Hampshire Fare Banking on New Friendship
Hampshire Fare is delighted to welcome Bankbrokers as a Corporate Friend, supporting the growing membership of local hospitality businesses, independent retailers and producers.
Neil Fillbrook FCII, Bankbrokers President North America and CEO UK & Ireland commented: “I am thrilled that our partnership with Hampshire Fare has continued to grow and that we have now become a Corporate Friend. Whilst being a global firm, we love working with companies in the Hampshire region, where our UK Head Office is based - in Bishop’s Waltham.
"We have a particular affinity with the hospitality and catering sector and are considered a trusted advisor to the industry. We derive huge satisfaction from reducing bank charges and merchant service fees for local companies in this sector. Since joining Hampshire Fare last summer, our first two payment projects yielded annual recurring savings of 17% and 30% for Hampshire companies."
Bankbrokers also recently completed a project for the Institute of Hospitality (IOH) national trade body in the UK. Their CEO Robert Richardson FIH said: “As the General Manager of a large hotel, I gave Bankbrokers a mandate to benchmark and renegotiate our merchant services arrangements. They did a fantastic job and reduced our annual costs of taking client payments by almost 30%.
"When I became CEO of the Institute of Hospitality, I gave them the same brief: save the organisation money without the overhead of changing providers. I was absolutely delighted to see them deliver the same result again – this time reducing the Institute’s costs by a whopping 50%. Bankbrokers UK & Ireland did all the work. They kept my Finance team and me fully informed. I didn’t have to do anything apart from give them the brief and the authority to benchmark and renegotiate on our behalf.”
Tracy Nash, Commercial Manager, Hampshire Fare, said: “We are very pleased to welcome Bankbrokers as Hampshire Fare’s Corporate Friends. We are also delighted by the positive results Bankbrokers have achieved for our members, many of whom are squeezed financially in the current economic climate. These savings make a substantial difference to a business’s margins and viability.”
Whitchurch Silk Milk is one of the Hampshire Fare members who benefitted from Bankbrokers’ services. Jessica Bone from Whitchurch Silk Mill explained: "I sent an enquiry through to Bankbrokers and had a call back from Neil’s team the following day to collate the information they needed to progress further. Bankbrokers were friendly and helpful and the process couldn’t have been easier! Within two weeks Bankbrokers contacted me to say they had secured a 17% saving with our current provider, meaning we didn’t have to go through the hassle of changing providers. The next day I received confirmation from our provider. Like other businesses, we are keen to make any saving we can and this was so easy!”
The main picture shows Neil Fillbrook, President North America and CEO UK & Ireland, Bankbrokers, explaining how the hospitality sector can benefit from Bankbrokers’ services to Bekka Watts, Manager, The Baker Arms, Droxford, with Tracy Nash, Hampshire Fare.
The picture below was taken for the official announcement of Hampshire Fare’s new Corporate Friendship at The Bakers Arms, Droxford, with (left to right) Tracy Nash, Hampshire Fare; Bekka Watts, The Baker Arms; Neil Fillbrook, President North America and CEO UK & Ireland, Bankbrokers, and Ed Fillbrook, Junior Partner, Bankbrokers.
Images with thanks to The Electric Eye Photography.
