The misty start to the morning did nothing to dampen the spirits of the 13 fishers who entered the ‘What a Whopper! Charity fishing competition. The event was held at the Gelder Group’s Head Office lake on the 27th September and was in aid of The Brain Tumour Charity. The one acre lake is stocked with […]

Chris Kent, Branch Manager of the Lincoln Insurance Department celebrated 15 years of service today and was awarded a certificate, an engraved pen and £100 voucher. Presenting the award was Steve Gelder CEO, who commented during the presentation: Chris is one of our unsung hero’s, he works tirelessly for the company and has built a […]

The 12 month project to demolish and rebuild a new fire station for Louth was completed as scheduled in September this year. The former Eastfield Road station, which needed constant repair work, was demolished to make way for the new state-of-the-art facility. This includes a training tower and accommodation pod. Project Contracts Manager Simon Hope […]

Work to build offices on the derelict Cartergate site in Grimsby has finally got under way. Work started on Monday, August 24, with the construction of a four-storey office building set to be completed by late 2016. The £6 million project will be the new Grimsby headquarters for law firm Wilkin Chapman, who plan to […]

Internal renovation work at Sir Francis Hill School was completed in time to re-open the school in September, although the £3.5 million upgrade will continue through to August 2016. The additional planned work consists of two extensions to the school, a new ’High-5’ pitch, a new staff car parking area and a new playing area […]

The weather was shining on the 10th July for the annual Streets Accountants golf day at Lincoln Golf Club. The Maintenance team entered a seasoned team of players which included Gary Rousseau, Shaun Cass, James Flintham and Paul Staines who individually and as a team managed to win several prizes on the day. Paul and Gary […]

After receiving our first hive of 30,000 European Dark Bees from the Lincolnshire Beekeepers Association in May, the industrious bees have already created nine full frames of honey. The honey is now being harvested and will be ready for sale later this month, with all proceeds going to charity. The Gelder Group’s Environmental Officer, Simon […]

Around 80 people braved what must have been the wettest weekend of 2015 to take part in the 12th annual Gelder Camp. It rained constantly from 9pm on the Friday evening until Sunday morning, but this did not dampen any spirits with all the normal activities taking place, including football, treasure hunting, British bulldogs, bike rides, […]

The Maintenance Division are pleased to announce that they will be working with Derbyshire County Council to supply, deliver and commission modular accommodation with associated groundworks, foundations and services for the Holbrook Centre for Autism. The £1.4Million project should take approximately 22 weeks to complete and is estimated to start in April 2015.