LANDSCAPING

Just a reminder that we’re moving to a new telematics system called Lightfoot, which is being installed in our fleet vehicles over the next few months.

Replacing our older system, Lightfoot can:

■ Diagnose engine problems before they happen and get instant alerts for serious faults

■ Provide prompts around your driving style

■ Deliver real-time data around things like fuel consumption and CO2 emissions

■ Integrate Lightfoot with other systems in the future, for example Salesforce

■ Allow Colleagues to win prizes through a reward scheme

If you have any questions, e-mail fleet.help@placesforpeople.co.uk

PRIDE OF THE MIDLANDS!

WE CAUGHT UP WITH LANDSCAPES’ JEFF HALL , WHO HAS BEEN WITH PLACES MANAGEMENT 45 YEARS!

THAT’S COMEDY!

Electrical Supervisor

Simon King was out for a beer (or two) and who should he run into? Yep, 8 Out of 10 Cats comedian Jon Richardson!

Q

How does it feel that a lot of our People are talking about your 45-year anniversary?

A Amazing! I’m as surprised as anyone it’s been that long. Time does fly!

Q How did you end up joining the business?

A I joined back in 1978 after answering an advert in the local job centre

Q What did you do before?

A Not a great deal, I was only six years-old. Ha, no, I left school and joined the Landscaping Team pretty much immediately.

Q Why have you stayed so long?

A I’ve always enjoyed the work – especially being in the great outdoors.

Q Would you ever leave?

A If the money’s right, yes! Seriously though, I don’t think they want me to go, and who could blame them? Ha ha…

Q How has the business changed over the years?

A Massively. It was North British Housing back then and I started on the princely sum of 16 quid a week.

Our premises and machinery have got far, far better too – it was just a garage to work out of back then.

Q Have the Customers changed at all?

A Customers have gotten older, and of course many old faces are now long gone sadly.

Q How does your current team compare to previous ones?

A I’ve always enjoyed working within a team and that hasn’t changed in all these years.

Q We hear you got your manager Chris involved with the company over 20 years ago. Do you ever regret the decision?!!

A Every single day yes! No, he’s a good manager to work for, honestly!

Q What’s the best part of the job?

A Getting out in the fresh air and getting the machinery fired up and jobs done.

Q What’s the weirdest job you’ve ever been on?

A We were once asked to clear a poor deceased Customer’s flat, that stands out as being particularly unpleasant. But I don’t class any job as being weird, although I have met one or two weird folks along the way!