A BASING View business has officially reached 'medium-size' status.

On July 2, Reassured welcomed on board its 400th member of staff and so officially became a medium-size business.

The new status coincided with Reassured, a life insurance provider, celebrating its 9th anniversary - it has grown from starting out in one office with only four members of staff.

It now has three sites in Basingstoke, Portsmouth and Manchester and is also set to open a new office in Southampton.

Steve Marshall, chief executive officer of Reassured, said: “It’s great to have achieved medium-size business status and have so many great staff within the company. We were recently placed eight in the Sunday Times top 100 places to work and it’s the staff which provides this positive working environment.

"Being in the position to be able to provide so many job opportunities is very rewarding in its own right, and the introduction of the new Southampton office will only further this.”