Recipients of LCRIG and WJ’s £150,000 innovation fund announced
Liverpool John Moores University has been named as one of the five recipients of the WJ Group sponsored £150,000 LCRIG/Steve Berry Think Exceptional Innovation Fund. The fund was launched earlier this year to help sponsor further developments in the road and highways sector. Projects by Liverpool John Moores, Community Models, Fitzpatrick Advisory, Connor Specialist Paving/Tac-Grid and NY […]
WJ Group Acquires JMS Lincoln Limited
WJ Group, the market-leading highway marking and safety business, has acquired JMS Lincoln Limited, a leading Surface Preparation, Retexturing & Specialist Surface Coatings Company in Lincolnshire. The official acquisition announcement was made on 1st December 2021 and is WJ’s second strategic acquisition of 2021 following the acquisition of Bellstan Ltd in June this year. The acquisition further […]
WJ Group secure National Highways Scheme Delivery Framework place
The road safety and marking company WJ Group has secured a place on National Highways’ new £3.6 billion Scheme Delivery Framework. WJ is the preferred Lot 6 (Roadmarkings) supplier, securing the maximum permitted allocation, by placing first in the tendering process across four of the new SDF regions, the South West, South East, Midlands and […]
Highways News theme weeks: Marking the way to a greener future
The safety benefits of road markings are well documented. They are the most cost-effective measure to improve and maintain safety standards on the road at any given time, at a fraction of the cost of any other road infrastructure alteration. What is less well documented is the environmental benefits road markings provide when they are […]
LCRIG launches new Innovation Fund with support of WJ Group in tribute to Steve Berry OBE
A new £150,000 Innovation Fund for road surface treatments is being made available through the Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) in partnership with the leading highway marking and safety business WJ Group, who are funding the project. The money will be available to local highway authorities, universities, private sector companies and innovative individuals, with […]
WJ operative to start huge journey for charity
A WJ operative is about to embark on a mammoth journey for charity, a cycle ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End in aid of the CRADLE Charity. Jason Riley a Hydroblast operative and his friend Peter Panacek will take on the huge challenge, unassisted, to raise money for CRADLE which their colleague Juliet Lindop, […]
WJ Group aquires Bellstan Ltd
WJ Group has announced the acquisition of Bellstan Ltd, a long-standing road marking company based in Berkshire. The official acquisition announcement follows the December introduction of investment partner THI. WJ has immediately put its ambitious strategic plan into action, with Bellstan being the first acquisition since the THI partnership began. Speaking about the deal, WJ […]
WJ leads from the front with its carbon project that could help transform the road marking sector
WJ’s ongoing product carbon footprint model, part of a wider sustainability strategy, has won further praise from Highways England. The model is a quick, efficient, and reliable means of assessing and reducing carbon on its products and allows the WJ Group, a specialist road marking business that delivers across Highways England’s network of motorways and […]
WJ makes award-winning start on its journey to meeting net zero
WJ Group is on a journey to Net Zero by working to reduce carbon emissions in all aspects of its business with a full commitment to play a part and help deal with the challenges of climate change. Here’s some insight to how WJ started that journey. Climate change is in fact the defining issue […]
WJ Group win Excellence in Safety Innovation Award at Highways England Awards
WJ Group has been announced winner of the ‘Excellence in Safety Innovation Award’ at the Highways England virtual awards event. The “Robotic age dawns for the road markings sector”submission featured the WJ Robotic PreMarker highlighting the huge health, safety and wellbeing benefits provided by eliminating risks and protecting vulnerable operatives. This latest Highways England accolade […]
