WALKING ON WATER
Recently acquired by Lanes Group plc, UKDN Waterflow (LG)
Ltd is a leading provider of water, wastewater, drainage
and infrastructure solutions. HSE International spoke to
Richard Leigh, Business Development Director at Lanes
Group plc to discuss their recent RoSPA Award success.
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n November 5 2015, UKDN Waterflow (LG) Ltd,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Lanes Group plc,
acquired UKDN Waterflow Ltd and certain assets of
both UKDN Waterflow Limited (in Administration) and UKDN
Waterflow Technical Services Limited (in Administration),
wastewater and drainage services providers.
The recent acquisition is seen by the board of Lanes
Group as a perfect fit with Lanes’ business strategy to
gain Insurance market sector presence. The businesses
complement the existing service provisions of Lanes
Group plc within the highways, rail, utility, insurance and
commercial sectors.
Richard Leigh, Business Development Director at Lanes
Group plc said: “The acquisition of these businesses is part
of our continuing expansion strategy. It will contribute
to our business growth, in terms of our ability to serve
current customers, and attract new ones; enhancing the
company’s future growth and performance, strengthening
the assets available, and providing even greater geographic
presence.”
As a national provider of water, wastewater, drainage
& infrastructure solutions to the insurance, commercial,
residential, industrial, transport, water & public sectors,
UKDN Waterflow (LG) Ltd operate from a network of bases
nationwide; all of which are ready to respond to drainage
emergencies 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
UKDN Waterflow (LG) Ltd offer an extensive portfolio
of services, with eight of the most common being: sewer
and drain unblocking and cleaning, drainage and sewer
management and maintenance, major and minor civil
engineering works, drainage asset mapping and data
management, renovation and repair of drains and sewers,
Drainage Asset Lifecycle Management, drainage and sewer
survey and inspection and non-drainage infrastructure
works.
The firm support the Home Emergency Assistance
market and work under a number of labels such as AA,
AXA and others. UKDN Waterflow (LG) Ltd also work in the
commercial & industrial sectors, predominantly alongside
Facilities Management companies. Their offering includes a
range of planned preventative maintenance programs and
reactive emergency cover, and they also look after several
household brands including 300-400 KFC restaurants,
McDonalds, Roadchef, Debenhams, Vision Express and
Mothercare.
Safety First
UKDN Waterflow (LG) Ltd carry a strong culture of safety
first and believe that everyone deserves to go home safely.
They drive an understanding approach with a nocompromise attitude and the H & S ethos and strategy
at UKDN Waterflow (LG) Ltd is shared throughout the
business and by Lanes Group plc. Richard continued: “We
are serious about delivering excellence in service, safety
and innovation. Health and safety is not just on site. Good
health and safety starts with the board and flows down
throughout the company.”
UKDN Waterflow (LG) Ltd have three key factors
in maintaining their health and safety record.
1. Around 12 months ago, their site audit / inspection
process was revamped to emphasise the understanding
of the environment of each site, rather than focusing on
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