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If you walked into the gents’ toilets in a quaint country pub, only to be greeted by three tubas in the place of urinals, would you stand there confused or throw caution to the wind and use them as toilets? This is the winner of our World’s Weirdest WCs competition – a quiet pub in…
Lanes Group is supporting a performance psychologist and his family who have pledged to raise funds to help a village school in The Gambia. David Harrison, his wife Vicky, and their daughter, Charlotte, have already raised hundreds of pounds to buy benches and tables for the school in the village of Lamin. They have now…
Andrew MacCuish, Head of Health, Safety, Quality and Environment at Lanes Group plc’s Utilities Division, has become a Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (IOSH). He had to prove a high standard of continual professional development, then complete an open book assessment and give a peer-reviewed presentation to qualify for…
Lanes Group Commercial Director Scott Norris got to see some cycle racing as he acted as a volunteer marshal on the Tour of Britain – but it was Team Sky’s bus driver who impressed him most. Scott was marshalling for second day of Britain’s biggest cycle race, as the riders covered the 116.6 miles from…
Quizzing Olympic silver medallist Mark Cavendish about a gashed leg and stopping excited cycle fans climbing onto the podium before the winner could was all in a day’s work for Lanes Group plc Commercial Director Scott Norris. Scott is working as a volunteer race marshal for the UK’s biggest free-to-spectate sporting event. The 100.5-mile Stage…
A sewer rehabilitation team from Lanes Group has met challenging working timeframes to complete a project that has reduced sewer flooding risks in a Scottish city. The company was commissioned, by Scottish Water, to clean and line a combined sewer downstream of the Fisherman’s Car Park close to Inverness town centre, and right alongside the…
Lanes Group manager Chris Wilde has rescued two teenage girls who got into difficulty while swimming in big waves on the Welsh coast. He swam out to them and helped them to shore – at one moment fearing he and the girls would be drowned – at Tywyn beach in Mid-Wales. It happened just 10…
Michelle Casteel was all smiles after her customer service was put to the test and she passed – by finding a pizza restaurant. The Lanes Group planner was asked by a mystery caller if she could advise where to buy a pizza, and she immediately got onto Google and gave an answer. She didn’t know…