BVRLA karting race raises £6,000 + for BEN
The 2015 BVRLA Broker200 has raised more than £6,000 for automotive industry charity BEN. The endurance race took place on 13 May, and was organised by the BVRLA’s Leasing Broker Committee.
The 2015 BVRLA Broker200 has raised more than £6,000 for automotive industry charity BEN. The endurance race took place on 13 May, and was organised by the BVRLA’s Leasing Broker Committee.
One of First Stop’s most valued garages has gone the extra mile for the local community, courtesy of a new emergency 4×4 vehicle worth £30,000. Risboro Garage, based in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire has donated a Honda CRV 4×4 for the Risborough Community First Responders (CFR) team following months of fundraising.
A desire to prove you can challenge your body to the extreme despite ongoing medical problems will see The Parts Alliance’s Andy Hurst ride from London to Paris in just 24 hours. Hurst, a Pricing and Management Information Manager at The Parts Alliance, will be raising money for BEN, the Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund.
Yokohama Tire Corporation (YTC) will run its latest USA national rebate promotion between 22 and 25 May. Consumers purchasing a set of four select Yokohama tyres, including the Advan Sport A/S, and Geolandar G055 and H/T G056, will receive a $60 prepaid Visa card.
On Thursday 18th June 2015, join teams from Beadles Group, Hendy Group, HPI Check, JCT600, Ridgeway Mercedes-Benz Portsmouth and Volvo Group who will be sailing in the inaugural “Automotive Challenge Cup”. Team places are still available and for each entry Sunsail Events is donating £500 to the automotive industry charity, BEN.
Pirelli has confirmed its participation as top partner in the ‘Zanetti & Friends’ charity football match scheduled to take place in Milan’s San Siro stadium on 4 May. The event will see current and recent players from local and international football clubs take the field, players who share a connection with the city of Milan and with Inter Milan’s ‘Il Capitano’, Javier Zanetti. In addition to serving as vice-president of F.C. Internazionale Milano, the former team captain is also founder of the PUPI Foundation, an organisation focused on helping children and teenagers. The PUPI Foundation has organised the Zanetti & Friends Match for Expo to highlight the issue of and support children’s nutrition.
The National Association of Motor Auctions (NAMA) held its annual AGM on 18 April in Portugal.
BEN is calling for keen cyclists to complete its London to Paris 24 hour challenge to help raise funds for the automotive industry charity. The closing date to register for the charity event, which will see the cyclists cover 240 miles in just 24 hours, is the end of March.
Sailun has announced that it has become the exclusive automotive sponsor of global charity World Child Cancer. The charity is dedicated solely to addressing the global inequality in diagnosing and treating children with cancer. Of the more than 200,000 children who develop cancer worldwide each year, 80 per cent are from low or middle income countries where fewer than five per cent will survive. The survival rate in high income countries is 80 per cent.
CharityStars, an online charity auction house based in Milan and London, is offering a unique piece of motorsport history for sale: the overalls worn by actor Chris Hemsworth, who played James Hunt in the film Rush.
Following its title support for the Performance Car Show, Landsail Tyres is to sponsor a team in the 2015 Mongolia Charity Rally. The rally is an epic 10,000 mile, pan-continental road trip across mountain ranges, deserts and barren and inhospitable lands, starting in London and ending in the ancient Mongol capital of Ulaanbaatar.
International development charity, Transaid, has mapped out a Celtic challenge for this year’s annual European cycling fundraiser, and is calling on industry professionals to take part.
Hats off to Pirelli for putting their hats on this December and raising money for charity. According to the company, Burton-based employees pulled on festive headwear to support “Blind Children UK”.
Marg Mcfarlane, from the security department at Pirelli, helped to coordinate the activity at the company. She said: “It was great to see colleagues get into the Christmas spirit and wear quirky hats to work – there were some sights! Everyone donated £2, which will help contribute to changing a life for a blind child.”
The three Harris Brothers Tyres retail centres in Swansea, part of the Protyre network, are celebrating a decade of support for the Cash for Kids charity by raising more than £330,000 in sponsorship funds in the course of just over a decade. The charity, which is supported by radio stations Swansea Sound and The Wave, […]
During Brityrex International 2014, the NTDA held a silent auction of a signed Ryan Giggs no.11 Manchester United shirt, which commemorates his 588 appearances, 108 goals and 24 years of service with Manchester United. It also lists all of his accolades as a player during that period including his PFA Player of the Year in 2009.
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