Manchester News
A decade of drainage services delivered by Lanes Group plc during the building of Manchester’s Metrolink tram service is approaching the end of the line. Drainage engineers based at the Lanes depot in Eccles, Greater Manchester, have been working on the new Trafford Park Line which is nearing completion. The company has provided drainage teams…
You won’t be with Lanes Group plc’s new customer service manager for long before you hear the ‘F’ word. “We had a bit of a challenge with this service. It wasn’t doing quite what the customer needed. We saw there was a solution, so I’d say, let’s fix it!” Joann has been applying this enthusiasm…
Drainage engineers have used their advanced water vacuumation technology to help enable an innovative project to generate hydro power on the Manchester Ship Canal. A team from Lanes Group plc’s Manchester depot used a powerful jet vac tanker to suck 2,500 gallons of water from the basement of a Victorian pump house on the canal…
When you have won a world dance title the next task is to retain it, and that is just what Lanes Group plc bid team assistant Shannon Whitehead aims to achieve. In April 2019, she was head coach of the England adaptive abilities pom team that won world championship gold in Orlando, Florida, USA. Now,…
Drainage and utility specialist Lanes Group plc is working with commercial customers to minimise the cost of the maintenance of vital wastewater assets. By coordinating service delivery with vital work done by other specialists, Lanes is also helping to minimise the risk of equipment malfunctions and boosting customer sustainability. In one example, a Lanes jet…
Drainage and wastewater contractor Lanes Group plc has appointed clean water expert Paul Henderson to lead strategic sales for its sewer rehabilitation and lining operations. Paul is the new Business Development Manager for the Lanes Sewer Rehabilitation and Lining Division. A key previous role was Business Development Director for one of the UK’s leading clean…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc are helping reduce the risk of localised flooding on Manchester roads through a comprehensive programme of planned gully cleaning. Lanes has begun work on a contract, awarded by Manchester City Council, to clean all 58,000 roadside gullies in 18 wards across the south of the city over the next…
Just over a year after Janine Mills nearly died at work she has taken part in a fundraising cycle organised by Lanes Group plc on behalf of the charity seeking a cure for the illness that nearly killed her. Health and Safety Administrator Janine, aged 50, collapsed in an office at drainage specialist Lanes Group’s…
