CCV agreed with the us that the existing directors would retain a stake in the company alongside CCV’s investment. This gives us a real share in the growth of the value of the business and a real incentive to push on.

In CCV we found a business partner who was keen to keep our local identity and brand values, whilst giving us the benefit of large company support such as compliance, HR and IT along with a much louder voice with insurers. This is not just valuable in securing the best commission deals and premiums for customers, but also for after sales service in the claims area. By covering off some of these distractions, and involving our account executives in the sales training programmes CCV has assisted us in delivering real organic growth.

We were also keen to grow by acquisition but finding the funds and the time to do deals was a challenge. We identified a local competitor we would like to acquire and CCV carried out the due diligence and legal work, and even funded the deal in full.

More recently CCV have supported us in finding Account Executives who want to join an expanding business, which has given us a further boost.