Light commercial vehicle hire company Northgate has appointed Personal Group to provide employee benefits to more than 2,000 staff.

The Darlington-based rental company was established in 1981 and has seen significant expansion in recent years.

Personal Group’s Just For You programme, rolled out on April 27, offers a broad range of retail and lifestyle discounts as well as Personal Group’s own cash plans.

Northgate wanted to enhance its benefit offering for its employees to increase employee engagement and improve employee retention through becoming a more attractive employer.

It researched various options within the employee benefits market, but it was Personal Group’s face-to-face approach which really struck a chord with them.

Hayley Burn, HR business partner at Northgate, said: “The face-to-face delivery was important for us and really appealed when we were looking for suppliers.

"A lot of our colleagues don’t have access to computers at work so we wanted to make sure they could access the benefits by phone if they wanted to.

"The initial response has been good and we’ve had some great feedback. We’ve had over 2,000 clicks and our employees have saved £6,500 already.”