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Advantage Home Construction Insurance (AHCI) won the prestigious Insurance Company of the Year award at the Manchester Business Awards<\/h2>\n

Advantage Home Construction Insurance (AHCI)<\/a> was named as the winner in their category during an awards ceremony at the Midland Hotel, which was attended by more than 300 North West business leaders.<\/p>\n

The win comes at the end of an exciting year for the business, during which Advantage has opened a new office in the South East and added six new members of staff to their technical team. They\u2019ve also recruited non-technical staff and have taken on a raft of new instructions.<\/p>\n

In the summer, Advantage signed a 2,500 apartment deal with the Elliot Group<\/a> to source structural defects warranties for residential developments in Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds and they frequently work alongside developers on large-scale projects, covering both commercial and residential properties ranging in scale from individual properties to developments with a build cost of over \u00a350m.<\/p>\n

Downtown in Business has been hosting the Manchester Business Awards<\/a> for eight years and this has become one of the most eagerly anticipated awards evenings of the year in its region.<\/p>\n

James Topping, Advantage\u2019s Regional Manager said: \u201cWe are delighted to receive this award which caps an exciting year of growth for the company, it\u2019s been a real team effort and we are looking to build on this success in 2019\u201d.<\/p>\n

The awards were hosted by BBC presenter Jacey Normand and Downtown\u2019s Political Editor, Jim Hancock, and were sponsored by Totaljobs.com.<\/p>\n

John Duncan of Virgin Media Business, the sponsor of the Insurance Company of the Year category added: \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u201c\u00adWe were delighted to be sponsors of this award at the fantastic Downtown In Business COMBA 18 awards, and see such a worthy winner in\u00a0Advantage; congratulations to all the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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