Staff benefits update
23 May 2013
It’s a flowery week for discounts this week with a nice bunch of offers for you!
Venus
Venus is a leading name in Manchester floristry. Known and respected as the original designer flower shop, Venus is the luxury choice for bouquets, office flowers and plants, homes and interiors, events and wedding flowers. They are offering £3 off their flowers and plants (excluding Interflora) to anyone working or studying at the University.
RED driving school
If you want to learn to drive, have children who have now reached that milestone, or have recently moved to the UK and would like a familiarisation lesson, why not try a course with Kevin Bayles a local driving instructor with RED, the largest Driving School in the UK. RED offers you structured training to prepare you for the test in the most efficient way and will give you safe-driving-skills-for-life. Kevin is offering a range of discounted lesson options to suit!
Home and lifestyle
For more on these and other offers such as car repairs, photography, house removals and red letter days, visit the home and lifestyle discounts.
Health and beauty
Moving on to the health and beauty offers there are now 30 discounts available on gyms, beauty salons, hairdressing, vision, physiotherapy and nutritional advice!
Twilight Salon
Twilight Salon is a fully equipped salon in the heart of the Northern Quarter. With 4 stunning floors of hair, make up and photography, they've designed a deluxe gift certificate to have you looking and feeling your best. It will cater to all you hair care needs across 4 indulgent pampering visits all for just £39.95!!
Stephanie Marsh
Stephanie Marsh is offering 10% discount on all her Swedish Body Massage and Indian Head Massage treatments. Massage helps to promote relaxation and aims to ease stress and tension, so what better way to spend your lunch?
Although oils are commonly used during Indian Head Massage, 30 minute treatments can be carried out on campus, over clothing and without the use of oils, with you seated in a chair, making it an ideal treatment for the office environment.
Prize draw
There is still time to enter the Cottages4 U competition. They are giving you the chance to win £100 off the price of a short break or holiday booking. This is in addition to the 10% discount you already receive as a member of staff on all bookings!
To enter the prize all you need to do is click on the link to the competition page and answer a simple question! You can enter the competition up to 4 June. The winner will be announced in eUpdate on 6 June. Good luck!!
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The random bit!
For those that made it to the end - did you know that under Manchester’s bustling streets is aseries of tunnels, chambers and vaults that once formed a canal, were then used as bomb shelters in WW2 and now lie near-forgotten?! Neither did I until this was shared to me!
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And finally
The next staff benefits update will appear on 6 June. Enjoy the Bank Holiday!