Eight runners from the Birmingham office of law firm Trowers & Hamlins have signed up for the 2015 Morrisons Great Birmingham Run Business Challenge.

The team of six women and two men will run the half marathon on October 18 to raise money for Birmingham Children's Hospital.

It is the first time staff at Trowers & Hamlins have signed up for the city centre run although the firm hosts regular fund-raising events in aid of the hospital as it is its chosen charity.

Amardeep Gill, team co-ordinator and managing partner, said: "We are really excited to fund-raise for such a worthy cause.

"We will probably be entering one team although there's a real mix of running abilities - some of us take part in running events regularly while others have never run before."

Business Challenge teams must be a minimum of four people and a maximum of eight but companies can enter as many teams as they want in male, female or mixed-sex categories.

Mixed teams must have a minimum of two men and two women.

Team members must be 16 years of age or over on race day and placings are based on the accumulated first four finishing times in each team.

Every team that enters 12 or more employees will receive their own personalised company engraved plaque.

Visit www.greatrun.org/Birmingham for more details and to enter the Great Birmingham Run.