Home Improvement Giants Choose CCS

Independent finance specialist Consumer Credit Solutions (CCS) has been selected by two of the UK's largest home improvement retailers to offer personal finance packages to their customers.

Anglian and Zenith Staybrite - household names for double glazing, doors and conservatories - have teamed up with CCS to access some of the best consumer credit deals on the market.

CCS - which has carved out a substantial niche for itself in the national home improvement sector and is well known for providing highly competitive and innovative credit options - has launched a 'monthly charge' credit product with both Anglian and Zenith Staybrite.

Customers have the choice of taking loans out over typically eight or five years, which keeps repayments as low as possible, yet there is also flexibility within the agreement to pay more than the minimum monthly repayment thereby reducing both the outstanding loan and the total interest payable.

‘The package offers a competitive rate of interest and will be particularly attractive to customers because they can spread their loan over a period of time best suited to them, making it ideal for those larger purchases,’ said Peter Nicholson, Partner at CCS. ‘Also, not many credit lenders offer finance with various loan terms, giving the product a certain exclusivity within the market,’ he added.

Monthly charge credit is also beneficial to retailers. Not only do they earn commission on the deal but they can also use the finance package to make their product more affordable to potential customers.Alan Marney, Director of Financial Services at Anglian - one of the leading suppliers of home improvements in the UK - is extremely pleased with the business that has been processed so far and is confident that this new finance option will lead to increased sales.

‘We have had very positive feedback on this product. The forms are easy to complete and our sales staff particularly like the text back service offered by CCS whereby they have instant access to all the financial data necessary for providing customer credit quotations,’ he said.

The monthly charge product is supported by on-site training by CCS staff on how to promote the finance package effectively, and complete and process credit applications, as well as ongoing account management.

Zenith Staybrite - a subsidiary of Weatherseal - is one of the country's biggest installers of windows with a large percentage of its sales involving consumer credit finance. ‘We have found CCS a very progressive and helpful organisation with experience of the industry that is second to none. CCS also provides extensive quality sales training, which we will be utilising to give our staff that competitive edge,’ said the company's Director, Kevin Brookman.

CCS which has offices in Leyland, Lancashire and Birmingham, currently manages an annual credit managed programme in excess of £150million and has a client portfolio ranging from independent retailers through to national players such as Amdega, Hammonds, Betta Bedrooms and Appeal Conservatory Blinds.

Retailers wanting to find out more CCS's services should visit http://www.creditsolutionsgroup.co.uk or call 0845 120 6666.

Caption: Credit partnership: Peter Nicholson (right), Partner at Consumer Credit Solutions (CCS), is pictured with Kevin Brookman, Director at Zenith Staybrite.