Domestic & General has launched a jewellery protection product with Signet, the UK’s largest provider of jewellery and watches. The product will be offered through Signet’s brands and in stores such as H. Samuel, Ernest Jones and Leslie Davis.

Kam Kandola, Domestic & General’s Sales Director says, “This is a huge win for us, not only are we covering a new sector but we automatically become the leading provider for jewellery and watch insurance.”

Domestic & General will initially be offering term plans across all 500 stores and the intention is to launch a monthly subscription plan in September 2016.

Domestic & General has also agreed to support Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) for 3 years across Europe offering aftercare protection to customers who purchase a Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4). Using in box material, customers will be advised to register their purchase through either the online Sony PS4 branded site, or by telephone registration. The PlayStation Protection Policy will cover mechanical or electrical breakdown, as well as accidental damage, and also cover the Dualshock 4 controllers. In addition to supporting their PS4 sales, we will also be working with SCEE to launch the PlayStation Protection Policy for their upcoming PlayStation Virtual Reality headset (PlayStation VR).

Kam Kandola, Sales Director says, “It’s a great win for our business. It is a pan-European deal which was won in a competitive tender.”

Domestic & General Wimbledon celebrated the new signings by hosting a retro gaming session with Joypad.

Dean Keeling, Domestic & General UK Managing Director, commented: “A huge amount of work goes into winning, launching and retaining clients, so it’s only right that we reward and recognise the great work of our amazing team.”

Domestic & General’s Head Office is in Wimbledon. It is the UK’s leading specialist warranty provider, in business for over 100 years with operations around the UK and abroad.

Wimbledon’s ultimate barber group Jacks of London has confirmed its premiership status by signing England and Stoke City goalkeeper Jack Butland as the face of the brand.

Jack, who holds the record as the youngest ever goalie to play for the senior English national side, said: ‘I’m delighted that Jacks of London asked me to come on board. I love the products and the whole feel of the company, which is all about bringing a fresh, modern approach to traditional barbering and male grooming.’

Sue Whitehead, JoL’s managing director, said: ‘Jack is a great catch for us, a safe pair of hands who represents everything we stand for, taking the JoL message of fresh, masculine, high-performance quality to men everywhere. And, like all our products, he’s also made in Britain. We’re glad to welcome him to the team and look forward to great things working together.’

Jacks of London is the Original Modern Barber, with over twenty years’ success in the male grooming industry. Effortlessly cool, Jacks brings fashion-starved, salon-shy gents a perfect balance of traditional and contemporary styling.

Visit Jacks on Wimbledon Bridge, the destination barbershop for discerning gents in Wimbledon.

British furniture and homeware brand, Neptune will be opening on The Broadway this summer, in the premises formerly occupied by Gerry’s of Wimbledon.

Neptune offers a range of home and garden furniture and accessories created by their own team of talented craftsmen. Using the finest raw materials and traditional carpentry techniques, their emphasis is on beautiful design at an affordable price.

The new Wimbledon store will be its seventeenth opening and third in the London area with two other locations in Fulham and Chiswick. Neptune’s other sites are spread across the rest of the UK as well as Europe.

Stewart Rolfe, Director of Commercial Agency at Andrew Scott Robertson, comments “Wimbledon
remains a target destination for high end retailers and further demonstrates why Wimbledon continues
to have one of the lowest shop vacancy rates in the country at 1.77% (as at the end of 2015). This
compares to the London average of 6.5% and a national average of 9.1% over the same period.”