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Barrett Steel Saves the Day for ‘Help for Heroes' Bradford event/bs044 / 15.08.13

Barrett Steel Limited, one of the UK's largest steel stockholders, has come to the rescue of a Help for Heroes event on 21st September 2013 in Bradford, organised by voluntary fundraising organisation, Escape for Life (EFL), by donating the steel required for a daredevil escape stunt.

Antony Britton, founder of EFL, said: "On a cold, wet October evening in 2012 we staged our first escape stunt flying the EFL banner.

"We'd expected it to be a small affair, but over 200 people crammed themselves on the bridges and banks of the River Calder in Wakefield and witnessed the escape. We raised over £1000 for Macmillan Cancer Support and due to the success of the event we decided to do it again this year, only bigger and better."

Escape artist, Roslyn Walker, an EFL volunteer since the beginning, explains: "The Escape for Life team is made up of professional performers, escapologists, engineers and business people who donate their time and money to projects so that every penny raised from public donations goes to the chosen charity.

"It was decided that EFL 2013 would raise money for our chosen charity, Help for Heroes, and initially we were promised a lot of support.

"One-by-one these promises were broken and we all started to doubt whether our plans for this year would actually come to fruition. We were flat broke and literally days away from pulling the plug completely.

"Word got out that we were in serious trouble. Like the ‘Man of Steel' movie character the guys at Barrett Steel swooped in and breathed new life into the event by donating the steel required for the escape stunt. Before I knew what was going on Steve Dykes and Chris Lamb at the company had mobilised the troops and we had a truck load of steel delivered to the door. So much steel that we've been able to design a completely new, never-seen-before escape that will blow our audience's minds."

Antony Britton said: "Without Steve, Chris and the rest of the team at Barrett Steel there would be no EFL 2013."

For more information about this year's EFL event taking place in the centre of Bradford on September 21st, 2013 visitwww.EscapeForLife.org.uk.

More information is available from Chris Lamb at Barrett Steel, tel: +44 (0)1274 682281, email:chris.lamb@barrettsteel.com,www.barrettsteel.com.

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Photo: Photograph shows (from left to right) Antony Britton, escapologist and organiser of the Escape for Life event and Steve Dykes, Sales Manager at Barrett Steel Bradford. (Image available from Ros Nuttall,Chapelfield PR, email:rosalind@chapelfieldpr.com, tel: 07702 310743 /01706 224164).

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Company:
Chris Lamb, Group Marketing Manager, Barrett Steel, e:chris.lamb@barrettsteel.com
Tel: +44 (0)1274 682281, W:www.barrettsteel.com

About Barrett Steel Ltd

Established in 1866 by Henry Barrett, Barrett Steel has expanded organically and by acquisition to become the UK's largest independent steel stockholder.

The Group now comprises 42 companies operating from 28 locations across the UK and is divided into four divisions: General Steels; Engineering Steels; Tubes; and International. Recent expansion has seen a stockholding and processing facility being opened in Houston, Texas.

The numerous steel stockholding companies and divisions operating across the UK serve customers worldwide, united in a forward-thinking philosophy, commitment to technological innovation and exacting customer service standards. Each company operates with the full backing and support of the Barrett Steel Group.

Barrett Steel's head office is located in Bradford, West Yorkshire, on the site where its nineteenth century founder, Henry Barrett, set up premises in 1910.

Barrett Steel operates to ISO: 9001 2008.

Issued by: Barrett Steel, Barrett House, Cutler Heights Lane, Dudley Hill, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD4 9HU
T. +44 (0)1274 682281, E:chris.lamb@barrettsteel.com, W:www.barrettsteel.com