Becketts joins GRiD

Press release 22 September.

Beckett Financial Services is the latest company to become a member of group risk industry body GRiD. The firm recently achieved the prestigious B-Corp which shows it is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency on factors such as employee benefits and workplace culture. Their GRiD membership will help Becketts maintain these high standards in three main ways:

GRiD’s Training Academy

This allows Becketts to support their employees’ aspirations to learn by enhancing the resources available in their own Training Academy.

Research and resources

The wealth of information provided by GRiD will help the company keep their clients up to date with the latest news and views from the industry.

Opportunity to collaborate with government departments, regulators and industry leaders

Access to the wider industry will enable Becketts to help shape the future of employee benefits.

Lesley Delaney, operations director, Becketts said: ‘We can see so many opportunities in membership of GRiD, and we’re very much looking forward to getting involved and making the most of them.’

Paul White, chair of GRiD said: ‘The wealth of expertise we have within GRiD enables us to keep our members at the cutting edge of our industry, and it’s great to see our members making full use of the resources we make available.’

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For further information please contact:

Sharon Mason 
SMUK Marketing and PR
smason@smuk.org.uk 
Mob: 07747 611773
Land: 01252 843350

Katharine Moxham
Spokesperson for GRiD
Katharine.moxham@grouprisk.org.uk
Mob: 07887 512508

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About GRiD

Group Risk Development (GRiD) is the industry body for the group risk sector, promoting the value to UK businesses of providing financial protection for their staff, enhancing their wellbeing and improving employee engagement. Our membership includes insurers, reinsurers, intermediaries and those operating in (or with other interests in) the UK group risk market. Together this forms a collective wealth of experience built over many years. Under the chairmanship of Paul White (head of technical, Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing) GRiD aims to promote group risk through a collective voice to Government, policymakers, stakeholders and employers.