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Sagicor Financial Corporation
20 June 2012
Sagicor at Lloyd's
Businesses - and their employees - offered London 2012 Games
travel advice live on Twitter
-- Transport for London, Unilever and Sagicor at Lloyd's come
together to give travel advice to businesses via a live Get Ahead
of the Games Twitter chat
-- To participate, follow #GAOTG from 13:00-14:00 BST on Thursday 21 June 2012
After the success of the first Twitter chat for businesses last
month, Transport for London (TfL) will be hosting a second live
Twitter chat this week, and is calling for businesses and commuters
to join in to learn more about how they can Get Ahead of the
Games.
TfL will be joined by experts from Unilever and Sagicor at
Lloyd's, who will answer questions to help Britain's employers and
commuters plan their transport ahead of the London 2012 Games.
Ben Plowden, Director of Planning at TfL Surface Transport;
Jacobina Plummer, Global Change and Communications Manager, Agile
Working for Unilever; and Paul Marden, Marketing, Communications
and CSR officer at Sagicor at Lloyd's (an insurance syndicate
operating in Lloyd's of London insurance market) will be available
between 13:00-14:00 BST on Thursday 21 June 2012 on Twitter.
Unilever and Sagicor are well-placed to answer questions having
already developed best practice Games-time travel plans to suit
their businesses. Their plans include offering flexible or home
working options and encouraging employees to use alternative forms
of transport, such as cycling or walking all or part of their
commute.
The chat will be hosted by the official London 2012/TfL Get
Ahead of the Games transport advice twitter feed @GAOTG, using the
hashtag #GAOTG. Questions for the panel can be submitted to @GAOTG
beforehand, using the hashtag #GAOTG.
Firms - and their employees - can ask questions to help them
maximise the business benefits of the Games, and to plan ahead for
an exceptionally busy transport network. Potential topics for the
live chat include:
-- How businesses are planning ahead to minimise the travel impact of the Games on operations;
-- Ways to communicate plans to employees and stakeholders;
-- Advice on alternative forms of transport, such as cycling or walking to work
-- Key hotspots that commuters will need to avoid;
-- Tools and information needed about road events and how to plan journeys;
-- Challenges experienced to date with travel planning and how to overcome them;
-- How to test travel plans;
-- Sending and receiving deliveries during Games time;
-- Legacy: How to continue with any travel plans put in place after the Games.
Businesses affected by the Games can follow #GAOTG on Twitter
from 13:00-14:00 BST on Thursday 21 June 2012.
Ben Plowden, Director of Planning at TfL Surface Transport,
said:
"After the success of the first ever Olympic Twitter chat for
businesses, we're engaging with businesses once again, as well as
tweeting directly to commuters. By teaming up with influential
organisations already planning ahead for Games-time, this Twitter
chat offers a direct channel for firms and London commuters to
speak to other companies and workers as well as to TfL.
"During the Games, London will be turned into a massive sporting
and cultural venue. As a result central London, the ORN and areas
around venues will be exceptionally busy. This is why we're
communicating with businesses to help them avoid delay and
disruption and ensure they have all the advice and support they
need to plan ahead."
Jacobina Plummer, Global Change and Communications Manager,
Agile Working for Unilever, said:
"Like many companies, business continuity will be critical for
Unilever during the Games. Our approach to planning for Games-time
is to raise employee awareness around the impact on the transport
network, and the range of solutions to overcome this. Key to
Unilever's Games-time plan is our approach to flexible working,
which is ingrained in our business and available to all employees.
As a result, 92% of our London-based employees said they felt
confident working away from the office during the Olympics. While
it's taken us years to foster that culture, via Twitter I can share
our experiences and some tips with other companies looking for last
minute quick wins to help get ready for the Games."
Paul Marden, Marketing, Communications and CSR officer, Sagicor
at Lloyd's, said:
"We are taking planning very seriously as we're based in City of
London, a key hotspot area. We have five staff managing different
aspects of the planning from HR to IT and we're communicating all
plans to employees in 'lunch and learn' sessions. Non-essential
employees are being encouraged to work from home, while essential
staff, like those trading at Lloyd's, are encouraged to walk or
cycle into work. To make this as easy as possible, we're allowing
'dress down' during Games-time and looking to install bike storage.
We've been planning since October last year and I'll draw on our
experiences to answer questions during the live chat."
London 2012 and TfL have provided free travel advice to business
programmes to companies operating in areas of London and the rest
of the UK that will be affected by the Games. Five hundred major
businesses employing more than 600,000 people have signed up for
specific travel advice and have drafted travel plans which they
have shared with TfL, and 24,000 businesses across London and other
affected areas of the UK have attended TfL arranged or supported
workshops.
Businesses are encouraged to use the support available at
www.GetAheadoftheGames.com to prepare and test in advance of the
Games.
20 June 2012
Enquiries
Tfl Press Office 0845 604 4141
Tiffini Winn +44 (0) 20 7544 3758
Tiffini.winn@mcsaatchi.com
Sagicor at Lloyd's +44 (0) 20 3003 6800
Paul Marden
College Hill +44 (0) 20 7457 2020
Antonia Coad
Nonie Marler
Notes to editors
1. TfL will only be talking about business and London-commuter
related travel planning questions and will not be answering
questions outside those topics. Example questions for this chat may
include: How can my business prepare for the Games? What can I do
to reduce my travel? How do I ensure I receive deliveries during
Games time? What advice do you have if I usually commute on public
transport, but wish to cycle during Games-time?
2. A transcript of the Twitter debate will be available on
www.GetAheadoftheGames.com following the Twitter chat
3. Ben Plowden is Director of Planning, Surface Transport at
TfL. His responsibilities include providing the overall strategic
direction for Surface Transport and delivery of cycling, walking,
public realm, road safety, freight, bus priority and reducing
Londoners' travel demand during the London 2012 Games. Ben Plowden
has been at TfL since 2002, during which time he has held a number
of senior roles
4. Jacobina Plummer is Global Change and Communications Manager
of Unilever's global Agile Working Programme. Her responsibilities
include developing training and workshops to help people improve
their virtual working skills. She has worked with teams around the
world including Bangkok, Moscow, New Jersey, Rome, Dubai and London
to understand how flexible working can benefit a business, its
employees and the environment. Jacobina has worked at Unilever for
four years in a range of roles including internal communications
and media relations.
5. Paul Marden is Marketing, Communications and CSR officer for
Sagicor at Lloyd's. His responsibilities include heading up
Sagicor's Global Risks' Marketing, Communications and Corporate
Social Responsibility department. Previously Paul worked as
Operations Manager, including broker development and ran the
successful rebranding of Gerling at Lloyd's to Sagicor at Lloyd's
and BSU to Sagicor Underwriting Ltd. Paul has worked at Sagicor at
Lloyd's for seven years
6. London 2012 and TfL are providing free travel advice to
businesses operating in areas of London and the rest of the UK that
will be affected by the Games. Central London, the ORN and areas
around venues will be exceptionally busy. By visiting
www.GetAheadoftheGames.com or following the @GAOTG Twitter channel,
businesses can receive the latest tips, travel information and
advice on how to plan ahead and keep their firms running
smoothly
7. Further information about future Twitter chats will be added
to www.GetAheadoftheGames.com or @GAOTG between now and the London
2012 Games
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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