A Lincoln hydraulics specialist has invested in an expansion of its warehousing facility, as it celebrates half a century in business.
Pearson Hydraulics has leased a 5,000 sq ft warehouse on Cardinal Close in Lincoln.
The firm, which offers products and services from simple components to full electro-hydraulic projects, currently employs 40 people across sites in Lincoln and Grantham.
The expansion comes after a substantial investment in equipment and systems, which will enable the company to provide an broader service to customers.
The firm has spent £100,000 on a new hose cutting machine, which is capable of cutting 750 hoses an hour and marking them with customer’s details, and a further £100,000 on stock control management software.
Pearson Hydraulics’ Managing Director Rick Dring shows Banks Long & Co Trainee Surveyor Jonathan Purkiss the capabilities of the firm’s new £100,000 hose-cutting machine.
Managing Director Rick Dring said: “We are growing again in our 50th year. Our main Cardinal Close premises, complete with trade counter, were built in 1998.
“We extended them by 50% two years later and we have been looking for further storage capacity over the past two years.
“Over the last eighteen months we rented warehousing in the centre of Lincoln, but then we discovered that this 5,000 sq ft unit, just yards from our main premises, had become available.
“We have distribution agreements with leading manufacturers, but one of the reasons for our most recent growth has been a decision taken by the Danish company Danfoss to appoint us as one of only two UK-based master distributors.
“We are also being increasingly recognised for our Original Equipment Manufacture kitting, whereby we are able to supply all the hydraulic parts needed to assemble and install the hydraulic content of a complete machine as one package, with one part number.”
Banks Long & Co Trainee Surveyor Jonathan Purkiss, who completed the lease, said: “We are seeing a definite pick-up in demand for industrial premises and this confidence is being underlined by developer interest in creating more speculatively-built units, alongside partly-committed premises.”
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Resurfacing works at the junction of Newark Road and Doddington Road in Lincoln will take place next week, with an overnight road closure.
The worn out carriageway will be completely replaced at the junction of the A1434 Newark Road and the B1190 Doddington Road, starting on Wednesday, September 29. Work is expected to last one week.
The road will be closed between the junction with Tritton Road and the Hykeham Road/Rookery Lane crossroads from 7pm to 6am, reopening during the day, as well as overnight at the weekend.
Traffic will be diverted via Tritton Road, Moorland Avenue and Rookery Lane.
Karen Cassar, assistant director for highways, said: “So far this year, we’ve resurfaced, surface dressed and patched over 225 miles of roads and footways, to keep Lincolnshire’s roads safe for everyone.
“This project will take place overnight when the roads are much quieter, but I appreciate it will still cause some disruption, so I’d like to thank residents for their patience.”
Cat rescue groups have successfully managed to get the remaining 27 cats from Catmando’s house in Gainsborough and taken them into care, after weeks of protests outside his home.
Protests began outside a house on Portland Terrace in Gainsborough on Thursday, September 9, when groups claimed that there was a man keeping over 50 cats in poor living conditions in his home.
These demonstrations then became regular as more horror stories were being revealed, and protestors said they had seen the man walking cats on leads with bells on them.
Local cat rescue groups want the animals removed from the house in Gainsborough. | Photo: Michelle Page
Cat rescue groups notified the RSPCA and Lincolnshire Police and investigations began to try and establish the circumstances surrounding this man, self-labelled as ‘Catmando’.
Police attended the property during the morning of Tuesday, September 14, rescuing 11 cats but sadly losing one as it died.
12 cats were rescued, including one pictured left who is being treated and a kitten (right) who sadly died. | Photo: Michelle Page
Upon entering the property, it was said that the condition was disgusting and all the drains were blocked with excrement.
Michelle Page of Page’s Pet Rescue was at the forefront of the daily protests, and confirmed to The Lincolnite that all the remaining cats had been handed over from Catmando’s house to her rescue on Tuesday afternoon.
The cats were being fed rice, mince, bread and ribs on the bone out of a pan when living at Catmando’s house. | Photo: Michelle Page
According to Michelle, a total of 37 cats were seized, 10 of which went to other rescues in the area, and the other 27 went to Page’s.
They are currently in the process of chipping the animals and offering veterinary care for them in anticipation of finding new owners for the felines.
One particular cat has also been reunited with its owner three years after they first declared it missing, after an appeal posted online by Michelle saw pictures of the pet match the description given.
27 cats are now in the hands of Page’s Pet Rescue as they looks for new homes for felines. | Photo: Michelle Page
It has been an incredibly long process for Michelle, who said she has hardly slept since the protests began, due to desperately trying to rescue these cats.
She said: “It has been so stressful, we’ve been out night and day to try and sort it, and naturally it’s had a massive impact on us.
“Obviously it’s a massive weight lifted off our shoulders knowing that the cats are safe, but the process has been so mentally draining and now we are being met with the financial burden of caring for all these cats who need help.”
Some of the cats arrived at the rescue in horrendous condition, owing perhaps to the poor living standards they had at Catmando’s home. | Photo: Michelle Page
Michelle said that some cats require dental work, while others are covered with fleas and some even need X-rays and surgery to fix their problems before she can even consider finding a home for them.
To try and help raise money to properly treat the cats before they find their new forever homes, Page’s Pet Rescue have set up a fundraiser and an Amazon Wishlist, which you can visit by clicking the relevant links.
Two of the cats that were taken into the rescue from Catmando’s house. | Photo: Michelle Page
At the time of reporting, almost £1,500 has been donated to the fundraiser, which will allow for Michelle to cover medical bills and microchipping before they are rehoused.
Michelle has also told The Lincolnite that Ian ‘Catmando’ has threatened her numerous times since she started her protests, which police have said they are investigating.
“He just seems to have a problem with me”, she said. “We’re just trying to provide these cats with the best quality of life.”
A prison inmate threatened to kill his probation officer and go on a killing spree, Lincoln Crown Court was told on Thursday.
Damon Lane made the threats while discussing arrangements for his release from Lincoln jail.
Lane also threatened to burn down a police station when he was released.
Eunice Opare-Addo, prosecuting, said that Lane made the threats while talking to a probation officer at the prison.
“He went into various issues he had with getting accommodation.
“He talked of going on a killing spree in Leicester city centre and of taking the life of his probation officer. He also made threats to set fire to a police station.”
Miss Opare-Addo said that two hours later Lane made further similar threats to another probation officer.
“He said he was going to stab his probation officer and that he was going to go on a killing spree. He made reference to the Plymouth shootings and said ‘That guy got it right’.”
The court was told that Lane had 39 previous convictions for a total of 76 offences.
Damon Lane, 36, currently a serving prisoner, originally from the Leicester area, admitted two charges of making threats to kill on August 16 of this year. He was jailed for 14 months.
Karen Walton, in mitigation, said Lane expressed his apology for what he did.
“He has been homeless since he was 16. Accommodation problems are often the reason he ends up back in prison. It is very frustrating for him.”
Miss Walton said that while in custody, Lane has stopped taking drugs and when he is released hopes to take up a place with a charity in Oxford which runs a project designed to give work and accommodation to people leaving prison.
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