Manchester News
A dramatic Remembrance Day poppy display created from thousands of plastic bottles thanks to the dedication of village of volunteers has grown in size this year with help from Lanes Group plc. The Poppy Waterfall, first displayed in Stoneclough, Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, in 2020, was the idea of former soldier David De Souza, supported by…
University learns vital lessons from full site drainage survey A university has been given “valuable insights” after commissioning Lanes Group plc to carry out a full site survey of the drainage system serving its campus. A team from the Lanes Manchester depot carried out the survey over two weeks, providing the University of Bolton with…
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have used their advanced suction technology to assist the UK’s busiest adventure golf centre in keeping its dramatic water features flowing smoothly. With giant dinosaurs looking on – not real ones, thankfully – they removed 4 tonnes of silt from a sump in the pond at the Dino Falls…
Preparing digital drainage reports, visiting high-tech equipment suppliers and even doing his health and safety training – Ellis Firth has achieved a lot in his week of work experience in the Lanes Group plc national CCTV survey processing centre. Then again, he joined the team at the Lanes depot and headquarters site in Eccles, Greater…
The Premier League may be the pinnacle of football in the UK. But thousands of junior clubs across the UK are the vital grassroots and, arguably, lifeblood of the sport. Lanes Group plc is sponsoring an under 12s team at Parkwyddn Junior Football Club, in Salford, Greater Manchester. We’re taking the opportunity to hear from…
Lanes Group plc has launched a new national highways drainage surveying service backed by a dedicated data processing centre and advanced asset laser scanning technology. It means the company can provide clients with a safer, faster and more comprehensive highways drainage surveying service, integrated with its unrivalled cleaning, repair and rehabilitation services. One of the…
Lanes Group plc is backing youngsters who love to play football by sponsoring a junior football team. The drainage and wastewater specialist has agreed to sponsor Parkwyddn Junior FC’s Under 12s Predator team for the next two years. Like the Lanes Manchester depot, Parkwyddn Junior Football Club is based in Eccles, Salford, where it runs…
One of Lanes Group plc’s longest-serving sales managers has swapped directing jet vac tankers to customer worksites for guiding a rally car at hair-raising speeds around the forests of Wales. Ian Clapham, Area Development Manager for the North West region, is reviving his career as an amateur rallying navigator, giving his driver directions as they…
