Tradewise Insurance Services News
We will be attending the BIBA One Day Event and Exhibition at the Royal Armouries in Leeds on 1st October 2008.
Our Sales and Marketing Director, Wayne Bradshaw, will be in attendance and would be pleased to welcome you at Stand 4.
For more information and to register, please click here.
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Tradewise Insurance Services are delighted to advise of our new relationship with Kewill Systems PLC which will
enable us to work towards our 2007 Business Plan of full
EDI capabilities on our Commercial Account. Please
click here for the Kewill Systems PLC press release.
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UPDATE -
Tradewise @ BIBA 2007 Conference
Following our successful first exhibition at a BIBA
conference we are delighted to advise the winners of both
our daily and grand prize draws. The daily draw winners of a
bottle of Veuve Clicquot Champagne are:
Mr Andrew Drewary - Plantec Holdings Limited
Southport
Mr David Walton - Bromwall Limited Old Hatfield (Pictured Below)
Mr Sunil Shah - C& M Insurance Romford
(Suraj Shah Pictured Below)
The grand prize draw winner of the Sony Playstation 3 is Mr
Peter Crouch (Pictured Below), McHale Heaney London. We are sure Peter will
have many happy hours on his new toy.
We would like to thank everybody who took the trouble
to visit our stand, in particular we wish to thank Claire
Chapman of BIBA who patiently coaxed us through our first
conference.
We are pleased to advise that we are attending the BIBA
conference in Leeds on the 3rd October 2007 and would be
delighted to see you there.
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This years Golf day was once again held at the San
Roque Club, hosts of the Spanish Open.
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well as an individual Stapleford competition, there
was a team competition and prizes for ‘nearest the
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WINNER - AMANDA
SHEPPARD
The individual winner was Amanda Sheppard of
Abbeygate Insurance, seen here collecting her prizes
from Mike Tyler. |
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WINNER -
TEAM SHEPPARD
The team competition was won, largely due to
Amanda’s contribution, by Team Sheppard also
pictured. |
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WINNER - ROBERT BAILEY
'Nearest the pin’ on the 3rd hole was won
with ‘a shot in a million’ by Robert Bailey of
Tradewise,
but collected in his absence by the player nearest the player nearest the pin, Ryan Georgiades of Plan Insurance. |
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WINNER - ARCHIE
‘Longest drive’ is always a hotly contested affair. This year despite the best efforts of Danny Imray,
Steve Smith and Greg Garner, the winner was
‘Archie’, a 15 year old friend of our future
Chairman Jake Humphreys, who is sponsored by
Tradewise and currently plays off of a handicap
of 5.
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Thanks to all who
participated, a great day was had by all. Look
forward to seeing you all again next year.
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 This
year’s staff conference was held at
Walthamstow Stadium on
Thursday 18th January and the compere for the
evening was Mike Tyler, Chief Executive.
All
staff attended the event, which kicked off with
presentations from:
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Mike
Tyler, Chief Executive – Introduction, 2006 Business Plan
Review
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Melanie Jones, Accounts Team Leader – An interesting
review of the year incorporating new procedures and an
explanation of how detailed information can be provided in
a timely fashion.
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Mike West, Credit Control Manager – To get an
acceptable percentage of owed money in to provide
sufficient cleared funds for the companies’ use. With his
use of some very nice slides conveyed his message on
control procedures and targets very well.
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Amanda Nash, Administration Team Leader – Gave a great
talk on how the quality of service can be improved even
further by looking at different ways to increase efficiency
and how the administration department strive to do so.
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Greg Garner, Underwriting Team Leader – Greg’s talk
covered aspects of training in the department and their
constant goal of improving business whether it be by
varying products, online facilities, EDI etc.
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Wayne Martin, Claims Team Leader – Very interesting talk
on the continuing evolution of the claims team. This
coupled with yet another fantastic slide show bought this
part of the conference to an end.
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Mike Tyler, Chief Executive –2007 Business Plan. “To be
the best at what we do for everyone we do it for”
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David Ratledge, Financial Director - A very articulate and well thought
out part of the overall program conveying the rather
complex area of company finance in terms anybody could
understand.
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Kevin Pike, Claims Director - A thought provoking, informative and almost
shocking report on the cost of claims in the industry
today, coupled with some well timed humour made this a
very enjoyable section of the program.
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Wayne Bradshaw, Sales & Marketing Director- An
amusing yet informative section of the evening
incorporating many targets which the company needs to meet
in the coming year and how we can accomplish this.
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Alison Middleton, Operations Director - An interesting talk on efficiency and
customer services again incorporating many targets for the
coming year and some new and improved procedures to make
sure these are met.
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Annette Tyler, Human Resources Director - An interesting period of the evening
covering “recruitment & retention”, “learning &
development” and “compliance”. Thought out and well
executed.
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John Humphreys, IT Director - Presented a humorous speech with great
enthusiasm covering the continuance of the development of
online and in house systems to maximise the use of IT in
the company.
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Mike Tyler, Chief Executive – Staff Survey Feedback
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Angela Runagall, Guest Speaker – Vision / Values /
Behaviours
AND THE WINNER IS...........
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ACHIEVER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Awarded to the employee that has shown significant
personal or professional development by way of on the job
or external training.
WINNER - Melanie Jones |
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OVER AND ABOVE THE CALL OF DUTY AWARD
Awarded to the employee that has performed or carried
out jobs outside his/her job profile to the benefit of
his/her fellow employees or the organisation as a whole.
WINNER - Kerry Russell |
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DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
Awarded to the department who, in your opinion,
consistently demonstrate the ideal skills, knowledge and
behaviours required by the Company.
WINNERS - IT & Claims
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CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD
Awarded to the employee that has consistently achieved
or excelled in customer service either internally or
externally.
WINNER - Amanda Nash |
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TRADEWISE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARD
Awarded to the employee who, in your opinion,
epitomises the Tradewise Mission Statement “To be the best
at what we do for everyone we do it for”.
WINNER - Daniel Orfeur
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INNOVATION AWARD
Awarded to the employee that has suggested or
implemented system or process changes that have resulted
in an increase in efficiency or an improvement in the way
we do business.
WINNER - Andrew Lee |
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TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Awarded to the employee that has consistently shown
attitudes and behaviours that provide an example to all
other members of his/her team and the organisation as a
whole.
Winner - Paul Bates |
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NOW TO THE RACING...........
The evening was capped by an exciting and action packed
Tradewise sponsored race. Participating was our favourite
dog, Sophie Rose which Tradewise has a vested interest in.
Sadly on this occasion we had
to settle for second place, but next time........ |
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21.53 475m Flat
(A3) |
1st £85 &
Trophy, 2nd £30, Others £24 |
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THE TRADEWISE INSURANCE STAKES
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| PENNYS VIVA |
2 |
05.04 |
1111 |
1st |
3 1/2 |
EarlyPace, Led 1 |
29.5 |
4/1 |
29.11 |
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Sophie Rose |
3 |
05.01 |
2222 |
2nd |
3 1/2 |
Epace, EveryChance |
28.9 |
5/2F |
29.39 |
| Droopys Best Man |
6 |
05.13 |
6544 |
3rd |
5 3/4 |
SAW,Blk1,Bmp1/4,RanOn |
30.9 |
5/1 |
29.57 |
| Eye On The Champ |
1 |
05.10 |
5333 |
4th |
6 1/2 |
SlowAway,Bumped1/4 |
32.3 |
6/1 |
29.63 |
| Clonbrin Ted |
5 |
05.01 |
3455 |
5th |
9 3/4 |
QuickAway,BadlyBmp1/4 |
32.9 |
7/2 |
29.89 |
| Zucolade |
4 |
05.10 |
4666 |
6th |
16 1/4 |
SlowAway,BadlyBmp1/4 |
34.3 |
7/2 |
30.41 |
OFF 21.54.17
Mr.P.R.Garland
Win 76p PI 41p 24p F/c £2.37 Trio £5.69
The BGRF Have Added £27 To This Race |
Paul Garland
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SP Book 123 |
Product Enhancements
Reoccurring Indemnity
- The policy is now automatically issued on an ‘any
one occurrence’ limit, rather than an annual limit,
free of charge.
Stock of Vehicles - Rates are now available
for the inclusion of Stock of Vehicles at the Insured’s
premises. These must be kept either in a locked building or
secure compound. Sum insured from £5,000 to £50,000
on an annual indemnity basis. Full details are available from
our Underwriting department.
Carriage of Vehicles
- Rates are also now available for Carriage of Vehicle indemnity.
Full details are available from our Underwriting department.
Own Vehicle/Customers Vehicles Split
Indemnity - We can now offer a multitude of options with regard
to split indemnity levels.
Liabilities
Our facility with Casualty & General
to write Public and Employers Liability for all Motor Trade
classes continues to grow. If you require further information
or a supply of enquiry forms please contact our Underwriting department.
If any of you have other classes of
Liability business, which you would like us to consider, please
contact Wayne Bradshaw, Director of Sales & Marketing,
who will be happy to approach the Underwriters on your behalf.
FSA
Tradewise are only able to trade
with intermediaries authorised by the FSA.
As always we thank you for your support
in the past and look forward to your continued support in
the future. Should you have any queries or questions, please
do not hesitate to contact us.
Contacts
Wayne Bradshaw (Director of Sales & Marketing) 07801 662483
Barbara Miller (Agency Secretary) 020 8350 2324
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