THE president of a Leominster company has pledged to spend a night sleeping rough on a London park bench.

Ian Cullimore of Informal Software, will brave a night in Finsbury Park on September 22 to raise money for the charity, NCH Action for Children.

He will be taking part in the annual Byte Night, which calls for IT professionals to give up one night of comfort to support work with vulnerable children and those at risk of homelessness.

Ian will be joined by Police, Camera, Action, presenter Alistair Stewart; actress, Jenny Agutter; Minister, Patricia Hewitt and Steve Magidson, Informal Software's vice president of public relations, who will be flying in from the United States, to take part in the 150-strong bivouac.