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Lanes engineers find all sorts of things holding up water when they go to unblock drains – so what about a muscle-bound beefcake? Okay, so this particular strongman was no more than six inches tall and appeared to be stuck in a show-off pose, but he was perfect for blocking a drain. Lanes Utilities blockage…
Lanes drainage engineers know all about the need for excellent health and safety – and it appears these geese do too! A Lanes Utilities team working for Thames Water was travelling between jobs when they had to stop to allow these smart birds cross the road, at a pedestrian crossing. They were so impressed that…
Trevor Sawyer was “shocked and elated” to win a sales award after his first year as an Area Development Manager for Lanes Group – and puts his success down to a great team effort. He was winner of the Northern Regional Sales Performance Award 2014 at the Lanes Group National Sales Conference. Trevor said: “When…
For Part 4 of Family Friendly Week 2014 we interviewed Gemma Finney – Key Accounts Administrator at Lanes Group Manchester: Make the most of “precious” time with baby during maternity leave, says Gemma Gemma Finney swapped looking after some of Lanes’ biggest clients to caring for the latest, and littlest, addition to her family when she…
Lanes Group drainage engineers have helped solve a pollution problem in one of the UK’s most famous rivers where it was hidden from view under a shopping centre. They were called in to search for the source of raw sewage coming from a surface water drain after it was spotted by construction workers. The sewage…
Lanes Group has completed its biggest ever excavation project in Scotland with the installation of two large interceptor tanks just one metre from one of the country’s largest maternity units. In the £160,000 15-week project, the Lanes Glasgow depot installed the tanks at University Hospital Crosshouse, Kilmarnock, on a site next to the new Ayrshire…
George McGregor, one of two area sales managers for the Lanes depot in Glasgow, scored a hat-trick of Lanes Group sales awards in 2014 – and says the buzz he gets from his job is just like scoring a goal for Celtic. He was top sales person for Scotland, had the second best sales performance…
For part 3 of Family Friendly Week we interviewed Ian Wilson – Lanes Group Regional Development Manager for Scotland: Ian is in the middle of the ‘terrible twos’ – but he loves it! Ian Wilson admits there are times when he feels his two-year-old son, Conrad, is running rings round him – but he wouldn’t have it…