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The Lanes Group plc team feels honoured to have contributed to the creation of a memorial to the victims of the Manchester arena bombing, says the company’s Business Development Director, Richard Leigh. The Glade of Light, which has opened in Manchester’s Medieval Quarter, has a “halo” of white marble inscribed with the names of the…
A team of safety, transport and fleet management professionals from Lanes Group plc are dressing up as superheroes for a sponsored walk to mark Road Safety Week. They are sure to impress passersby as they walk the 10 miles from the Lanes utility depot at Iver in Buckinghamshire to the Customer Solution Centre (CSC) at…
Two drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have been praised for their fast and decisive response after a driver had a heart attack and his car veered into another vehicle. Lee Morgan and Les Gibbs had been working at a house near Sheffield for Amey, on behalf of Yorkshire Water, when they stepped in to…
Drainage and wastewater service specialist Lanes Group plc is using an innovative app that learns through artificial intelligence to help protect its employees against manual handling injuries. The app videos colleagues as they carry out tasks and analyses risks associated with their posture, allowing them to change their behaviour to avoid injury. Lanes Utilities, the…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have cleaned surface water gullies around one of the UK’s most important Naval memorials so it is ready for Remembrance Sunday ceremonies. The CWGC Plymouth Naval Memorial, on The Hoe, in the centre of the city, commemorates the 23,184 sailors who lost their lives at sea during World War…
Drainage and wastewater specialist Lanes Group plc has created a national quality assurance centre that is significantly speeding up the delivery of CCTV survey reports for customers. The new centre of excellence based at the company’s Manchester HQ offices is also improving the detail and quality of survey reports and supports major projects, such as…
An MP who wants to ban all wet wipes that contain plastic has seen her proposed Bill to create the new law pass its first hurdle in the House of Commons. Fleur Anderson, Labour MP for Putney, in West London, wants a law in place to prohibit the manufacturer and sale of any disposable wipe…
More than 150 industry experts have gathered to review progress in the fight against fats, oils and grease in sewers at the third European FOG Summit, sponsored by Unblocktober. The event at the Brighton Hilton Metropole, co-hosted by British Water, Southern Water and software specialist SwiftComply, heard how FOG should be considered a resource not…
