Welcome to the Nucleus Advent countdown

On the 24th day of Christmas

24

The average number of chocolates we’ll all eat tomorrow (most likely) – now go have a very happy Christmas!

Chocs

On the 23rd day of Christmas

23

The percentage of media share we had in wrap coverage for Q3 2011.

Newspapers

On the 22nd day of Christmas

22

The date that the first penny went on the platform in 2006 and our official second birthday (just like the queen). Mince pies all round to celebrate.

Micne pies

On the 21st day of Christmas

21

The number of litres of ice cream consumed when the ice cream van came and then later on our birthday week (probably).

Ice cream van


On the 20th day of Christmas

20

2011 – the year we won Platform of the Year! We were all very excited by the news, none more so than Margaret...

Margaret

On the 19th day of Christmas

19

The number of new faces who joined us this year, Alexandra being the most recent.

Alexandra

On the 18th day of Christmas

18

The number of people who had a shot of the piñata at our birthday party and Mexican night.

Pinatta

On the 17th day of Christmas

17

Our percentage of the wrap market share for Q3 net inflows.

market share


On the 16th day of Christmas

16

The number of Nucleus tweeters.

Twitter

On the 15th day of Christmas

15

The number of minutes it took to get the fire at Nucleus HQ under control.

Fire bridge

On the 14th day of Christmas

14

The number of elves in our fantastic Client Relations team.

Elves

On the 13th day of Christmas

13

The number of quotes around our lovely office.

Quotation


On the 12th day of Christmas

12

The number of supporting values under our four core values, all of which were refreshed with the help of our staff earlier this year.

brand values

On the 11th day of Christmas

11

The number of hens on Jana and Rebecca’s Nucleus hen do.

Hens

On the 10th day of Christmas

10

10,000 – the number of visits to our website per month in 2010. This went up to 16,000 in 2011.

web stats

On the 9th day of Christmas

9

9 December – our Christmas party night. The dancing shoes will be going on around 7pm tonight – watch out Edinburgh!

dancing shoes


On the 8th day of Christmas

8

8 July – the date we hit £3bn of assets under management – and had a wee celebratory drink to toast the news.

3billion-drink

On the 7th day of Christmas

7

The number of locations for our Independent Day where we invited non-member IFAs to come and learn more about Nucleus and launched our due diligence white paper.

Open day invite

On the 6th day of Christmas

6

The number of major platform enhancement releases we’ve made to the Nucleus platform from April until the end of the year. So far, this has included some of the following enhancements (amongst others):

  • Model portfolio self-service
  • New business revamp
  • Improvements to valuation screens
  • Bulk model portfolio re-assign and rebalance
  • Bulk switch

On the 5th day of Christmas

5

How old we are this year .

5 years old

On the 4th day of Christmas

4

No of great colleagues over the last year, the most recent of which is Lynsey. Who will be next…? Q4 2011 nominations opened on 5 December, email Lisa Breslin with your nominations.

great colleague award

On the 3rd day of Christmas

3

The number of Nucleus babies this year.

baby showers

On the 2nd day of Christmas

2

The number of Nucleus weddings this year. Rebecca’s is taking place today while Jana's took place in November.

Weddings

On the 1st day of Christmas

1

The number of gorillas that visited Nucleus HQ this year.

Gorilla