News Archive

Tuesday, 27th November 2007
Biomass Boiler Installed
Gelder Group?s Dunholme site is now being heated by a biomas boiler (pictured) using waste timber sorted from Greentech skips, the Group?s waste management company. Timber is sorted into reusable and waste bins and then the waste timber is placed into the incinerator. Heat from the incinerator then heats the 17,500 sq ft of warehousing and offices and also heats all the hot water req...
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Tuesday, 27th November 2007
Polythene & Cardboard Recycled
A ?10,000 investment in the Gelder Group?s waste management arm, Greentech, is enabling the company to recycle all waste polythene and cardboard from across the Group. The polythene and cardboard are sorted from skips and then fed into a new Mardon bailing machine (see photo) which compresses it into ? tonne bails which can then be sold on. Greentech?s site manager, David Sta...
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Wednesday, 14th November 2007
Newsletter Available to Download
We are pleased to announce that visitors to our website can now download our quarterly newsletter. Our Autumn Issue (publication 6) is now available in pdf. format. The Winter Issue is due out mid January. Happy Reading! If you wish to receive a copy of our newsletter by post please forward your details to chrissy@gelder.co.uk ...
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Saturday, 10th November 2007
Bonfire Celebrations 2007
Gelder Bonfire Celebrations Back by Popular Demand Last year?s bonfire celebrations proved to be so popular, it was only natural we would hold the event again this year. This year?s bonfire and fireworks display were accompanied by hot food which included hot dogs, burgers (including specialty pork and apple burgers), soup, and the infamous mushy peas and mint. A bar serving win...
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Thursday, 8th November 2007
Group purchases 'River Cottage'
On the 1st November 2007 the Gelder Group completed the purchase of River Cottage (pictured), a five bedroom farmhouse, out buildings, six acres of land and fishing rights to the adjacent River Till. The property adjoins the Groups Head Office complex and plans for this site include a Training Academy, additional land to extend the company?s environment project and additional offices. ...
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Monday, 5th November 2007
New Contract for LACE Housing
LACE Housing have awarded The Gelder Group the contract for the construction of 21 two bedroom flats together with communal facilities and external works at Lincoln. Ground investigation works were carried out on 16th / 17th October to establish ground stability with a view to commencing construction works in December. The Gelder Group Site Manager on this project will be Cliff Meye...
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Friday, 2nd November 2007
Work to start at new Meadows Primary School
Work has now commenced on a ?2.2 million project for Lincolnshire County Council to form the New Meadows Primary School. The former Lowfields Junior School has been completely vacated allowing several single storey extensions to form two new Key Stage 2 classrooms and nursery classrooms together with an extension to the existing school hall. The works will also include extensive ...
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