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August 05 2003 - 2:01AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:3195O
Prestbury Holdings PLC
05 August 2003
Prestbury Holdings PLC ("Prestbury" or "Company")
Prestbury Holdings plc announces agreement with Financial
Services Advice and Support Limited
Prestbury Holdings plc, is pleased to announce its largest ever partnership
agreement with the Scottish based IFA network, FSAS (Financial Services Advice
and Support Limited). The deal, signed on 4 August 2003, coincides with the next
stage of development of the Company's, Solution Network trading platform
(www.solutionnetwork.co.uk), and will bring Prestbury's low risk distribution
model a further 120 new members, as the business offers intermediaries access to
an independent panel of Non Investment Related Financial Products such as Term
Life Assurance, Critical Illness Cover, Private Medical Insurance and other
General Insurance offerings.
Commenting Lee Birkett, "In an increasingly competitive marketplace, which is
facing considerable change, industry professionals need real-time access to the
best products on the market. As key areas of an intermediaries portfolio are
deemed low risk by the FSA, we believe that our new look Solution Network will
be an invaluable business building tool for intermediaries as they strive to
help consumers across the UK access services that suit their lifestyles and
products."
5 August 2003
Note to Editors
Prestbury (www.prestbury.com)
Prestbury floated on AIM in October 2002 following a successful issue of
ordinary shares raising #1.0 million of new money for the Company. The Company
was established in 1994 offering a range of complementary financial products
specialising in Life Assurance and Income Protection Products, Non-Status
Specialist Mortgages, Secured Loans and Mainstream Conventional Mortgages. The
Company provides a complete service to its customers originating, packaging and
completing the provision of the financial products in which it specialises
In March 2003 Prestbury successfully raised #500,000 before expenses by way of a
placing of 625,000 new ordinary shares of 5p each at 80p per share with Brit
Insurance Holdings PLC.
Prestbury's services are provided through a combination of telephone and
Internet technologies to both financial intermediaries and direct to consumers.
Prestbury utilises proven information technology at all levels of its business
and has developed three websites, which are branded with the names of its three
trading divisions, each targeted at its different sources of business as
follows:
* Solution Network - deals primarily with financial Intermediaries
(www.solutionnetwork.co.uk)
* Moneybrain - is targeted at more sophisticated individual consumers
(www.moneybrain.com)
* LoansUK - is targeted at less sophisticated individual consumers
(www.loansuk.co.uk)
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