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Date: 25th August 2016 

Briggs charity drive team helps raise

£120,000 for SSAFA

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A team supported by Briggs Defence has helped to raise £120,000 for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, after taking part in a 3,000 mile charity drive across Europe.

The specialist defence division of engineering services, asset management and equipment supply company Briggs Equipment was a key sponsor of the biennial charity event, Rally for Heroes.

Since its inception in 2010, Rally for Heroes has raised in excess of £384,000 for British military charities, including Help for Heroes, the Royal British Legion and SSAFA.

Sixty teams set off from HMS Victory in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard on August 5 and were aiming to drive five miles in memory of each person to die while on operations in Afghanistan since 2001. Throughout the nine-day road trip the teams were accompanied by a specially commissioned shell case bearing the names of those service personnel.

Gary Clements, Strategic Development Director at Briggs Equipment, said: "We're delighted to show our support for Rally for Heroes. It helps fund the important work carried out by the UK's military charities which, in turn, makes a real difference to the lives of serving members of the Armed Forces, ex-service personnel and their families."

Travelling clockwise around Europe, the teams stopped off in Brussels, Basel, Turin, Monaco, Girona, Pau and Le Mans before heading back to the UK. In Monaco they drove the legendary World Rally Stage, the Col de Turini mountain pass, and in Turin the teams stayed overnight at the site of the old Fiat factory, which featured in the iconic film The Italian Job.

The proceeds from this year's Rally for Heroes go to SAFFA, which was founded in 1885 and provides practical, emotional and financial support to serving Regulars and Reserves and veterans of the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force.

Caption: The Briggs team was among 60 taking part in the 2016 Rally for Heroes, which raised £120,000 in aid of SSAFA.

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Editor's Notes

Formerly known as Defence Logistic Support (DLS), Briggs Defence is a specialist division of Briggs Equipment - a unique engineering and equipment provider, which relishes delivering innovation. With a team of more than 600 engineers throughout the UK, the company also provides global equipment and maintenance support. Currently, through its partnership with the Ministry of Defence, Briggs Defence manages in excess of 4,000 assets at 279 MoD sites across 13 countries.

Thesole UK distributor for Yale and Hyster forklifts, Briggs enjoys strategic partnerships that offer customers a total solution and services all the equipment it sells. So, whether it's new, used or short-term hire equipment, Briggs has a proposition far more reaching than materials handling.The company's market leading fleet management tool, BE Portal, plays a pivotal role in driving up standards of customer service and its in-house financing capability, BE Finance, offers customers greater flexibility. Briggs is transforming the industry by placing customers at the heart of everything it does. Discover more@BriggsUK

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