It is now 12 months since Bristol-based Paul Smart Transport Limited launched an ambitious fundraising activity to raise £250,000 for Cancer Research UK. Known as ‘Reversing for Cancer’, the initiative’s primary marketing and awareness tool is a new generation Scania XT G 450 8X4 tipper, which has been used to… Read more »
Leyland Trucks Helping Hand charity presents £25,000 to local good causes
Helping Hand, the not for profit organisation run by a dedicated committee of Leyland Trucks and PACCAR Parts employees has awarded local charities with £25,000 at its annual Christmas lunch. The money brings the total raised by Helping Hand in 2018 to a staggering £62,000 – with every penny… Read more »
Bibby Distribution trio praised for their part in marking £10 million milestone for charity
Three Bibby Distribution employees have been recognised for their dedication to supporting good causes as the logistics specialist and its parent company celebrates raising more than £10m for charity. In 2018 alone, more than £331,000 was donated to 140 charities by Bibby Line Group through a combination of employee fundraising… Read more »
Christmas comes early to a number of Milton Keynes schools and charities thanks to Scania (Great Britain) Limited
Just ahead of Christmas, Scania (Great Britain) Limited donated a selection of IT hardware surplus to its future requirements – including 45 laptops, three PC’s and a range of smartphones – to a number of local schools and charities to help them continue their great work. Receiving a selection… Read more »
Ford & Slater apprentices pull DAF CF trucks for Teenage Cancer Trust
Last month fourteen apprentices from across DAF Trucks dealership group Ford & Slater, took part in a charity truck pull at Bruntingthorpe Airfield, in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. The truck pull event saw contenders split into two teams of seven, each pulling a 7.5T DAF CF truck the length… Read more »
Great Pall-Ex Bake Off raises a showstopping sum for Macmillan
Pall-Ex staff swapped wheels for whisks when the logistics firm hosted its own Great British Bake Off competition to raise money for Macmillan. The Ellistown-based company raised an impressive £124 for the cancer charity’s coffee morning appeal thanks to a contest judged by former Great British Bake Off: The Professionals… Read more »
Hastings Freight raises cash fore Sheffield Hospice
The fundraising efforts of staff at Hastings Freight in Barlborough swung into action to help St Luke’s Hospice in Sheffield. Hastings Freight, a member of Palletways, Europe’s largest and fastest growing express palletised freight network, held its inaugural Golf Day at Beauchief Golf Club in Sheffield. It was well… Read more »
Ford & Slater apprentices compete in head-to-head charity truck-pull
Apprentices from DAF dealer Ford & Slater are pushing themselves to the limit in the ultimate battle of strength, stamina and team work – a one-of-a-kind charity truck-pull race with the goal of raising £2,500 for Teenage Cancer Trust. This is the second year Ford & Slater’s apprentices have supported… Read more »
105 mile cycle ride smashes £10,000 target for charity
A team of intrepid cyclists have raised over £10,000 in an epic 105 mile ride across Lancashire – all to raise money for local charities. One of the team, elite cyclist and former British Hill-climb champion Jim Henderson, gave himself an even bigger challenge, completing the course twice and… Read more »
Mercedes-Benz Vans colleagues saddle up for charity
Scorching sunshine could not prevent a big-hearted Mercedes-Benz Vans team of more than 100 riders and supporters from completing a gruelling sponsored cycle and smashing their £20,000 fund-raising target. Temperatures approached 30ºC on Sunday (8 July), as colleagues representing the manufacturer and its Dealer Network, as well as customers,… Read more »
