Preston News
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…
Drainage engineers at Lanes Group are preparing to respond to calls for assistance as businesses, homeowners and public agencies begin to clear up after the major floods. There are continuing flood and weather warnings in some areas, but most people hit by the devastating floods are now entering the clean-up and long-term recovery phase of…
Lanes Group jetting engineer John Addison has taken the plunge for the RSPCA in a swimming challenge in memory of the pet dog he called his best mate. John, who has worked for the Lanes Preston depot in Bamber Bridge, Preston, for four years, has completed the 100×100 swimming challenge at his local public pool…
Lanes Group has rehabilitated surface water drainage along a rural road using ultraviolet lining technology – curing major flooding problems. The work demonstrated the benefits of ultraviolet (UV) relining, which can be more easily deployed in areas where access is difficult. Lancashire Council commissioned Lanes Group to reline the surface water drain along the tree-lined…
Lanes has proved its worth as a long-term signing for premier league football club Blackburn Rovers, by discovering — and remedying — a collapsed flood defence drain which could have threatened the pitch. Lanes has carried out regular maintenance checks to the Ewood Park drainage system since 2007, when it was called in to deal…
Despite being slap bang in a town centre’s busy shopping area, a sewer rehabilitation project carried out by Lanes for Drains and Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions (BBUS) for United Utilities, was a resounding success thanks to a concerted programme of communications and meticulous traffic management. Every potentially affected business and shop, in MP Jack Straw’s…
It looks as though Rossendale United FC has the perfect pitch, after a visit from Lanes for Drains ended a serious problem with waterlogging at the club’s East Lancashire ground. And, despite other matches in the region being called off following heavy downpours, the Unibond League club proudly reports that since Lanes cleaned out the…
