Angered that under the Chancellor's recent pre-budget report, road tax rates for motorcycles are set to increase this year, the British Motorcyclists Federation have set up a petition on the No 10 website asking the Prime Minister to intervene and stop the increases. The BMF say that at a time of economic hardship and when sales of motorcycles are already down some 27% year on year, it makes n... Read more
7 October 2009 BLD SUPPORTS THE LOCAL YOUTH PROJECT ‘WOTS’ BLD Group, the Ringwood based motorcycle specialist, has recently been involved in the refurbishment of the ‘Word on the Street’ (WOTS) charity youth double-decker bus. The 'Word On The Street' project, otherwise known as 'WOTS' is a mobile youth centre based in Ringwood but also serves a number of local surrounding areas ... Read more
BLD PROVIDES BIKES FOR LOCAL ‘WHEELS TO WORK’ JOB SCHEME BLD Group, Hampshire’s specialist motorcycle company, are delighted to be able to work with Community First New Forest and their Wheels to Work scheme. BLD will be assisting in supplying mopeds, breakdown cover, crash repairs, riding kit and mechanical services for the initiative which endeavours to ensure that young people bet... Read more
20 June 2009 BLD APPOINTS NEW OPERATIONS MANAGER BLD Group, the UK’s largest specialist motorcycle claims management company, has appointed Matthew Graham as Operations Manager. Matthew has eight years of experience in the insurance sector and has been with BLD for four years. Matthew oversees BLD’s Claims, FNOL and Customer Support teams and is the account manager for one of our big... Read more
17 June 2009 BLD APPOINTMENTS BLD Group, the UK’s largest specialist motorcycle claims management company, has recently made two new marketing appointments. • Jerry Moorhouse, BLD’s Business Development Manager is now also taking a role in the marketing and promotion aspects of BLD. Jerry has 3 years in the motorcycle claims field. His key focus of activity is managing and develop... Read more
15th September BLD SPONSOR NORTHERN BIKE RIDER ON CANCER AND KIDNEY CHARITY RIDE BLD Group, the specialist motorcycle claims and accident management company, has agreed to sponsor a charity motor bike ride in August 2010 which is seeking to raise over £10,000 to be split between Cancer Research UK and Kidney Research UK. Damian Hartley, aged 22 years old and from Halifax, will be r... Read more
9 June 2009 BLD ENTERS MONKEY BIKE CHARITY EVENT BLD Group, the specialist motorcycle claims and accident management company, has entered a team of its own staff into the Bankstone Charity Fund raising event for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance service. From the Southern Depot’s they have Daren Bottomley, Kevin Potts, Stuart Dobson and Mike McMillan and from the Northern depot they have Ste... Read more
4 December 2008 BLD GROUP WINS BACK KEY ACM MOTORCYCLE ACCOUNT BLD Group, the specialist motorcycle claims management company, is pleased to announce that it has won back the ACM ULR motorcycle account after a gap of nearly two years. ACM ULR is the claims management arm of the highly successful BGL Group, which also includes the UK’s number one broker for motorcycle insurance, Bennetts... Read more
LOCAL FIRMS BLD AND COLES MILLER COMBINE FORCES AT DREAM MACHINES, POOLE QUAY BIKE EVENINGS BLD Group, the specialist motorcycle claims and accident management company, and Coles Miller, a local firm of solicitors, are combining some of their local marketing activities and in particular the Dream Machines Poole Quay evenings which are held every second Tuesday of the month. The ne... Read more