Molly Is The New Face Of M&S Pet Insurance
Released
on: July 23, 2009, 8:30 am
Author:
Marks & Spencer Money
Industry: Financial
A beagle from South Wales is to become the new face of M&S Pet
Insurance after winning a national competition to find a cat or dog
with true star quality to feature in a future marketing campaign.
To enter the competition, which ran from April until the start of June, M&S pet
insurance
customers were asked to simply submit a photo and a few words about why their cat or
dog is a star. Following the huge response to the competition and after some close
deliberation by the judges, five-month-old Molly, who lives with The Mainwaring
family in Blackwood, Gwent, was named the M&S Pet Star contest top-dog.
This means that Molly will now have a professional photo shoot and be featured in
promotional material for a forthcoming M&S Pet Insurance campaign. The Mainwaring
family will receive £100 worth of M&S vouchers.
Sian Mainwaring said: "Molly is very mischievous and certainly has a mind of her
own but we forgive her anything - most of the time. She means so much to us and it
is wonderful that she will now be the face of M&S Pet Insurance."
Amanda Newman, M&S Head of Marketing, said: "The huge response to the competition
illustrates the fact that we are a nation of cat and dog lovers. It was wonderful to
spend time looking through all the photos and reading why the cats and dogs mean so
much to their owners."
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About M&S Money
M&S Money (the trading name of Marks & Spencer Financial Services) was founded in
1985 as the financial services division of Marks and Spencer Group plc. The company
is now a top ten credit card provider and the second largest travel money retailer
in the UK. M&S Money also offers a range of insurance cover, including travel
insurance,
home insurance, car insurance, loans, savings and investment products.
In November 2004, Marks & Spencer sold M&S Money to HSBC. The Group serves customers
worldwide from around 9,500 offices in 86 countries and territories in Europe, the
Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. With assets of
US$2,527 billion at 31 December 2008, HSBC is one of the world's largest banking
and financial services organisations. HSBC is marketed worldwide as 'the world's
local bank'.
M&S Money has an executive committee comprising an equal number of representatives
from HSBC and Marks & Spencer.
For further information please call the M&S Money press office:
Liz Neild
M&S Money press office
Marks & Spencer Money
Kings Meadow
Chester
CH99 9FB
01244 686 068
money.marksandspencer.com
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