New affinity contract win

30 January 2018For immediate release

Lighthouse Group plc

("Lighthouse" or the "Company")

New affinity contract win

Lighthouse Group plc (AIM:LGT), the national financial adviser of choice for Middle Britain, is pleased to announce it has won a new contract with UNISON, to be the preferred provider of expert mortgage advice to the union's members.

UNISON is Europe's largest public service union, with more than 1.3 million members.

This new contract extends the current offering to UNISON members to provide their members with financial advice and brings the number of affinity partners who have appointed Lighthouse to provide mortgage advice to their members to 14.

Lighthouse Group is the national financial advisory group and preferred financial adviser to 21 affinity partners, with a combined membership of more than 6 million individuals.

Sharon Mehta, UNISON Membership Services Officer said: "Lighthouse provide our members with sound financial advice as part of an all-round professional service. We welcome continued partnership with Lighthouse. They offer a broad range of products and their advisers are both approachable and knowledgeable."

Malcolm Streatfield, Chief Executive Officer of Lighthouse Group plc said: "The Board are delighted to have secured this partnership with UNISON.

We look forward to developing our relationship over the coming months and working closely with UNISON members to assist them with their mortgage and borrowing requirements. Lighthouse remains committed to developing our affinity partnerships throughout the UK."

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 About Lighthouse Group plc

Lighthouse has been listed on AIM since 2000 as an integrated financial services company for investors, coupled with significant scale in terms of distribution through financial advisers and wealth managers and its fully diversified business model.

As one of the UK's largest autonomous financial advice and wealth management groups, Lighthouse provides a comprehensive range of services to businesses and individuals and is retained by most of the major trades unions and other affinity groups to advise their combined memberships of over 6 million members.

The Group aims to increase its relationships with, and the benefits it derives from, its relationships with affinity groups and professional partners.

In addition to a wide range of financial advice, the Group has developed innovative products to meet the specific needs of its retail and corporate customers in the asset management and auto-enrolment sectors.

Lighthouse operates from its headquarters in London as well as having principal operating offices in Stockport and Woodingdean, near Brighton.

For more information please visit: http://www.lighthousegroup.plc.uk/