individual price of 510p, bringing home a total of £637,500. Following the transaction, Scanlon remains with 27,599 ordinary shares in the insurance products group, which represent 0.
Read moreINTERVIEW - Personal Group reaps benefits of shake-up
24th Sep 2014 09:46
Staff benefit and insurance provider Personal Group hailed the success of a turnaround strategy for helping it increase first-half sales, profits and dividends. The group said moves to bring in new staff and seek business through new channels in the last couple of years had paid off with growth at b
Read morePersonal Group signs deal with Nottingham City Transport
28th May 2014 08:46
Personal Group, which provides employee and financial-related services in the UK, has been appointed to provide a money saving benefits programme to Nottingham City Transport (NCT). NCT's employee programme, called "Link to your benefits", uses Personal Group's portal, My Advantage Plus, which is
Read morePersonal Group restructuring weighs on pre-tax profit
27th Mar 2014 14:10
The costs of a restructuring dragged pre-tax profits at Personal Group, down 55.1 per cent to 3.7m pounds, but the benefits are expected to flow during the coming year. The employee benefits and insurance company said 2013 was a "transformational year" as it invested in a new management team to dri
Read morePersonal Group lands contract with Four Seasons Health Care
17th Mar 2014 07:58
AIM-listed Personal Group, a provider of employee benefits, insurance products and financial services in the UK, has agreed to deliver a benefits programme to the 33,000 employees of Four Seasons Health Care. The contract marks one of the most significant in the group's history in terms of employe
Read morePersonal Group buys Lets Connect IT Solutions
10th Mar 2014 07:54
Employee benefits firm Personal Group has purchased Lets Connect IT Solutions for 12m pounds. The company will pay £6m in cash at completion, followed by an earn out over two years for the remainder of the consideration, dependent on performance. Lets Connect provides salary sacrifice technology
Read morePersonal Group announces first dividend for 2014
20th Feb 2014 15:53
Personal Group Holdings, which provides employee benefit programmes to UK businesses, has announced its first dividend for 2014 of 4.9p per share. The dividend is the first of the four dividends expected to be announced this year and represents an increase of about 5.4% on last year. "The board is
Read morePersonal Group's long-running FD steps down
19th Feb 2014 07:49
Personal Group has revealed that its long-running Finance Director will step down from the board after 23 years with the AIM-listed financial services firm. Personal Group, which specialises in employee benefits and employee related insurance products, said that John Barber will retire at the annua
Read moreTom Albanese stocks up on Vedanta shares
20th Nov 2013 16:14
Tom Albanese, a big player in the mining industry, has bought a round of shares in Vedanta Resources worth 298,290 pounds. Albanese, who is the former chief of Rio Tinto, purchased 30,500 shares at 978p each. In September the director took up an advisory role as Chairman of Vedanta Resources Ho
Read moreBig Yellow non-exec buys 10,000 shares
19th Nov 2013 16:30
Storage giant Big Yellow Group has announced that Georgina Harvey, one of its Non-Executive Directors, on Tuesday purchased 10,000 shares, marking her first holding in the company. Harvey, who joined the company at the start of July, bought the shares at 470p each on the same day the group posted
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