Tesco launches its Van with insurance - YAHOO!

Tesco launches its Van with insurance - YAHOO!

Supermarket takeaway: new Tesco Van Insurance launched ( Source: Business Car Manager )

(PRWEB UK) 28 May 2012

Author: RALPH MORTON

Hopping down in a van to a local Tesco supermarket to pick up some groceries, make sure to pick up the items marked van insurance.

Because not only does Tesco want to supply you with food and drink, it also wants that people to take away its newly launched Tesco Van Insurance via Tesco Bank.

The supermarket says Tesco Van Insurance has been designed to give businesses and traders a comprehensive insurance cover in one place.

And the comprehensive cover looks comprehensive.

If picked it off the shelves people will get mobile repairs, a courtesy van, lock and key cover, legal cover, foreign use cover and a lifetime guarantee on repairs, as standard. A payment holiday scheme has also been built into the cover for Tesco Clubcard customers, enabling a month’s payment holiday on insurance premium instalments up to twice a year – useful by going away on holiday.

In addition to Tesco Van Insurance, can also be addeed on Tesco Tradesman Insurance for public and employers’ liability insurance or cover for tools and equipment.

Both vans and pick-ups can be covered by the insurance, as well as trailer cover for tow one. As many as eight drivers can be insured to drive the same van, while if the business has multiple vans and pick-ups, then they can all be included on the same Tesco Van Insurance policy.

Julie Hopes, managing director, Insurance at Tesco Bank, said on this latest business van news:

“We understand that commercial vans are an essential part of the smooth running of many businesses, particularly for those van drivers who are self-employed.

“We have listened to our customers and, in response, have introduced a product which offers comprehensive and competitive cover to ensure commercial van drivers stay on the road at all times.”

Both Tesco Van Insurance and Tesco Tradesman Insurance are underwritten by AXA Insurance.

The business van insurance offers sole traders and van fleet operators the choice of comprehensive (Comp), third party fire & theft (TPFT) or third party only (TPO) cover. You can find further details at Tescobank.com/van .

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Short Wimbledon matches and England struggles - ESPN.co.uk

What was the shortest-ever match at Wimbledon? asked Colin Burns
There have been 16 men's singles matches at Wimbledon which were won 6-0 6-0 6-0, the last by Stefan Edberg in 1987, so one of those was probably the shortest completed men's match. In the ladies' singles there have been 125 "double bagels", the most embarrassing of them probably the 1911 final, when Dorothea Lambert Chambers beat Dora Boothby 6-0 6-0. That match lasted only 24 minutes, but the Wimbledon records state that the 1922 final - in which Suzanne Lenglen beat Molla Mallory 6-2 6-0 - was done and dusted a minute quicker.

The shortest men's singles final was in 1881, when Willie Renshaw beat John Hartley in 37 minutes; this was approached in 1936 when Fred Perry hammered the injured Gottfried von Cramm in 40. But the overall record for Wimbledon was established in a second-round men's doubles match in 1995, when the American Tommy Ho and Brett Steven from New Zealand (the No. 9 seeds) took on the Italian-South African pair of Cristian Brandi and Marcos Ondruska. Steven served the first point, it was returned, and Ho stretched to intercept ... and injured his back so badly that he couldn't continue. The match was over after about five seconds.

I find the team names in Super Rugby confusing - where do the winners (Bulls, Reds etc) actually come from? asked Graham Howe
Super Rugby - the tournament for club or provincial rugby union sides from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa - started in more or less its current format in 1996 (as "Super 12", as there were a dozen teams at the time), when it was won by the Blues, from Auckland. They also won in 1997 and 2003. In 1998 the Crusaders - from Christchurch in New Zealand - took the first of their record seven titles, while the Brumbies, from Canberra in Australia, joined the winners' list in 2001 (and won again in 2003).

South Africa's first winners were the Bulls, from Pretoria, who won in 2007, 2009 and 2010, while a new name was added to the honours board in 2011 when the Brisbane Reds won for the first time. The 2012 competition, involving 15 teams, started in February; the final is due to be played on August 4. As I write the Chiefs - from Waikato in New Zealand - are on top of the table.

England have never won football's European Championship. Have they ever reached the final? asked Roy McDonald
You're right in thinking that England's footballers have a fairly woeful record in the European Championship. They have never reached the final of the tournament - which started in 1960 as a modest four-team event - and have only twice made it as far as the semi-finals: in 1968, when despite having most of the side that had won the World Cup two years previously, England lost 1-0 to Yugoslavia in Florence (Italy, the hosts, went on to win the final; England beat the Soviet Union in the third-place playoff).

It wasn't until Euro '96 - which was held in England - that they made it as far as the semis again, famously losing on penalties to Germany at Wembley (this was when Gareth Southgate missed the vital one). By then the third-place play-off for the beaten semi-finalists, which would have pitted England against France, had been dropped. Germany went on to win the final, against the Czech Republic, with a "golden goal" in extra time. England have taken part in the European Championships on five other occasions, reaching the quarter-finals in 2004 but failing to progress beyond the group stage in 1980, 1988, 1992 and 2000.

I've heard that no American has ever won the British Open at Lytham, this year's venue. Is this true? asked Michael Carr
It was true, up to a point, until 1996 - so maybe you heard this a long time ago! Until Tom Lehman won at Royal Lytham and St Annes in 1996, no American professional had ever won the Open there (Bobby Jones, an amateur, won the first one played there, in 1926). David Duval, another American, won at Lytham in 2001, so the last two Opens there have been won by American golfers. There was a long dry run between 1926 and 1996, though, during which time Lytham Opens were won by Bobby Locke (South Africa; 1952), Peter Thomson (Australia; 1958), Bob Charles (New Zealand; 1963), Tony Jacklin (Great Britain; 1969), Gary Player (South Africa; 1974) and Severiano Ballesteros (Spain; 1979 and 1988).

Paavo Nurmi won nine Olympic gold medals between 1920 and 1928. But what event did Nurmi win in Berlin in 1936? asked Ken Broughton
This is a bit of a trick question. Paavo Nurmi, the great Finnish long-distance runner, won nine gold medals (and three silvers) at the Olympics in the 1920s - three at Antwerp in 1920, five in Paris in 1924, and one (the 10,000 metres) at Amsterdam in 1928. In 1920 and 1924 his golds included winning the individual cross-country race, and getting a medal for the team event too. Nurmi had hoped to compete again at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, but he was branded a professional - for allegedly receiving too much in expenses for a meeting in Germany - and banned. He was therefore ineligible to compete in further Games. But Nurmi did indeed win two further golds, at Berlin in 1936 ... in the individual and team equestrian three-day event, when the German rider Ludwig Stubbendorf rode a horse called Nurmi.

Ronnie O'Sullivan has now reached four world snooker finals, and won all four. Has anyone else managed this? asked Ian Rossington
The great Joe Davis won the first 15 World Snooker Championships, between 1927 and 1946, and never lost in the final (at least once "final" was a bit of a misnomer, as there was only one other entrant). But since the knockout format was reintroduced in 1969, "Rocket" Ronnie is unique in winning all four of his finals. Only one other player has a 100% record: Neil Robertson, the Australian who won the title in 2010, in his only appearance in the final so far. Jimmy White has a rather more unenviable record: he reached six finals and lost the lot - no-one else has lost more than two, without ever winning one, since 1969 (Eddie Charlton, Matthew Stevens and this year's beaten finalist Ali Carter come into this twice-defeated category).

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Wimbledon and Dailymotion ink tennis deal - Marketing Week

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has signed an excusive deal with video sharing platform Dailymotion to stream live coverage from this year’s Wimbledon tournament in a bid to bolster its digital media offering to fans.

The AELTC will use the video sharing platform to launch Live@Wimbledon, its digital media service that shows matches as well as pre-filmed content such as behind-the-scenes interviews, match previews, highlights and archive footage.

Coverage will be streamed on Wimbledon.com, the tournament’s official iPhone and Android apps, as well as on Dailymotion, whose global audience reaches 115 million monthly unique visitors according to its vice-president of international content Daniel Adams.

It will air everyday throughout the two weeks the Championship is contested to tennis fans in the UK, US, and all South American countries except Brazil. The two markets with the largest audiences for the tournament are the UK and USA, according to the AELTC, with 204 million and 123 million viewing hours respectively in 2010.

Adams says the tie-up aims to build on the platform’s sports offering, which has previously showed UEFA Europa Cup matches.

He adds: “This [partnership] will be a mix of live action, exclusive background and behind the scenes material to compliment the live broadcast. This builds on our heritage of showing exciting and exclusive live sports action to our global audience of 115 million monthly unique visitors.”

The move is part of a series of initiatives the AELTC is launching to raise the profile of the only grass court-based grand slam tournament on the ATP circuit. It signed an exclusive deal with EA Sports for the release of Grand Slam Tennis 2 in February and last year Wimbledon sponsor Sony filmed the finals in 3D for the first time ever.

Source: www.marketingweek.co.uk

Robins fans still smiling after Wembley heartache - This is Gloucestershire

HEARTBROKEN Robins' fans put on a brave face after their side's defeat in the League Two play-off final at Wembley.

Disappointed Cheltenham Town fans could be seen holding their heads in their hands as the team suffered a 2-0 defeat to Crewe Alexandra yesterday.

1. Hat-Trick David Kendrick, David Cook and Alan Kendrick from Arle

2. Friends: Mary Green and John Goode

3. Journey: Daniel Smith, Lee and Liam Newman, six, Bryn and Shona Newman, Liam Burley and Chelsea Findlay

4. Family: Terry Coates, left, with Jamie, Ian and Nick

5. Fans: Darren Matthews and Kevin Jones

6. Support: Lucy Vincent, George Mountney, Nick Vincent and Adam Nadolski

7. Wembley visit: Joshua Rosagro, six, shows his support for Cheltenham Town

8. Shades: Jack Toogood, 11, Paul Taylor and Adam Taylor, 11

9. Seamus O'Dwyer, five

But despite their League One hopes being dashed, faithful fans remained thankful that they were part of the big day.

The 10,000 strong support created an electric atmosphere after making the 87-mile journey to the iconic stadium in west London.

A fleet of 57 coaches transported around 3,000 hopeful supporters from Cheltenham racecourse and they helped transform Wembley into a sea of ruby red and white.

Fans said it had been "a momentous occasion" and "a day full of great atmosphere" and were "happy to have been part of history".

Robins' fan John Cosh, 28, could be seen clutching the flag he has taken to about 1,000 away games.

He said: "My message to the team is 'heads up boys. You had a good game and we are still proud of you'."

Drew Shaw, 22, a network engineer from Cheltenham, also offered his support to the team.

He said: "I have supported Cheltenham all my life, I'm a massive fan. I went to Wembley with them in 1998 and I was proud to go again.

"The first half was promising and they seemed quite comfortable. Keep it up boys."

John Thompson, 23, said: "It was definitely worth it, we don't get many chances to come to Wembley. Crewe took their chances and we didn't, that is football."

For Andrea Williams from Cheltenham, it was first taste of live football.

She said: "I am so glad I came, it was obviously a disappointing result, but I enjoyed the whole experience." Her husband Steve said: "I don't think Crewe deserved to win. We played so well, they should be proud of getting to Wembley."

Dylan Jenkins from Bishop's Cleeve made special arrangements for his son Toby to watch the match, after realising the 13-year-old was due to be in France on a school exchange trip.

He booked a different ferry, leaving a day after Toby's classmates, and asked his mother Daphne to act as translator.

Toby, who was on his way to Portsmouth to catch the ferry last night, said: "It was well worth it, even though we didn't get the result we wanted.

"It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the Robins play at Wembley and I'm so grateful to dad for making all the arrangements so I could stay."

The match saw a reunion for two cousins who had not seen each other for three years.

Wendy Pidduck, 43, has remained a loyal Robins' fan even though she moved to Ramsgate in Kent as a child. She combined seeing her team playing at Wembley with meeting up with her cousin, Colin Griffiths, from Up Hatherley.

Wendy said: "There was an amazing atmosphere and I'd not seen Colin since my 40th birthday, so it was great to meet at Wembley."

Three generations of Cheltenham Town fans from the Coates family travelled to Wembley. Lifelong Robins fan Terry Coates, 73, started going to games at Whaddon Road aged 12. He was joined by son Ian, 48, and grandsons Nick, 22, and Jamie, 13.

Terry said: "I got tickets for Wembley immediately. It was a great feeling to be there.

"I go to every game as a season ticket holder. Now my grandson Jamie is a bigger supporter than I am. I hope the future generations of the family support the Robins."

Mel James, 69, who has been going to Whaddon Road since the 1950s, said: "There is nothing like lower division football. You get to know all the team."

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Source: www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk

London 2012 Olympics venues: All England Lawn Tennis Club - Daily Telegraph

Hosting: Tennis
Schedule: July 28 – Aug 5
Capacity: 30,000
Fact: Wimbledon has been inhabited since the Iron Age.
Post games: na/a
Test event: Jun 20-Jul 3, 2011: Tennis, The Championships
Transport: Wimbledon (London Underground, National Rail, Tramlink), Southfields (London Underground), South Wimbledon (London Underground)

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Djokovic, Federer open Roland Garros bids - Sport.co.uk

Djokovic, Federer open Roland Garros bids

World number one Novak Djokovic kicks off his bid for an historic Grand Slam on Monday when he tackles Italian claycourter Potito Starace in the French Open first round.

The top seed is just seven wins away from becoming only the third man to hold all four majors at the same time.

But the Wimbledon, US Open and Australian Open champion has never made a final in Paris, falling at the semi-finals on three occasions.

He also has Roger Federer in his half of the draw where the great Swiss looms as a potential semi-final opponent.

Federer, the holder of a record 16 Grand Slam titles, was the champion at Roland Garros in 2009, and he also starts his campaign on Monday against Germany's Tobias Kamke.

Defending women's champion Li Na of China is second match on Philippe Chatrier Court where she faces Romania's Sorana Cirstea.

Top seed and world number one Victoria Azarenka, the Australian Open champion, begins proceedings on the main court against Alberta Brianti of Italy.

Former men's world number one Lleyton Hewitt of Australia is also in action against Slovenia's Blaz Kavcic.

The former Wimbledon and US Open champion will take to Court Seven with two screws and a metal plate now locking permanently into place in the big toe on his left foot after undergoing radical surgery to prolong his career.

Hewitt, now ranked 175, has had only two weeks of practice ahead of his first-round match and if he gets past Kavcic his next opponent could be Djokovic.

Source: www.sport.co.uk

Wembley woe will make us stronger, says Cheltenham Town boss - This is Gloucestershire

MARK Yates is adamant that Cheltenham Town will come back even stronger next season after their play-off final defeat by Crewe Alexandra at Wembley yesterday.

The Robins controlled long periods of the match and went close to scoring on numerous occasions, but a first-half cracker from wonderkid Nick Powell along with Byron Moore's late goal took the Railwayman into League One.

1. Luke Summerfield

Yates told his players immediately after the match how proud he was of their efforts and he is determined they will mount another challenge for promotion next term.

"We were sloppy for ten or 15 minutes from the start and their lad scored a wonder goal – I can't criticise anyone for that and he is a talented player," Yates said.

"But for an hour after that, we battered them and did everything but score. I am immensely proud of the effort we put in.

"On another day we'd have been the ones lifting the trophy, but that's the way it goes and we'll benefit from the experience."

Yates sprang a surprise by handing Jeff Goulding a start up front with Ben Burgess after the 28-year-old spent much of the second half of the campaign out in the cold.

"I thought he was excellent," Yates said. "I wanted him to do what Powell does for them in the hole.

"We had two cleared off the line in a ten-second spell and that summed the game up.

"I told Jeff to keep persevering, keep performing and he's worked hard. He was one of a decent team performance."

Yates has already identified several close-season targets and he will hold meetings with all of his squad on Tuesday.

There are ten players out of contract and skipper Alan Bennett must still agree terms having activated an appearance clause in his contract.

"I am away Friday to recharge my batteries for a week, but I have some targets in place already," Yates said.

"The players are desperately disappointed in there, but I am proud of every one of them and we'll go again.

"We are going for a beer this evening and I don't want to see long faces. As soon as we leave the stadium, the disappointment is gone.

"If we'd had a half-decent March, we could all have been on our holidays already and in League One. We know we have to improve and we'll be aiming to do that. The families of the players and staff have had to put up with a hell of a lot this season and the players have given it everything so they deserve it."

Source: www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk