PayPoint has extended its range of Support Services by offering a competitive rate for Business Grade Broadband exclusively for its retailers.

The new Business Broadband deal through TalkTalk Business is offered to all retailers with a PayPoint terminal from just £10.50 per month* and provides faster speeds, greater levels of support and enhanced security.

“This is a great deal for our retailers,” says Seamus Smith, Managing Director of PayPoint UK. “They can install it at the shop or at home – wherever they do their paperwork – and benefit from unlimited usage allowance and dedicated business support. With speeds of up to 24Mbps, depending on local availability, it’s a great way to access MyPayPoint, the extranet exclusively for our retailers.”

This Business Grade Broadband deal is the latest in a range of partnerships with suppliers that PayPoint has established to bring the savings available to multiple and industry groups to independent retailers, which they would be unable to obtain on their own. Other deals exclusively available to PayPoint retailers include:

Banking with Barclays: with cash deposits costing just 15p per £100, this represents a saving of up to 69% on the bank’s standard business tariff – and much more for many retailers on higher tariffs. There is no monthly fee for this account;

Retail insurance: tailor-made policies include £1m blanket cover for fixtures, fittings, stock and business interruption, £5m public and product liability cover, a 25% increase in money limits for bank holidays, no hidden clauses and an advice helpline;

Security Services: Raid Control and cash transport with G4S to make the business safer, often resulting in reduced insurance premiums and exposure to uninsured risk;

Energy: an exclusive gas and electricity scheme with preferential prices with Utility Savings Corporation;

CCTV: exclusive CCTV systems designed specifically for retailers;

Safes: great deals from A to Z Safes on approved safes to suit all retailers’ needs;

Web Design: exclusive retail website designs for online trading provided by Shopcreator.

Seamus Smith adds: “Our new broadband deal is yet another great benefit for our retailers in an unbeatable package that drives straight through to the bottom line.”

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Enquiries:
PayPoint Press Office
Robin Granger / Katie Buckett
Brands2Life
020 7592 1200 / 07940 422 931 / 07832 286400
PayPoint@Brands2Life.com

Peter Brooker
Head of Corporate Affairs
PayPoint
01707 600356 / 07900 418960
peterbrooker@paypoint.co.uk

NOTES TO EDITORS
* Business Grade Broadband with TalkTalk Business and PayPoint for only £10.50 per month is subject to TalkTalk being supported by the retailer’s local exchange, a £30 one-off connection fee and assumes electronic billing. Paper billing is charged at £1.50 per month. Full terms and conditions apply.

ABOUT TALKTALK BUSINESS
TalkTalk Business is the B2B division of the TalkTalk Group, the UK’s largest Next Generation Network operator. Over the past 16 years, it has invested over £600m in its Next Generation Network and supports over 180,000 business customers with the knowledge and expertise to find the right solution for business. TalkTalk Business clients
enjoy a world of faster, simplified, flexible and future proofed business grade communications to help connect and drive their businesses through our next generation IP based converged voice and data services.

ABOUT PAYPOINT
PayPoint is a leading international provider of convenient payments and value added services to major consumer service organisations in the utility, housing, water, telecoms, media, financial services, transport, retail, e-commerce, gaming and public sectors. PayPoint delivers payments and services through a uniquely strong combination of local shops, internet and mobile distribution channels and handles over £11 billion from over 600 million transactions annually for more than 5,000 clients and merchants.

Retail networks
The PayPoint branded retail network in the UK numbers over 23,000 local shops (including Co-op, Spar, McColls, Costcutter, Sainsbury’s Local, One Stop, Londis and
thousands of independents). Collect+, a joint venture with Yodel, provides a parcel collection and drop off service at more than 4,500 PayPoint retailers. Its ATM network
numbers more than 2,500 ‘LINK’ branded machines across the UK, mainly in the same sites as PayPoint terminals.

In Romania, the branded retail network numbers over 6,500 terminals located in local shops, processing cash bill payments for utilities and mobile phone top-ups. In the
Republic of Ireland, over 500 outlets in shops and credit unions process mobile top-ups and bill payments.

Internet
PayPoint.net is an internet payment service provider linking into all major UK acquiring banks to deliver secure online credit and debit card payments for over 5,000 web
merchants. It offers a comprehensive set of products ranging from a transaction gateway through to a bureau service and FraudGuard, an advanced service to mitigate the risk of fraud.

PayByPhone
PayByPhone is a leading international provider of services to parking authorities allowing consumers to use their mobile phones to pay for their parking by credit or debit card. It has contracts in the UK, France, Canada and the USA.

PayPoint is widely recognised for its leadership in prepayment systems, smart technology and consumer service.