The Pavestone Rally, the bienniel, all-industry event that combines old cars, fancy dress, and wierd and wonderful challenges across Europe over a five-day period, raised £214,000 for the 2025 event. The event took place from September 3 to 7 2025 and took participants across Northern Europe from Dusseldorf to Amsterdam …
Read More »Toolbank wins Pavestone Rally Padlock Challenge
Power tool supplier Toolbank has won Burg-Wächter’s Padlock Challenge at this year’s Pavestone Rally. Each crew were given a padlock with one of five possible combinations etched onto it. Together, these revealed the code for a safe at the rally’s finish line in Amsterdam, which contained a prize of £150. …
Read More »Last chance for early bird discount for the Pavestone Rally 2025
The early bird discount to join the Pavestone Rally in 2025 will end on September 30 2024. The event which takes place September 3-7 2025 will take place across Northern Europe from Dusseldorf to Amsterdam via Berlin, Malmo and Hamburg. With just four weeks to go to take advantage of …
Read More »Pavestone Rally 2023: The stuff that’s fit to publish anyway
The Pavestone Rally sets off today, taking merchants and manufacturers across Europe from Ghent to Monte Carlo for four days, in a custom-decorated car that cost less than £500 to buy. Along the way, there will be a range of challenges and tasks for the participants to perform, and …
Read More »Space available on Pavestone Rally
Pavestone has announced that there is one more space available for its Pavestone Rally, which sets off on September 6 – the charity event runs from Gent, Strasbourg, Innsbruck, Milan, Monte Carlo and finishes off with a gala dinner in Nice. Pavestone’s goal is to raise money for the four …
Read More »IBMG take on Pavestone Rally for charity
The Independent Builders Merchant Group is supporting a team for this year’s Pavestone Rally, the team will set off in a £460 London taxi brought from eBay. The charity rally sets off in September, its aim is to raise money for four charities and awards competitors with points for various …
Read More »Last chance to enter for the Pavestone Rally 2023
On September 6-11, the third Pavestone Rally will raise money for four well deserving charities as well as plant hundreds of trees. To offset the carbon produced by the Rally, Pavestone need to plant 125 trees, however the organisers of the rally have pledged to plant 1500. This is more …
Read More »Sussex Builders’ Merchant raises over £3,600 for charity
A team from NYEs Building Supplies in Horsham has raised £3,600 for charity after driving hundreds of miles across Europe in an old banger. Setting out from Reims in northern France in full fancy dress, the team’s trip was in aid of three charities – The Rainy Day Trust, …
Read More »Chandlers and Cembrit triumph in 2019 Pavestone Rally
The team from Chandlers Building Supplies have won the 2019 Pavestone Rally and raised over £7,000, contributing to the £133,000 total amount raised for charity. In addition to their overall win, team Chandlers Cembrit, led by rally driving timber trading director at Chandlers Building Supplies, Trevor Mudd and Sam Hanks, …
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