STOCKTON-based Pickerings Lifts, the UK’s largest independent lift manufacturer, has celebrated the 160 year anniversary of the company by getting staff on their bikes in an effort to raise money for charity. Staff braved the hot weather – many in fancy dress – to take to the saddle of stationary bikes, set up in the garden area of the head office, covering a total of 632 miles in a single day. The celebration is just one leg of the firm's year-long anniversary celebrations, that will see Pickerings’ 360 staff, spread over 12 offices, collectively run, walk or cycle over 160 miles in the name of charity.