Our Stories

For site supervisor, Emily Freeman, work looked very different a few years ago. At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, she was working in a care home. Fast forward to 2026 and she’s looking after the day-to-day operations at Holcim UK’s Holme Park dry silo mortar plant.
 

Rebecca Neeworth, senior quantity surveyor in the contracting team at Holcim UK, has over 11 years of industry experience. In this time, she’s honed her craft and risen through the ranks at Holcim. But what she didn’t have 11 years of experience in, was running. And when you’ve bagged yourself a place in the London Marathon, going from zero to...

Clare Partridge, head of health, safety and the environment (HSE) at Holcim UK has had a remarkable career, working predominantly on the front line across a variety of fast-paced and high-risk industries.
 

Tom Redfern’s career has always been focused on sustainability and improving the environment. Whether he was making sure water companies were staying compliant with their systems or changing flight plans to reduce the noise impact on residents, Tom’s career experiences put him in good stead for his current role as head of sustainability at Holcim UK.
 

Managing director Danny King leads Holcim UK’s asphalt division, comprising more than 400 employees and over 50 sites nationwide. He comes from humble beginnings and is dedicated to encouraging the next generation of talent into the construction sector, which includes his son.
 

For coxswain Lawrie Cerexhe, no two days are the same. Not only is she and her team responsible for making sure passenger and machinery boats run smoothly to and from Holcim UK’s Glensanda quarry – a former Viking settlement in a remote part of the Scottish Highlands – she is also a volunteer lifeboat crew member with the Royal National...

Sales administration manager Anita Chesterton gets her thrills in a fairly non-traditional way, and she’s encouraging more women – at whatever stage of their lives – to say yes to new adventures.
 

For Rob Walsh, managing director of Land Recovery at Holcim UK, work doesn’t stop when he leaves the office. Instead, in his spare time, he is a volunteer special sergeant with Derbyshire Constabulary. 

When the Covid-19 pandemic struck the UK in 2020, Kelly Lowe never expected life as she knew it to be forever changed. Fast-forward five years after the initial lockdown and Kelly is still coming to terms with her new normal, both at work and in her personal life.