Leading international expatriate health insurer, Bupa International, has reinforced its continued commitment to Brighton by signing a new 15-year lease for Victory House on Trafalgar Place next to Brighton Station, from landlord, Invista Foundation Property Trust.
The company will occupy five floors of the building, and is expecting to move in early in 2011 following extensive refurbishment. Bupa International is one of Brighton's largest employers, with a 600-strong workforce currently based at three sites around the city. Victory House is the first step to bring together Bupa International's expanding workforce and modernise facilities.
Alistair How, managing director of Bupa International said:Bupa International has been headquartered in Brighton since the 1970s, and we are committed to staying here because it is a great city in which to live and work. Victory House provides us with the opportunity to expand our existing 600-strong workforce as our business continues to prosper. We are one of the largest employers in the city, and as an international business, Brighton's cosmopolitan make-up makes it an ideal place to find new staff for our multi-lingual teams.
Bupa International will remain at its headquarters, Russell House, in Russell Mews and will look to move out of its short term offices in Portland Street and North Road when Victory House is complete.
Bupa International has over 35 years' expertise in caring for the healthcare needs of expats and their families around the globe. Covering over 800,000 people in 190 countries, Bupa International has a range of high quality and flexible plans, designed for groups and individuals living and working abroad for six months or more. Between them, Bupa International's staff speak 34 languages and handle over 10,000 claims a week. The company is part of the leading international healthcare group, Bupa.
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Bupa's purpose is to help people lead longer, healthier, happier lives. A leading international healthcare group, we offer personal and company health insurance, run care homes for older people and hospitals, and provide workplace health services, health assessments and chronic disease management services, including health coaching, and home healthcare.
With no shareholders, we invest our profits to provide more and better healthcare, and fulfill our purpose. We are committed to making quality, patient-centred, affordable healthcare more accessible in the areas of wellness, chronic disease management and ageing.
Employing more than 52,000 people, Bupa has operations around the world, principally in the UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand and the USA, as well as Hong Kong, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, India, China and across Latin America.
For more information, visit www.bupa.com.
