Carter Jonas has launched its 2018 LandAid Pedalthon.
The annual event now in its fifth year, takes place on 11 May. Riders can participate in the 80-mile challenge or 40-mile social ride through the Yorkshire countryside.
Teams from Carter Jonas’ 38 offices will join more than 350 cyclists taking part from across the UK’s property and business community.
To date, the event has raised more than £40,000 towards the renovation of empty and derelict properties to create affordable and safe homes. For more information, and to register visit www.yorkshirepedalthon.co.uk.
WSP celebrates diversity in engineering
To coincide with this month’s National Apprenticeship Week and International Women’s Day, professional services and engineering firm WSP highlighted the increased number of female apprenticeships it provides, following the launch of the apprenticeship levy in April 2017.
The firm responsible for the design of The Shard has more than doubled its intake of female apprentices, from nine in 2016 to 22 in 2017. Overall, it employed 41 apprentices in 2016 and took on more than 70 in 2017.
The new levy has allowed WSP to continue tackling the skills gap in engineering by diversifying its offering of apprenticeships for both school leavers and degree-level applicants.
Emily Mahoney, WSP learning and development specialist, said: “We’re thrilled to have increased our female intake of apprentices by 150% since 2017 and we aim to do that again in 2018.
“Our apprentices start their careers in the safe environment which allows them to develop and become our world class engineers of the future”.
C&W associate targets a medal
A Cushman & Wakefield surveyor will be going for gold in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.
Sandy Walker, an associate in the London markets residential team, has been selected to compete for Scotland in the fullbore target rifle events.
This means he will be participating in the pairs and individual events in the 2018 games in Brisbane, Australia, which start in April.
Walker has represented Scotland and Great Britain at U21, U25 and senior level and in November 2017 he took bronze for Scotland at the Commonwealth Championships.
Marathon man
Aaron McSkimming of Hertfordshire’s AD Bly Construction is running his second consecutive Virgin London Marathon next month for Prostate Cancer Research Centre. To support Aaron visit https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/TeamAaron KevinMarc
Hit the fairways
David Wilson Homes has announced its first charitable golf day in aid of children’s charity Jessie May, which provides respite care for terminally ill children in the South West. It hopes the event, at the Celtic Manor Resort on 6 July, will help raise £50,000 for the charity this year. To book a place, email bethany.neale@dwh.co.uk
