Underwriting agency relocates business

Giles-owned Ink Underwriting Agencies has relocated to new offices in its bid for expansion.

The company said the move, to Vantage House in Rayleigh, Essex, will allow it to accommodate the growing business and team, after having outgrown its old offices in Rayleigh.

Earlier this year Ink hired Mike Smith as managing director and Rob Adams as commercial director.

Mike Smith, managing director of INK, said “We are delighted to have moved into larger offices that better reflect our ambitions for driving the business forward in the future. We have many exciting plans for the business over the coming years and see great opportunities to develop our offering.

"Whilst we are of course sad to leave the old offices behind, it became clear that we had outgrown them - in my case literally.”

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