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DTC delivers for charity
- 07/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Southampton-based Direct Tool Company (DTC) has donated thousands of pounds of hand tools and abrasives to Buckinghamshire-based charity WORKAID. WORKAID refurbish and distribute unwanted tools and equipment to people in need, to help them learn a skill and earn a living. Tim Wakeford, managing director at DTC, [...] -
Admiral goes the Extra Mile for AutoRaise
- 04/05/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Admiral has announced its Extra Mile initiative has raised more than £5,000 for AutoRaise. Ian Phillips, claims engineers manager, said: “We are absolutely delighted with the success of the Extra Mile challenge which saw participants either walk or run 20, 35 or 60 plus miles throughout January and [...] -
Ben Ball confirmed for December return
- 28/04/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Automotive charity Ben has announced the Ben Ball will be back in December. It will take place at the Roundhouse in London on 8 December. The black-tie event raises vital funds to support the charity’s work, ensuring no one in automotive has to face life’s toughest challenges alone. This is more important now [...] -
Allianz unleashes its inner superhero
- 18/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Allianz Global Assistance UK had a heroic team of 100 volunteers working behind the scenes on Friday evening to answer phones for BBC’s Children in Need 2015. The volunteers were on hand at the company’s Croydon call centre, collecting over £53,163 in donations. Once again the call centre was a hive of [...] -
Gemini pair in marathon effort
- 16/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Gemini Repairs Ltd UK have chosen St Richard’s Hospice for its charity of 2016, with two of its team – Dave Sargeant and Phil Coleman – set to raise funds by running the Virgin Money London Marathon 2016. Training is already well underway and both Dave and Phil are pounding the streets in the early hours [...] -
Bangers4BEN sale at BCA raises £26,550
- 06/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
BCA staged a special sale of Bangers4BEN cars at Blackbushe on Friday, 30th October to raise money for BEN - the UK’s dedicated charity for those who are working or have worked in the automotive industry. All the cars sold, and a substantial £26,550 was raised for the charity, pushing the total raised by [...] -
CitNOW’s Bangers4BEN efforts pays off
- 04/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Automotive video software expert CitNOW has raised over £2,000 for the charity BEN at the Bangers for BEN 2015 rally. The Wokingham-based firm doubled its efforts for this year’s event by entering two cars – a 20-year old Audi Cabriolet driven by CitNOW Commercial Director Alistair Jeff, and an 11-year old [...] -
Autoglym receives charity award
- 28/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Autoglym has been honoured with a special award for the work it does to support firefighters across the UK. The firm has been named the 2015 Corporate Supporter of the Year at the Fire Fighters Charity’s Spirit of Fire Awards. Liverpool Football Club was amongst the businesses shortlisted for the [...] -
ACIS supports Boundary 500 SOS Challenge
- 19/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Charity fundraisers who have raised hundreds of thousands of pounds in two-wheel motorcycle events are revving up for their biggest challenge to date – to get as many people as possible to make their own personal journeys to each of the UK’s three Zoe’s Place Baby Hospices. The Boundary 500 SOS Challenge is [...] -
JCC raise over £43K for Macmillan
- 28/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Macmillan Cancer Support has been Just Car Clinics’ official charity since 2012, with the partnership now stronger than ever entering into its fourth year. Sadly, six years ago (24th September 2009), JCC lost a work colleagues and friend, Sandra Hirst, who worked in the Leeds branch, to cancer. Unfortunately, [...]