Staff benefits update
04 Mar 2015
The start of March brings spring-like weather and much more: the latest monthly newsletter from our discounts provider Perkz, Superbreak and offers for The Body Shop and Venus!
Perkz
Top March Offers in the March newsletter include Hotelopia where you can save 14% on over 60,000 hotels, apartments, transfers & activity tickets across the globe during March (usually 12%). And, ahead of the holiday season you can save 20% (usually 17%) on APH airport parking at Gatwick, Manchester, Heathrow, Birmingham and Stansted 15% off others during March. You can also get double discount with Haven. If you haven’t registered yet just visit www.perkz.com and use our unique code UNIMAN.
Perkz latest competitions
In March you can win:
- £300 Cottages4you voucher – which you can put toward any of the 14,000 cottages available. Plus, you can save a further 10% booking via Perkz!
- Family tickets to Alton Towers, LEGOLAND, THORPE PARK & Chessington World of Adventures – win tickets for two adults and two children at one of these top UK attractions!
- Mother’s Day Rose Bush Gift enter this one quick– we’re only running it for a week so we can deliver it in time for Mother’s Day!
For full details please visit Perkz and select ‘competitions’ from the category menu.
Superbreak
The March newsletter includes Easter offers, discounted spring deals and a chance to enjoy Billy Elliott The Musical in top priced seats and 1 night in a central London hotel from £99.
Body Shop – VIP 30% discount nights
The Body Shop Trafford Centre is offering 30% off on Thursday, 5 March and Friday, 6 March. All you need is a valid “Love Your Body” (lyb) card which is £5 to join in-store and this gives you 10% off for a whole year plus £5 free spend in your birthday month and a further £15 free to spend throughout the year! You will then be invited to all Body Shop VIP events throughout the year!!! More information on the VIP event is here.
Mother’s Day
Don’t forget next Sunday is Mother’s Day. If you are looking to send flowers to a special person you can save 10% with leading Manchester florist Venus Flowers.
Venus Flowers - Mother’s Day
Don’t forget next Sunday is Mother’s Day. If you are looking to send flowers to a special person you can save 10% with leading Manchester florist Venus Flowers.
Venus competition
To celebrate International Women’s Day on Sunday, 8 March (and ahead of Mother’s Day on Sunday, 15 March), Venus Flowers Manchester are offering you a chance to win one of their stunning designer bouquets for yourself or to send to a special woman. For your chance to win, answer this question:
Q. Catherine Chisholm, Christabel Pankhurst, Ellen Wilkinson, Dr Marie Stopes, Gertrude Powicke were graduates of:
A. The School of Life
B. The University of Manchester (incl Victoria & UMIST)
If you need a clue the answer can be found in the article “Our Pioneering Women” in this month’s UniLife.
Send your answers to staffbenefits@manchester.ac.uk by noon on Tuesday, 10 March! The winner will be announced on Wednesday, 11 March and there will be a chance to win another Venus bouquet next week!
Easter
Easter is only four weeks away, so take a look at all the fantastic travel and entertainment discounts on Staffnet and viaPerkz for inspiration!
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