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BSM picks Secondsight to communicate its new pension scheme to employees 
(2009-09-29)

Secondsight, the employee benefits communication expert, announces its partnership with BSM to install and communicate its new pension scheme to its 370 employees throughout the UK.

BSM, which has a network of 94 retail centres from Inverness to Truro and teaches more than 130,000 learners a year, is investing heavily in its future .The rollout of the new pension also coincides with BSM’s new four-year car deal with Fiat, where Fiat will be providing over 14,000 tuition cars, most being the award-winning Fiat 500 – Car of the Year 2008 – along with the popular Grande Punto model.

The pension communication exercise conducted by Secondsight will take place from the beginning of October 2009. 200 employees based at its retail centres across the country will be offered an individual telephone meeting with a financial adviser to discuss their pension. The remainder, including contact centre staff at its Bristol headquarters, will each attend a Group Pension Presentation and will be offered an individual meeting, should they wish to join the scheme. The exercise is expected to last four weeks.

Helen Robinson, HR Manager at BSM comments:

‘We consider this to be a fantastic opportunity for our colleagues to increase their awareness of pensions and to better understand the importance of financial planning, particularly during a period of economic downturn. We are making a financial commitment to our colleagues by improving the pension offering but also want to ensure they have a really positive experience and provide them with a really great foundation for their financial future.

Ultimately, we want to make BSM an employer of choice and improving the pension is one step in the process of achieving this goal. All in all, this is a good time for those working at BSM’.

ENDS

For further information, contact:

Joanna Butler, PR & Marketing Manager, Secondsight, joanna@second-sight.com

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About Secondsight

Secondsight specialise in the installation, communication and ongoing support of employee benefits. We have over 40 corporate clients, managing the benefits and pensions of almost 7,000 employees. Many of our clients include some of the most recognisable brands in the UK, primarily in the media, banking, IT and pharmaceutical industries. Secondsight is also part of Foster Denovo Limited, a national firm of Independent Financial Advisers.

www.second-sight.com

About BSM

Established in 1910, BSM is the UK’s leading driving school, with around 3,000 driving instructors teaching more than 130,000 learners to drive each year. BSM is one of the most recognised British brands with nearly 100 years of history and a market share of approximately 10 per cent. BSM is also one of the largest providers of instructor training and carries out driver training for companies, as well as the public and governmental sectors.