Claire Sweeney adds sparkle to Park Christmas Savings

(I-Newswire) September 25, 2009 - Actress Claire Sweeney adds showbiz sparkle to the new Park Christmas Savings tv ad that launched yesterday.

She is joined by the familiar Park fairy Wanda who helps Claire explain to the confused Toons what saving with Park is all about.

Claire was really thrilled to be asked to be the new face of Park Christmas Savings - www.getpark.co.uk - as she thinks it's a great idea to save for Christmas 2010 at a time when people all across the country are having to watch their pennies.

She believes that by saving a few quid each week in advance you can make Christmas a totally stress free time...

"It become more about your family and less about how you're going to finance it."

Filming the ad:

Claire might have appeared in the West End with Patrick Swayze, survived Celebrity Big Brother and danced her socks off on Strictly Come Dancing but filming the Park tv ad was still a big challenge.

Claire told Parklife magazine: "It was a really different experience as I've never worked with animation before, but lots of fun!

"It was a bit bizarre at first having to pretend I was speaking to the Toons as they weren't added in until filming was finished. I had to spend days talking to lighting stands and bits of sellotape on walls. It took a little bit of getting used to!"

Claire was so impressed when she saw the Toons for the first time that she even asked if the producer could animate her and make her look like Jessia Rabbit!

We are so glad the real Claire appears in the ad and not an animation as we love Claire just the way she is.

She is so well loved that she was recently named one of the top celebrities people would pick to be their teacher. Robert Pattinson came top, followed by Holly Willoughby and Claire finished in third place.

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Simon Cowell all finished below her in the www.getpark.co.uk list.

About Park Christmas Savings:
Park Christmas Savings Club - www.getpark.co.uk - is a Park Group plc company.

Park Christmas Savings Club helps over 400,000 people save for their perfect Christmas. Park Christmas Savings Club has grown through the simple but effective idea of saving a fixed amount each week over an agreed period of time in order to spread the cost of Christmas.

How Does It Work? Park Agents are recruited between October and February, by responding to press advertising, direct mail campaigns and direct response to television advertising (DRTV), Agents then recruit customers who wish to save for the various products on display in the Park annual catalogue and on the internet, including grocery hampers, meat packs, freezer packs, confectionery packs, drinks packs, shopping, travel and leisure vouchers, jewellery and gifts. Additional products are offered throughout the year to add to the Agent’s order. Payments to Agents can be spread over a period of up to 45 weeks. Agents are paid a commission based on sales to customers and may also receive a variety of gifts and other benefits for sales performance throughout the year.

Park now has Agents and customers in virtually every corner of the UK and many of them have been with Park for over 30 years.


Park Group plc - www.parkgroup.co.uk - was established in 1967 as a supplier of Christmas hampers. They have since developed into a specialist financial services company. Park is committed to being the best operator in their markets through continual improvement in the quality, profitability and value created by their businesses. Park recognises that people are the most important assets in their organisation and they continually strive to develop all of their people to be capable of delivering outstanding service.

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