NEWPORT accountancy practice Phil Bessant Ltd locked up their boss for an afternoon and raised £3,915 for St David’s Hospice Care.
Phil, was locked up in the boardroom at the firm’s Caerau Road, Newport, office and would not be freed until £1,000 had been pledged.
In the event more than three times that amount was raised by clients, business contacts staff and family.
Phil Bessant Limited has adopted St David’s Hospice Care as its charity of the year.
The firm will be staging a fund raising golf day on May 22 at Woodlake Gold Course and Pretty Muddy on July 18, with the aim of raising a further £2,000 for the Newport-based charity.
Tania Ansell, of St David’s Hospice Care, said: “We can't thank Phil Bessant and his staff enough for what they have raised for St David’s Hospice Care and look forward to working with them again throughout the year.”
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