MV Commercial shifts up a gear to back TIP Group’s “Italian Job II” charity cycle challenge

MV Commercial, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of specialist trucks, is proud to have supported TIP Group’s 11th “Fat Bottomed Boys & Girls” charity bike ride – “The Italian Job II” – which has already pedalled past its fundraising target for Dougie Mac and Donna Louise children’s hospice services.

The three-day ride, completed on 14-16 May, saw 55 cyclists from across the UK and Irish transport industry conquer more than 300 km through Italy’s Veneto plain, the dramatic Dolomites and the lake-studded hills of Lombardy before rolling into Bergamo. The team originally set out to raise £70,000 but has smashed that goal, with donations hitting an outstanding £108,693.

Steven Cairns, Managing Director of MV Commercial, said: “Everyone at MV Commercial is absolutely delighted to support this year’s ‘Italian Job II’. The resilience and camaraderie shown by the riders mirror the spirit we see every day in the trucking world – keeping goods, and now good causes, moving. Whether it’s a 32-tonne eight-wheeler or a 10-kg road bike, it all comes down to teamwork, endurance and the drive to go the extra mile for the communities we serve.”

About the Douglas Macmillan Hospice

Douglas Macmillan Hospice (Dougie Mac) is the only hospice in Staffordshire supporting Children, Young Adults & Adults. Care is given to patients who are living with a life-limiting illness at our two sites and in the community.

About MV Commercial

Head-quartered in Airdrie with depots nationwide, MV Commercial designs, builds, hires and sells bespoke crane, plant and construction trucks. Operating a fleet of more than 1,600 vehicles and employing over 250 people, MV Commercial keeps the UK supply chain on the road with its award-winning “design-to-delivery” service.