Shaylor Group donates more than £22k to Beating Bowel Cancer

ALDRIDGE-based contractor Shaylor Group has smashed its target of £10,000 to donate to its chosen charity for 2014, Beating Bowel Cancer.

Beating Bowel Cancer is a cause close to the hearts of Shaylor Group as its founder and chairman Fred Shaylor lost his fight against the disease in 2013. As a result, the entire company has wholeheartedly thrown itself behind fundraising for their chosen charity which led to of £22,671 being raised in under 12 months.

Stephen Shaylor, CEO of Shaylor Group, presented a cheque for £22,671 to Theo Coyne from Beating Bowel Cancer at the company’s headquarters.

The funds were raised from a wide number of initiatives including teams participating in the London Virgin Triathlon and the Wolf Run, the Fred Shaylor Golf Classic and Decembeard.

Shaylor said: “Our big-hearted staff and supply chain partners have worked tirelessly taking part in events and running competitions to raise the funds. In addition to the money, I personally hope we have played a part in raising awareness of this all too common disease.”

Brabham charity dinner raises £20,000

A CHARITY dinner hosted by former F1 driver David Brabham and his racing driver son Sam has raised almost £20,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support and the British Heart Foundation.

‘Life In The Fast Lane’ saw the Brabhams share tales with an audience audience about their careers and David’s legendary father and three-time F1 champion Sir Jack Brabham at city centre restaurant Opus at Cornwall Street.

The evening raised the charity sum through the hosting of an auction, a charity raffle and ticket sales.

An invitation for two to the 2015 British Grand Prix at Silverstone as special VIP guests of the Brabhams was the main attraction and raised £3,600, whilst the chance to embark on an Aston Martin performance driving course boosted the total by £1,700.

To mark the evening, diners were treated to a special dessert in the shape of the BT19 car which Sir Jack drove on his way to the 1966 Formula 1 title. A Brabham F1 car was also on display for diners in the basement of the restaurant, whilst an Aston Martin Vantage and Vanquish were also displayed on Cornwall Street.

The event was organised by Matt Shaw, partner of law firm Forresters, Jason Wouhra of East End Foods and Clive Reeves of Clive Reeves Public Relations.

Clement Keys names Ronald McDonald House as charity partner

BIRMINGHAM accountancy firm Clement Keys has named Ronald McDonald House Birmingham as its new charity partner.

The business is aiming to raise £5,000 over the next 12 months for the House – a 61 bedroom facility that provides free ‘home away from home’ accommodation to families who have children being treated at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

To gather funds for Ronald McDonald House Birmingham over the coming months, Clement Keys has planned a number of activities involving its employees and the wider community, including a Spring Charity Ball.

Joe Bates, managing partner at Clement Keys, said: “It was a unanimous decision to choose Ronald McDonald House Birmingham as our charity partner. We’re proud to be working with an organisation that provides such an important service to the local community.”

GKN and UBRacing team up to give school children an insight into a fast paced career

GKN Driveline and UBRacing, Birmingham University’s Formula Student racing team, teamed up to give students from Arthur Terry School an insight into the world of automotive engineering and how it is impacting motorsport.
 
Fourteen students from the Sutton Coldfield-based school visited GKN Driveline’s Birmingham manufacturing facility to see how the company’s technology is helping the world’s major automakers improve the drive performance of their vehicles.
 
As part of the visit, the pupils also met members of the UBRacing team, who brought along the single-seat race car designed and developed at the university.

Formula Student is an educational motorsport competition, backed by GKN, in which a number of universities globally develop vehicles and compete in a range of competitions. 
 
The visit was organised as part of the Government’s on-going ‘See Inside Manufacturing’ (SIM) campaign, an initiative aimed at transforming young people’s perceptions of manufacturing.

The visits give the students, their teachers and careers advisors a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the innovative and high-tech world of automotive manufacture.