NORTHAMPTON SAINTS stars Lewis Ludlam and George Hendy are pictured (below) at the official opening ceremony of the new Northampton office of insurance company Simply Business.
The company has been based in the town’s St Katherine’s Street at Sol House for 17 years before moving to its new contact centre at Pavillion Drive on Northampton Business Park.
The move is in response to the company’s growth, its UK chief executive Alan Thomas told guests including Northampton South MP Andrew Lewer. Simply Business employs more than 400 people and provides insurance for more than 3,000 local businesses and 2,500 landlords locally, he said.
“We are proud to have called the town ‘home’ for 17 years and are equally excited for the years to come as we invest in an impressive new office space for our people,” Mr Thomas told guests at the opening ceremony.“In that time, we have grown our Northampton team to over 400 people and we feel fortunate to have been able to welcome and nurture so many talented individuals – a number of whom have been with us for a decade or more.”
Simply Business has won awards for its company culture and has twice been named the Sunday Times Best Company to Work For. More recently, its Northampton-based contact centre was crowned Best Large Contact Centre of the Year at the UK Contact Centre Forum Awards 2023 and was highly commended for Best Employee Engagement Strategy.
Simply Business has been an accredited B Corporation since 2017. Certified B Corporations – known as B Corps – are companies verified by B Lab to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.
“We have long known that engaged people drive the best outcomes for our customers like the 5,000-plus we insure in Northampton.,” Mr Thomas said. “That is why we are committed to providing a great working environment for our Northampton colleagues and we are delighted to be doing just that with our new office at 900 Pavillion Drive.
“Small businesses are vital to the success of our economy and communities and we know that is especially true in Northampton. We could not be happier that so many fantastic local businesses have been able to be a part of our office opening.”
Simply Business also has an office in central London and is one of the UK’s largest providers of small business and landlord insurance, with over 900,000 customers.
To celebrate its new office opening, Simply Business recruited ten Northampton-based suppliers to deliver lunch and treats to staff.
Northampton Saints captain Lewis Ludlam said: “It is a pleasure to have officially opened the new Simply Business office. The local community is an important part of our club and having employers like Simply Business renewing their investment and commitment to the area really makes a difference to the people that live here.”