06 October 2008

As a follow up to last years charity donations, the we have completed another round of successful fundraising initiatives as part of our CSR policy. We have raised £6,000 this year through raffles and auctions, which our backers Sovereign Capital generously topped this up with a further £4,000.

We also had our first charity golf day at the Belfry, which was a north v south Ryder cup format, organised by Howie Reynolds MD of Kinetics Facilities Services. A number of clients and suppliers attended the event and this raised a further £3,000 towards the pot. We would like to thank all of those who came along and played in atrocious conditions but made the day so successful and contributed to our charities.

We also completed a charity abseil for Richardson House in Manchester.

We will be issuing the first cheques this week to the following charities.

£2000 to Combat Stress
£2000 to MacMillan Cancer Support
£2000 to The Yellow Ribbon Foundation
£2000 to Lynne Faulds-Wood Bowel Cancer Campaign
£1000 to South Liverpool Housings Youth Board
£1000 to Richardson House in Manchester.

We will also undertake another round of fundraising to continue this work and meet our CSR obligations as the year goes on.

Paul Rushent Group Finance Director said “Too often we concentrate on making money in industry, it is good to work in a Group which takes its social obligations seriously. Indeed, I take great pleasure in writing out these cheques to such deserving causes”.