Administrators of AM100 vendor group JCT600 who hiked 80 miles alongside the Dales Strategy to elevate funds for motor business charity Ben are hoping to achieve their £10,000 fundraising goal.

On the time this report was revealed their arduous fundraising efforts have achieved 85% of the £10k goal.

As a part of Ben’s Benathlon Problem, the group hiked for greater than 5 days from Ilkley, West Yorkshire to Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria.

On the hike had been John Tordoff, chief govt; Nigel Shaw, monetary director; Richard Hargraves, managing director; Tracey Newton, folks director; Graham Thacker, operations director; Andy Bateman, buyer expertise director; James Parker, chief info officer; and Ben Creswick, managing director of the group’s autos leasing division, JCT600 VLS.

Richard Hargraves stated: “BEN performs an important position within the automotive business, serving to people from our sector once they want it most, and it’s important that companies like ours do all we are able to to assist their work. 

“With many colleagues having beforehand taken half in fundraising actions, from climbing the Yorkshire Three Peaks to a 500-mile strolling, working, biking, swimming and rowing problem to tour all of our 50-plus dealerships, we felt the rigours of the Dales Means must be added to the listing. Passing via the guts of the Yorkshire Dales, it’s a really spectacular stroll – even in torrential rain! Due to everybody for his or her assist in serving to us elevate £8,500 for this implausible charity.”

Donations might be made to https://giving.ben.org.uk/pf/jct600dalesway

BEN is devoted to supporting anybody who works or has labored within the UK automotive business, plus their household dependents. In addition to supporting people in disaster, for instance, by offering free life teaching, the charity additionally works with firms within the sector, serving to them to advertise the well being and wellbeing of their folks.