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Introduction

All the offers contained within the Defence Discount Scheme are available to the entire Defence Community, namely: Regular serving personnel; Reserves; Service families; MoD Civil Servants; Cadets; and Veterans. We are conscious, however, that only a fraction of the 10 million-strong Veterans community in this Country are currently registered on-line as members of the Discount Scheme. Not only does this mean that many of you are potentially missing out on great deals, but it also represents an enormous amount of untapped buying power which, if harnessed, could make the Scheme even more successful. If you have not already registered we encourage you to do so now and discover the full range of discounts available. We also urge you to spread the word to others who are eligible, so that they too can enjoy the benefits. To complement the e-newsletter already sent to members of the on-line Discount Scheme, this year will see the launch of a new monthly Forces Discount Newsletter. This will, amongst other things, include details of the current ‘top 10’ discounts and any offers new to the Scheme. Make sure you are on the mailing list by contacting your local admin office or Veterans Association.

You may be aware that there are a number of unofficial organizations who also offer discounts to the Defence Community. Whilst you may wish to explore the availability of alternative discounts, please note that all the benefits within the Defence Discount Scheme are free of any subscription or membership fee. This may not be the case on other sites. If, however, you find that you can get a better deal on any of the other sites please take the time to pass this information on to your local admin office or Veterans Association, who will pass it on to the Defence Discount Scheme co-ordinator to investigate.

Finally, may we offer our very sincere thanks to all the sponsors for choosing to advertise in this year’s Defence Discount Directory and, in so doing, for supporting the Defence Community.

From the MOD

Please remember that the discounts and other offers in the Directory are concessions provided by commercial organisation's, and are not conditions of service or entitlements. Also, please note that inclusion of an advertisement in this Directory does not imply any form of MOD support or endorsement – the MOD does not endorse any particular company or product as a matter of policy.

The MOD accepts no liability for the accuracy of the information provided in advertisements, and personnel should make full enquiries before entering into any arrangement. Any arrangements you make will be a private contract between you and the company concerned and the MOD accepts no liability (whether in negligence or otherwise) in respect of any such contract.

Finally, a word about security. When using the Directory you may be asked for proof of your entitlement. A completed copy of the MOD Certificate of Entitlement, available on the Defence Discounts Directory web site, should always be sufficient. You may be asked to show your ID as proof of entitlement, but this should never be given, sent, faxed or copied to any company or non-Service person.

Vice Admiral Peter Wilkinson Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Personnel)

Derek Twigg MP      Under-Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans

Notes from the team at Crest Publications

Crest Publications was established 15 years ago and are specialists in military publishing. Now, working in partnership with the MOD, Crest have created this website in order to ensure that you have maximum possible access to discounts as a member of Forces personnel.

This website is the online version of the Defence Discounts Directory and has a few advantages in this respect. The team at Crest are constantly working on your behalf to arrange new deals with more companies who want to reward you for the vitally important work you do. This means that new discount opportunities are being added to the website on a weekly basis and you don’t have to wait for the annual hard copy to come out before you can take advantage of them!

We will always aim to ensure that the service provided to you by this website is as helpful as possible. To this end we have created a mechanism by which you can let us know if you are unhappy with any aspect of the site. You can also let us know if you have had any difficulties in claiming your discount from any of the companies advertising on the site. To get in touch with us send an e-mail to feedback@crestpublications.com. Your feedback will help us to improve the directory and it’s on-line counterpart in future years.

If you are not already signed up to the newsletter (you will be given this option when you register) you can do this by emailing our feedback email address. The newsletter will keep you up to date with new discounts as well as discounts that are soon to be added to help you plan ahead to save money on your purchases. In addition to this the newsletter features competitions you can enter to win some fabulous prizes – surely something for nothing can’t be a bad thing……

Finally don’t forget that this is the only Forces discount website that is officially recognised by the MOD. Make sure you check the web address when you log on. If it doesn’t say MOD it’s not the real thing!