http://www.bankstone.co.uk Bankstone Limited Website Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:31:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bankstone staff hope to raise well over £400 for charity Children in Need following a quiz night and charity auction held on Friday 14th November. Each paid £1 to enter a 48-question quiz and a further 25p for each wrong answer. The winners qualify for an extra day’s paid leave ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/children-in-need-quiz-and-auction Bankstone has brought in two high-profile figures from the motor accident management world to launch a new company Bankstone Advantage, with the specific aim of satisfying clients who demand a high standard of service combined with a core focus on cost control and managing vehicle utilisation. Nick Williams and Phil Webb, ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/motor-accident-management-launch It’s an ill wind that blows no good… or something, as they say. There are early indications this week that harsher economic times are boosting bike sales. Car sales have slumped by 23 per cent, but trade body the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI) reports that registrations of ‘powered two ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/uk-getting-back-on-its-bike Less than two years after entering the continental European market, Irish insurer Quinn confirmed to Insurance Times that it is to cease writing business in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The news follows the resignation of founder chairman Sean Quinn who stepped down as chief executive after the Irish Financial ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/quinn-pulls-out AXA Insurance announced on Monday that it has launched a new personal lines intermediary motor product, AXA Car, targeted at the low-risk driver market. The product combines comprehensive and TPFT cover with a new rating structure and rating factors that supposedly enable more accurate pricing – leading to cheaper quotes for ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/axa-launches-motor-product Days after reporting a 43% increase in profits for the year to June 2008, personal lines broking group BGL has been telling anyone who will listen this week about its plans to acquire other firms again following a seven-year hiatus. Chief Executive Peter Winslow told Insurance Times that he is close ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/bgl-back-on-the-acquisition-trail Implausibly named Insurance Times correspondent Saxon East reported on 5 November that former Confused.com managing director Debra Williams has decided to leave Highway just months after joining the firm. Highway's £150m takeover by mutual Liverpool Victoria (LV) apparently derailed her ambition to work for a publicly listed company. The report quoted ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/williams-chooses-her-way-over-highway A Bankstone team comprising senior staff and customers set out with high hopes of glory at this year's Insurance Endurance karting event. The elements had other plans, however, and heavy rain put a damper on the whole event. The Bankstone team was more than holding its own when the deluge ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/messing-about-on-the-kart-trak-2 Since displaying new point-of-sale materials in their Newcastle-under-Lyme showrooms, dealers DK Motorcycles have leaped into pole position as the leading re-sellers of Bankstone's unique paint sealant treatment for bikes, Protecote. DK customers have been snapping up the Protecote treatment, which not only slashes the time it takes to clean ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/dk-cleans-up-with-protecote Bankstone's charity fundraiser Monkey Monopoly 08 saw a dozen riders braving seriously adverse weather conditions, missing the Grand Prix and Wimbledon mens finals on TV, and looking mildly ridiculous on undersized underpowered motorcycles, to successfully complete a lap of the Yorkshire monopoly board and thereby raise much-needed (non-Monopoly) money ... http://www.bankstone.co.uk/victory-lap-for-monkeys