Contract Win - Four Season Health Care employees

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RNS Number : 3804C Personal Group Holdings PLC 17 March 2014     Press Release                                            17 March 2014     Personal Group Holdings plc   ("the Group")              Contract Win to provide benefits scheme to Four Seasons Health Care employees   Personal Group, a leading provider of employee benefits, employee related insurance products and financial services in the UK, is pleased to announce that it has been appointed to provide a benefits programme to the 33,000 employees of Four Seasons Health Care ("Four Seasons"), the UK's largest independent health and social care provider. This contract win is one of the most significant in the history of Personal Group in terms of employee numbers.     The voluntary benefits programme will commence in March 2014. The programme will be available to employees both on and offline, via a bespoke web portal and through a hard copy benefits book.   Four Seasons Health Care operates over 500 Care Homes, hospitals and specialist centres across the UK, providing care and treatment for more than 20,000 people.    Four Seasons chose to work with Personal Group due to the Group's ability to negotiate a broad range of benefits, as well as be able to care for their own staff's health and wellbeing with an Employee Assistance Programme ("EAP") through Personal Group. The EAP provides support to all employees across a number of areas through telephone advice and counsel, online support and specialist helplines.    Ian R Smith, Chairman of Four Seasons, commented:  "We are always looking for additional ways to recognise our employees for the care and commitment they demonstrate every day.  Providing a range of benefits and discounts is one way of saying thank you to them."     Mark Scanlon, CEO of Personal Group, commented: "This is a significant contract win for Personal Group and we are proud to serve Four Seasons. This contract award also further strengthens our position as a leading employee benefits provider to the healthcare sector, where our cli...

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