GB Building Solutions’ staff is taking part in a 1000 mile charity bike ride. They will be travelling through the Midlands over the next few days taking in all of the company’s building sites and offices.

Staff at the Tamworth office, together with GB Building Solutions’ customers and supply chain throughout the Midlands, aims to raise at least £5000 for local charity, St Giles Hospice. Each leg of the journey will be undertaken by up to four riders with more than 100 members of staff taking part over the whole ride.

The Midlands portion of the ride will encompass the five projects on which GB Building Solutions is currently on site in the region and the company’s office. The cyclists will start at the £11million St Ann’s housing association project to build 112 flats and houses in Nottingham. From St Ann’s the next team of cyclists will cycle 18 miles to Loughborough University, where GB Building Solutions is completing an £8million state-of-the-art, health, exercise and biosciences facility.

The following day the riders will travel 25miles to the company’s office in Tamworth, and from there a new team will travel to the £18.5million Bromsgrove Street development in the heart of Birmingham where the company is building eleven retail units and 189 residential apartments.

The next set of riders have 47 miles to ride down to £7.5million Holiday Inn Hotel being built in Cheltenham; the longest stint, a huge 65 miles, will be the final stint in the Midlands to Northampton.

The ride started at GB Building’s most northern site at Foundry House in Newcastle on the 1st April and will take in all of the company’s 31 sites and six offices. It will finally be completed at GB Building Solutions’ head office in Sunbury on the 15th May, with the directors: Martin Smout, Peter Stone and Mike Lethaby, cycling the final 28 mile leg of the journey.

Each office has organised sponsorship to go to a different hospice in its own area. GB Building Solutions hopes to raise a minimum of £30,000 providing at least £5,000 to each hospice. The charity bike ride is being supported by staff and GB Building Solutions’ supply chain, clients and consultants.

St Giles Hospice provides high-quality medical and nursing care for local people living with cancer and other serious illnesses, as well as offering support for their families and helpers. A dedicated team provides individually-tailored care either at the hospice or in patients' own homes across the region. The range of specialist services is provided free of charge to all who need it. Although St Giles receives some funding from the Government, the charity relies heavily on donations and fundraising.

Martin Smout, Chairman and Chief Executive of GB Building Solutions, says, “We take our community responsibility very seriously. The bike ride is a fun and active way to get all of our staff and our clients involved while at the same time putting something back into the communities in which we work.”

Peter Holiday, Chief Executive of St Giles Hospice, comments, “We are delighted to be receiving such generous support, following the marathon efforts by staff at GB Building Solutions. They and their sponsors can be sure that the proceeds from their ride will be spent on providing specialist care for local people who need it most.”