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{{Infobox_Company
{{Infobox_Company
| company_name = The Change Group
| company_name = The Change Group
| company_type = [[Private company|Private]]
| company_type = [[Private company|Private]]
| company_slogan =
| company_slogan =
| foundation = 1992
| foundation = 1992, Regent Street, [London], [[United Kingdom]]
| location = {{flagicon|UK}} [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
| location = {{flagicon|UK}} [[Marble Arch]], [[United Kingdom]]
| key_people = Sacha Zackariya, [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]] <br />Mohammed Zackariya-Marikar, Chairman
| key_people = Sacha Zackariya, [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]] <br />Dr M Zackariya-Marikar,Chairman
| num_employees = 600{{Fact|date=February 2009}}
| num_employees = 600
| industry = [[Bureau de change]]
| industry = [[Financial Services]] <br /> [[Foreign Exchange Market|Foreign Exchange]]
| homepage = [http://www.changegroup.com http://www.changegroup.com]
| homepage = [http://www.changegroup.com http://www.changegroup.com]
}}
}}


'''The Change Group''' is a retail [[foreign exchange market |foreign exchange]] ([[bureau de change]]) company, based in [[Marble Arch|Marble Arch]], [[London]], [[England]], with a presence in [[airport]]s, [[seaport]]s and shopping centres internationally. Founded in 1992 by Mohammed Zackariya-Marikar, it is now run by his ex-wife Bette and son Sacha.<ref name="toptrack2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack2002/migration/dbDetails.asp?siteID=5&compID=1684&yr=2008|title=2008 Top Track 250: The Change Group|accessdate=2009-02-08}}</ref>
'''The Change Group''' is a retail [[foreign exchange market |foreign exchange]] [[company (law)|company]], based in [[Marble Arch |Marble Arch ]], [[London]], [[England]],and has a presence in 10 countries around the world.


==About==
==About==
The Change Group won the Ambassadors for London Award{{Fact|date=February 2009}} and a [[Queen's Awards for Enterprise|Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2006]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queensawards.org.uk/business/Winners/2006.html#internationaltrade|title=The Queen's Awards for Enterprise: International Trade 2006|date=7 April 2006|accessdate=2009-02-08}}</ref> In addition The Change Group has been consistently awarded the [[Investors in People]] standard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.investorsinpeople.co.uk/Documents/Raising%20The%20Standard/RTS25.pdf|title=10 years of success: Longstanding Investors in People organisations|date=November 2008|publisher=Investors in People UK |pages=5|accessdate=2009-02-08}}</ref>


The Change Group is world renowned retailer of foreign exchange, with a presence in many world leading [[airport]]s, [[seaport]]s and ultra prime shopping centres internationally.
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The Change Group has grown over the years through an astute combination of organic growth and M&A activity.
|-
! &nbsp;
! 2004
! 2005
! 2006
! 2007
|-
| Sales
| £178.8m
| £207.7m
| £215.8m
| £230.6m
|-
| Profit
| £1.5m
| £2.4m
| £2.0m
| £2.4m
|-
| Staff
| 188
| 239
| 260
| 397
|-
| [[Top Track 250]]<br />Standing
| 143<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack2002/migration/dbDetails.asp?siteID=5&compID=1684&yr=2005|title=2005 Top Track 250: The Change Group|accessdate=2009-02-08}}</ref>
| 121<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack2002/migration/dbDetails.asp?siteID=5&compID=1684&yr=2006|title=2006 Top Track 250: The Change Group|accessdate=2009-02-08}}</ref>
| 119<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack2002/migration/dbDetails.asp?siteID=5&compID=1684&yr=2007|title=2007 Top Track 250: The Change Group|accessdate=2009-02-08}}</ref>
| 147<ref name="toptrack2008" />
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|}


==Services==
The Change Group have been reviewed in a number of newspapers comparing currency exchange rates, from the [[Daily_Mirror#Sunday_Mirror|Sunday Mirror]] (who described them as "worst on the High Street"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/advice/money/melanie-wright/2004/08/08/eurowinner-115875-14509631/|title=EUROWINNER|last=Wright|first=Melanie|date=8 August 2004|work=Sunday Mirror|accessdate=2009-02-08}}</ref>) to the [[Los Angeles Times]] ("the worst deal of my London experiment"<ref name="LATimes2002">{{cite news|url=http://www.courant.com/topic/la-sourcebook-money,0,3048170.story|title=Weigh the Options for a Fair Deal on Foreign Money|last=Gilden|first=James|date=12 May 2002|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2009-02-08}}</ref>). However, some articles also mentioned that they are willing to haggle,<ref name="LATimes2002" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/business-travel/simon-calder/the-man-whose-business-is-travel-the-invisible-charges-that-inflate-your-travel-costs-445908.html|title=The man whose business is travel: the invisible charges that inflate your travel costs|last=Calder|first=Simon|date=23 April 2007|work=The Independent|accessdate=2009-02-08}}</ref> bringing the cost down considerably.


The Change Group provides retail foreign exchange services to the international traveller through its branches at convenient locations across the world.
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==References==
[[Image: Thechangegroup.jpg|right]]
{{Reflist}}
==Awards==


The Change Group has won significant awards including the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2006 and the Ambassadors for London Award. In addition The Change Group has been consistently awarded the Investors in People standard and has been ranked 119 in the Sunday Times Top Track listing of the UK’s largest private companies in 2007. In 2006 our rank was 121
[[Category:Private equity portfolio companies]]

==Corporate Social Responsibility==

The Change Group is leading the industry by providing educational support to over a 1000 children in the developing world. This work is being done through The Tree Foundation established in 1996 by our CEO Sacha Zackariya. The Tree foundation has raised over a quarter of a million pounds for the Tsunami victims in 2005.
The Tree foundation promotes individuals to train and develop themselves irrespective of race, creed colour or gender. To know more visit http://www.tree-foundation.org
== External links ==
The Change Group *[http://www.changegroup.com/]
The Tree Foundation *[http://www.tree-foundation.org/]
==See also==
{{Wiktionary}}
*[[Bureau de Change]]
*[[Exchange rate]]
*[[Dynamic Currency Conversion]]
*[[Digital currency exchanger]]
*[[Continuous linked settlement]]
*[[List of international trade topics]]
*[[Table of historical exchange rates]]
*[[Currency Pair]]
*[[Foreign exchange market]]
*[[Barter]]
*[[Private Currency]]

[[Category:International trade]][[category:International economics]][[Category:Currency]]

[[es:Casa de cambio]]
[[fa:صرافی]]
[[fr:Bureau de change]]

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==References==
The Retail Revolution- The Role of Bureaux de Change[http://www.sovereign-publications.com/changegroup.htm
*{{cite web
| author = TCG
| year = 2009
| url = http://www.changegroup.com
| format =
| work =
| publisher = TCG
| accessdate = February 4
| accessyear = 2009
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}}
[[Category:Foreign exchange market]]
[[Category:Foreign exchange market]]
[[Category:Companies based in London]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1992]]
[[Category:Financial services companies of the United Kingdom]]

Revision as of 07:16, 9 February 2009

[Image: logo_TCG.jpg|right]]

The Change Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryFinancial Services
Foreign Exchange
Founded1992, Regent Street, [London], United Kingdom
HeadquartersUnited Kingdom Marble Arch, United Kingdom
Key people
Sacha Zackariya, CEO
Dr M Zackariya-Marikar,Chairman
Number of employees
600
Websitehttp://www.changegroup.com

The Change Group is a retail foreign exchange company, based in Marble Arch , London, England,and has a presence in 10 countries around the world.

About

The Change Group is world renowned retailer of foreign exchange, with a presence in many world leading airports, seaports and ultra prime shopping centres internationally. The Change Group has grown over the years through an astute combination of organic growth and M&A activity.

Services

The Change Group provides retail foreign exchange services to the international traveller through its branches at convenient locations across the world.

File:Thechangegroup.jpg

Awards

The Change Group has won significant awards including the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2006 and the Ambassadors for London Award. In addition The Change Group has been consistently awarded the Investors in People standard and has been ranked 119 in the Sunday Times Top Track listing of the UK’s largest private companies in 2007. In 2006 our rank was 121

Corporate Social Responsibility

The Change Group is leading the industry by providing educational support to over a 1000 children in the developing world. This work is being done through The Tree Foundation established in 1996 by our CEO Sacha Zackariya. The Tree foundation has raised over a quarter of a million pounds for the Tsunami victims in 2005. The Tree foundation promotes individuals to train and develop themselves irrespective of race, creed colour or gender. To know more visit http://www.tree-foundation.org

The Change Group *[1] The Tree Foundation *[2]

See also

Look up changegroup in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

References

The Retail Revolution- The Role of Bureaux de Change[http://www.sovereign-publications.com/changegroup.htm

  • TCG (2009). TCG http://www.changegroup.com. Retrieved February 4. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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