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Everyone including those involved had a really great day, and raised over £2600 for CLEFT. The winter months spent on the painstaking detail paid off, but would have been impossible without the help of family and friends all of whom braved the cold morning manning the checkpoints and setting out the skill course the day before on a wet and windy airfield.



We had 20 cars start out of 23 entries, an excellent number given this was the first rally of it's kind in Essex, but could easily have doubled the number had we opened it up to men as well! From the feedback we will keep it as a ladies rally all of whom proved proficient navigators (no one lost) and competitive drivers particularly on the Carver Barracks timed section of the skills test! We did however have to remind one couple who settled down for a nice cup of tea at Andrewsfield just 5 mins after the start that they only had 5 hours to complete the 70 mile course! The whole day went without incident and the army checkpoint at Carver proved to be very popular both for the ladies and men in uniform. We were also surprised how observant women are (not sure why) but almost everyone scored highly in identifying names places and images as well as resourceful in designing some imaginative hats!



The winners Julie Redfern and Catherine bond from Great Chesterford driving a convertible BMW scored 270 points just ahead of the chasing pack in a close finish to the line, the skills test was won by Jan's own daughter driving my 1972 MGB roadster ( no practice or prior knowledge of the course) but their exposed tops may have influenced the marshals unfairly!

Bardfield Vineyard proved an excellent venue (how cool to start by driving through the middle of a grade 1 listed barn built by Henry VIII) and to come back to a hog roast and live music! We have many supporters to thank for their huge efforts and contributions including Duxford Country Kitchens for providing the hog roast and our own Priors Hall Farm for supplying the succulent pig! Alan Jordan was immensely generous in allowing us to use the Vineyard and Great Lodge (the wines proved popular prizes) to stage the event, and without the support of commercial sponsors the final total raised for CLEFT would have been a lot less (details of the charity can be seen on www.cleft.org.uk). Finally a big thank you to all the competitors who entered the event in a spirit of fun (and not without a competitive edge) for their own generous support without whom of course the event would not have been possible.

Bill and Jan.

With the help of our consultancy services a commercial package worth £1.2Million premium was placed in the London market on the 1st February 2010, for Europes leading provider of managed healthcare services in their field.

The placement (which included Property Damage, Business Interruption, Medical, Professional and General Liability, Directors & Officers and Fleet Insurance) saved in excess of £700,000 over the previous programme and for enhanced cover.

On the 20th June 2010 our Director William Hulse and his partner Jan Archer will be hosting a car rally in aid of the Cleft Palate Charity (www.cleft.org.uk).

The car rally will be a fun day out for lady drivers and navigators, in any open topped vehicle, through the beautiful countryside of North Essex.

A flyer with further details can be downloaded here and if you want to take part an application form can be downloaded here.

If you would like to help sponsor the event then please contact William Hulse on 01371 870906 or hulsebarleybarn@aol.com

Our Director William Hulse has had another article recently published, regarding the need for the disclosure of material facts to insurers. The article will feature in the Winter 2009 edition of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) own magazine Xtra. The full article can be read and downloaded by clicking here .

As insurance brokers for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP), our Director William Hulse was happy to help the CSP in producing an article about the benefits of student membership. The full article was published in the CSP's own Frontline magazine on 5th August 2009, and the article can be read and downloaded by clicking here.