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April 2008

Shell Bitumen Technical Report:   Durability Testing Thin Surfacing

New Quarry at Kishorn

Development of a new Quarry at Kishorn.

Leiths acquires Howie Minerals Ltd

 We are pleased to announce that yesterday (2^nd April 2008), Leiths acquired Howie Minerals Limited (HML) from the Howie Group.

HML trade as Highland Lime, Lugton Lime and Middleton Lime, operating from sites in Fort William, Lugton (Kilmarnock) and Middleton (Midlothian) respectively.

They are primarily engaged in the production and sale of industrial fillers throughout Scotland, including the limestone filler that Leiths use at their coated stone plants. The Fort William site also produces aggregates into the local market.

Howies have a modern tanker fleet that distributes their manufactured powders and also hauls other customers products.

HML employs about 35 people, all of whom are joining Leiths. The Director/General Manager of HML, John Shaw, is also joining the Group. In common with Joss, Lawrie Demolition and Markon, the business will continue to trade as Howie Minerals Ltd.

The Howie business is a good fit to the Leiths Group , and enlarges the geographic spread of our activities, as well as adding another string of products into our portfolio.

This acquisition represents another step in the expansion of the Leiths Group, which today has a turnover of circa £50 million and employs 480 people throughout Scotland.

Howie Minerals Ltd
Lugton Lime Lugton, Kilmarnock Ayrshire KA3 4EB Tel:- 01505 850435 Fax:- 01505 850590 E-mail: reidhml@btconnect.com Contact: John Shaw	Highland Lime Torlundy Fort William Inverness-shire PH33 6SW Tel:- 01397 702227 Fax:- 01397 702308 E-mail: blaurie@howieminerals.co.uk Contact: Bob Laurie		Middleton Lime Middleton Gorebridge MidLothian EH23 4QP Tel:- 01875 820339 Fax:- 01875 820700 E-mail: w.redpath@btconnect.com Contact: Walter Redpath
Howie Minerals Ltd has quarrying operations near Edinburgh, Glasgow and Fort William, and operates a dedicated fleet of modern bulk powder road tankers.  Each of the three locations produce ground limestone and milled products.  The Highland Lime operation near Fort William produces a full range of quarried materials and is “FEMAS” accredited to produce and supply bulk and bagged quality limestone products for use in animal feed applications.
An example of our Scania Unit and Tipping box combination which delivers aggregates to Concrete Plants, Civil Engineering Contracts and Construction Sites.	One of our Scania Units and Feldbinder Bulk Powder Tankers which delivers limestone filler to Asphalt Coating Plants for use in road surfacing contracts.	An illustration of our Scania Unit and Feldbinder Bulk Powder Tanker combination delivering limestone granules to one of our Animal Feed customers.

March 2008

Asphalt Professional Technical Paper

Neil Anderson, our Technical Director, has written a paper about the design and manufacture of high performance bituminous pavement layer from recycled lean mix concrete pavement layer, published in Asphalt Professional.

To read the full paper click here

March 2008

As Leiths Construction and Surfacing Division continue to expand we have been able to strengthen our ranks with the following recruits.

David Rennie

We are pleased to announce that David Rennie joined us on, Monday 31st March, in the roll of PROJECT MANAGER.

Dave joins us from Aberdeen City Council where he was Principal Technical Officer in the Roads Department.

In his new role Dave will be responsible for the day to day management of our Civil Engineering workload in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. 

Dave has extensive Civil Engineering and Roadworks knowledge and experience.

He will be based in our Head Office at Rigifa, Cove, Aberdeen.

January 2008

JIM STALKER

We are pleased to announce that Jim Stalker joined us on, Monday 4th February, in the new roll of CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. Jim joins us from Aberdeen City Council where he was Principal Engineer in the Roads Department. In this new role Jim will be responsible for developing and increasing our Civil Engineering capacity and workload and for managing these works.  Jim’s aim will be to expand our capability and workload in the larger integrated schemes that we have proved so successful in to date. Jim is a Chartered Civil Engineer and has extensive Civil Engineering and Roadworks knowledge. Jim is based in our Head Office at Rigifa, Cove, Aberdeen.

GRAHAM HOWELLS

We are delighted to announce that Graham Howells also joined us, on Monday 4th February, as ENGINEER.

Graham has extensive experience in building and engineering works, including streetworks, site preparation and roadworks, across Scotland.

Graham will be based in our Head Office at Rigifa, Cove and will work throughout, primarily, the North of Scotland.

FRED CHAMBERS

We are pleased to announce that Fred Chambers joined us, on Monday 3rd March as SENIOR QUANTITY SURVEYOR.

Fred joins us from Carlisle, where he was QS on a number of projects in the South of Scotland and North of England.

Fred will be based in our Area Office at Newforres Quarry, Rafford.

January 2008

Asphalt Professional Technical Paper

Neil Anderson, Technical Director, has this month had a Technical Paper regarding skid resistance and lower PSV published in Asphalt Professional.

To read the full paper click here

December 2007

Top Apprentices

Jamie Mitchell and Ross Clyne have been awarded prizes for coming “top of the class” in their apprenticeship schemes.

Jamie, an HGV apprentice at our Parkmore operation, won the Graham Fleming Award for the best HGV Apprentice on the Grampian Motor Training course.

Ross, based at the Cove workshops, won the David Turner Award for the Best Welding and Fabrication Apprentice on the Tullos Training course.

Jamie and Ross are pictured with Simon Russell, Chief Executive and Louie Gray, Production Director, after receiving a cheque from the Company in recognition of their efforts.

Well done to them both !!

October 2007

New Sales Manager for Moray and the Highlands

Ian Rae has joined the Group as our new Sales Manager, covering Moray and the Highlands. Ian has a wealth of experience in the construction materials sector, starting life as a concrete technician over 30 years ago.

More recently, Ian has worked for Morrisons and Tarmac, and his commercial experience will be invaluable to the expansion of the business and the launch of our new quarry at Kishorn.

Outside work, Ian enjoys curling, sailing and motorcycling.

Ian is based at our Achilty Quarry, and can be contacted on 01997 421122 or 07771 554363.

I am sure you will join with me in wishing Ian the very best in his new position.

Simon Russell

Chief Executive

October 2007

Construction and Surfacing Division Strengthen Their Team

Measurement Engineer

We are pleased to welcome Gary Robertson to the Team in Aberdeen.  Gary recently started with us and has considerable experience in road construction and maintenance, most recently gained with Angus Council and BEAR Scotland.

Project Manager

This new role in Moray and the Highlands has been filled by Forbes Fraser.  Forbes will work on our Civil Engineering and Surfacing contracts across the area and will be based in our Forres Office.  With broad experience gained with Highland Council an Previously with Morrison Construction we are pleased to welcome Forbes.

Surfacing Supervisor

David Pawley joins us as Surfacing Supervisor / Engineer and will be involved in contracts across Angus, Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen and will be based in our Head Office, at Rigifa.  David has gained broad experience in the Roads Department of Angus Council.

Supervisor

We are pleased to announce that our Airfield General Foreman, Sean Gibb, has been promoted to Supervisor.  Sean will be involved in contracts in Moray and the Highlands and will continue with his involvement in our Defence Maintenance Division.  Sean will be based in our Forres Office.

June 2007

New Manager for Torrin Quarry, Skye.

Ben Murray has joined Leiths (Scotland) Ltd as our new Manager for our operations at Torrin, Sconser and our proposed new quarry at Kishorn.

Ben has a degree in Mining and Quarry Engineering from the Camborne School of Mines (University of Exeter). He has gained a wealth of practical experience with Hanson in the southwest of England in a number of managerial roles.

Latterly, Ben has been the Manager of two hardstone quarries in Cornwall for Aram Resources (Colas), producing over 400ktpa, including an on-site asphalt plant and aggregates shipping wharf.

Ben is a keen mountaineer and enjoys hiking, cycling and sailing. He is joined by his wife, Lucy and they are both looking forward to the challenge of a new lifestyle and career in Scotland.

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