News Archive

Monday, 31st January 2011
Refurbishment of Horncastle Swimming Pool
Work has now been completed on the refurbishment of Horncastle Swimming Pool for East Lindsey District Council. The £60,000 project had to be completed within a tight 3 week timeframe and involved the removal of existing tiles to the pool and retiling the pool and poolside areas. The Gelder team of Roger Paulger and Ashley Kent worked with our Contractor, Ashby Contractin...
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Friday, 28th January 2011
Have your say.......
Business Improvement Suggestion boxes and stations have begun to appear around the Gelder Groups various areas of operations in an effort to get staff at all levels coming up with ways to improve the business. In addition to this a business improvement noticeboard has been added to the companies intranet. On the installations Group Managing Director Steve Gelder (pictured) comments &ldqu...
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Friday, 28th January 2011
Cold Weather Leads to Surge in Specialist Drying Requirements
Gelder Group’s investment in Home and Dry is seeing a quicker than expected return with over £100,000 of speed drying orders being received during the first 3 weeks of January alone. Coupled with this, traditional drying instructions have averaged eight per day leading to over 250 separate pieces of kit being installed in properties across the country. Home and Dry provides n...
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Friday, 21st January 2011
Squelch and Burn Make Lincolnshire Business Awards Finals
A Gelder Group social project to educate youths that have fallen out of mainstream education has made it to the finals of the Lincolnshire Business Awards. Gelder Group is a previous 3 time winner at the Lincolnshire Business Awards but has never before been nominated for the “Supporting the Community Award”. The winners will be announced on the 10th February 2011.&nb...
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Friday, 14th January 2011
Coldest December for 100 years sees Insurance Instructions jump by over 500%
According to the MET Office, December was the chilliest December in 100 years and one of the coldest months ever recorded. The lowest recorded temperature at Gelder Group’s Lincoln Head Office was -20.5°C, this coupled with heavy snow falls made life very difficult for building and many projects were delayed during the month. Ultimately, however, the cold weather will have an e...
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Tuesday, 4th January 2011
Holy Souls Roman Catholic Church
On the 22nd December 2010, the new Community Hall for Holy Souls Roman Catholic Church in Scunthorpe was handed over. The £400,000 Community Hall replaced the original fire damaged hall and is now connected directly to the church and will greatly improve their facilities. Gelder Major Contracts Division were able to handover the project earlier than the contract completion ...
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