{"id":4724,"date":"2013-05-31T13:11:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T13:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=4724"},"modified":"2013-05-31T13:11:42","modified_gmt":"2013-05-31T13:11:42","slug":"british-gas-targets-1m-for-great-ormond-street-with-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4724","title":{"rendered":"British Gas Targets \u00a31m For Great Ormond Street With Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4725\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4725\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4725\" alt=\"British Gas Swims Britain Transit Custom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/british-gas-swim-transit-sm.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/british-gas-swim-transit-sm.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/british-gas-swim-transit-sm-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">British Gas is hoping to raise \u00a31m for Great Ormond Street with its Swims Britain challenge.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>British Gas is hoping to raise \u00a31m for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gosh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Great Ormond Street Hospital Children&#8217;s Charity<\/a> this summer, with the British Gas &#8220;Swims Britain&#8221; challenge, which aims to encourage thousands of its staff members to take part in swimming challenges around the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Challenges will take place throughout the UK, from Windsor in the south of England, up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/glasgow\">Glasgow<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/edinburgh\">Edinburgh<\/a> in Scotland.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s a massive challenge,\u201d said British Gas sponsorship manager Matthew Leopold. \u201cWe want to get all of the British Gas team involved in this huge charity swimming event, from office and sales staff, to the engineers in the power stations and the people out driving their Ford Transit vans every day.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4656\">I reported recently<\/a>, British Gas is a big fan of the Ford Transit and recently purchased 520 new Transits, so what better vehicle to support the Swims Britain challenge than a customised Ford Transit Custom?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe wanted a vehicle that British Gas staff could relate to but could provide added comfort and flexibility, and the Ford Tourneo Custom fits the bill perfectly,\u201d said Matthew.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The aquatic-themed Ford Tourneo Custom, a long wheelbase model, is powered by a Dagenham-built 125PS 2.2-litre TDCi diesel engine. The vehicle is well-equipped for the UK tour, with nine seats, a 230-volt power converter and Ford\u2019s satellite navigation system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Gas is hoping to raise \u00a31m for Great Ormond Street with its Swims Britain challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1231],"tags":[1473,1722],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4727,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4724\/revisions\/4727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}