Sunderland business park goes RED to support National Heart Month
5 March 2010
Employees at leading property group Goodman, based at Rainton Bridge Business Park, in Sunderland, turned red for the day in February to save lives by supporting the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Wear Red to Work day.
As part of National Heart Month, Goodman invited its employees and other occupiers based at Rainton Bridge to raise money by wearing red to work for the day. Goodman parks across the country raised over £1000 to help fight the UK’s biggest killer - heart and circulatory disease.
Jim Johnston, CEO of UK Business Parks at Goodman, said: “We decided to support the Wear Red to Work campaign because we wanted to do something fun for a good cause that would involve the whole Park community at Rainton Bridge. This initiative allowed us to do this by joining forces with our occupiers to raise money for the British Heart Foundation’s vital work.”
Jackie Skeel, Head of National Campaigns at the British Heart Foundation, said: “Thanks to Goodman going Red for Heart the money raised will help save lives and fight the UK’s biggest killer.”
For more information about the Red for Heart campaign please visit bhf.org.uk/red, call 0845 2410976 or email red@bhf.org.uk
Four years after its launch, almost 400,000 sq ft of new space has been developed at Rainton Bridge; catering from small high growth companies in the Park's Evolve Innovation Centre right through to corporate giants Npower, who have announced their intention to relocate onto Rainton Bridge in early 2010.
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Notes to editors
The British Heart Foundation is the nation’s heart charity, dedicated to saving lives through pioneering research, patient care, campaigning for change and by providing vital information. But we urgently need help. We rely on donations of time and money to continue our life saving work. Together we can save the life you love. The British Heart Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales (225971) and in Scotland (SCO39426 For more information about the Red for Heart campaign, please visit www.bhf.org.uk/
About Goodman Group (ASX: GMG)
Goodman Group is an integrated property group with operations throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and the United Kingdom. Goodman Group, comprised of the stapled entities Goodman Limited and Goodman Industrial Trust, is the largest industrial property group listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and one of the largest listed industrial property groups globally.
Goodman’s global property expertise, integrated own+develop+manage customer service offering and significant fund management platform ensures it creates innovative property solutions that meet the individual requirements of its customers, whilst seeking to deliver attractive long-term returns for investors. In Europe, Goodman has offices in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.
Please visit: www.goodman.com
For further information on Goodman please contact:
Joanna Reid 020 7269 9348 jo.reid@fd.com
Richard Stocks 020 7269 9355 richard.stocks@fd.com