The lift industry is full of people with fascinating stories, so our Elevator Pitch is a chance to share a journey in a lift and find out a little bit more about them.

Today we’re heading up 72 floors to take in the view from the Shard, in London. At six metres per second, we’ll be transported 310m to the top in no time. Our guest had better talk fast! The doors open to reveal Matt Appleby, Apprentice Software Developer at Peters Research.

Doors closing… Going up…