The run-up to this month's London Marathon has been full on for Ian Kenyon, chief financial officer at Cancer Research UK. Not because the charity is the lead sponsor for the event, but as chartered accountant Kenyon is one of the charity's 11 directors who have spent the last few months enduring tough early morning runs in the dark, training to complete the 26.2 mile course. Together they are collectively raising money for the brand new Francis Crick Institute, an inter-disciplinary medical research base for around 1,250 scientists, situated next to the British Library, due to open in November. Cancer Research has pledged a £160m contribution to the new institute.
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