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A young writer who has won a BBC Radio 2 award for a story inspired by the UK’s fatberg menace has been thanked by sewer maintenance specialist Lanes Utilities for highlighting the problem in such a creative way. Francesca Wade’s tale of Agent Ramsbottom’s fight against Dr Fatbürg, who was turning waste in London’s sewers…
Pictured, from the left: Ryon Burton, Dan Ray, and John Ruddell, who gave emergency first aid to a man who had been seriously assaulted. Two wastewater engineers working for Lanes Group plc have been praised for the way they gave first aid to a main who had suffered a serious assault. Ryon Burton and John…
Bike riding teams of colleagues at the Leeds HQ of the UK’s largest independent drainage specialist have cycled the length of the River Aire and far, far beyond for charity. Teams from Lanes operational centres across the UK and in Ireland are cycling the length of local geographical features without moving an inch for the…
Lanes Utilities is using new international standards to integrate its management systems in a process that is already delivering significant benefits for its teams and clients. The business, part of Lanes Group plc, the UK’s largest independent drainage specialist, is the wastewater network services maintenance partner for Thames Water. Lanes Utilities has transitioned to new…
Lanes Group plc has won the Health and Wellbeing category in the Water Industry Achievement Awards for its pioneering work to support its people in the workplace. It has developed a wellbeing app for measuring happiness at work combined with a practical support programme led by a qualified wellbeing and mental health practitioner. The initiative,…
The Birmingham City Mission drainage survey, cleaning, and repair team, headed by Amey Site Supervisor Mark Bissell (in the orange jacket) and, to his right facing, Dean Evans, Mark Davies, and Connor Murphy, from Lanes Group, and Andy Morton, from Birmingham City Mission. Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have joined other contractors in helping…
Lanes Group plc is the first drainage specialist in the UK to introduce a new low-entry high visibility lorry cab developed by Scania. The company is taking delivery of a jetting and vacuumation tanker that has the new L-series cab, designed to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety, especially in urban environments. The JHL jet vac…
Our sewer system is an essential part of modern life, keeping our homes and streets clean and hygienic. But how does the vast infrastructure that exists beneath our feet actually work? In this article, we will take a closer look at the importance of our sewer system, how it was created and how the system…
