Asset managers Burdett and Potter raise £160k for charity

Completed Reliant Robin CASCAID challenge

Victoria McKeever
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BMO Global Asset Management's Rob Burdett and Gary Potter have completed their 'Del Boy'-inspired CASCAID challenge, driving a Reliant Robin around the UK and raising more than £160,000 for Cancer Research.

The pair drove from Land's End to John O'Groats over 18 days in a '98 Reliant Robin, made famous by its appearance on TV sitcom Only Fools and Horses. Potter said: "It was a tremendous thing to do and a great achievement. We raised more than £160,000 for Cancer Research UK." They also hit a few bumps along the way however, including a run-in with the police when they stopped to admire the architecture in Sellafield. Reliant Robin "Roxanne" then broke down just before starting the east coast of England stretch of the trip. "It was pretty relentless - in a car that has three wheels a...

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