L-R – Joe Fell, Ben Welbourn, Paul Hazel, Steve Huntly, Peter Andrew, Matthew Millett, Kieren Thomas
At a surprise reception at the Cotswold Water Park Visitor Centre, the Cotswold Lakes Trust team thanked Peter Andrew for his invaluable support and friendship, following his announcement to retire from his role as Group Director of Hills Quarry Products after 25 years of service.
Since 1997, The Hills Group has worked in collaboration with Cotswold Lakes Trust providing over £1.3 million to the charity’s biodiversity, education and access projects, through the Landfill Communities Fund. This partnership has enabled the Trust to help preserve the amazing biodiversity of habitats and species in the Cotswold Water Park and to carry out projects ranging from the creation of nature reserves to improving public access and managing country parks.
Matthew Millett, Cotswold Lakes Trust Development Director, said “Peter has been a leading figure in the Cotswold Water Park for many years. He was an absolute pleasure to work with and has been a steadfast friend of the Trust both in good times and bad. We will all miss him but wish him a well-deserved retirement.”
Peter Andrew commented: “The Hills Group has been operating in the Cotswold Water Park for more than 100 years and has created many of the lakes and wonderful habitats we see today. During my time at Hills I am immensely proud to have played my small part in helping to protect the wildlife and ecosystems in the Water Park. It has been real pleasure working with the committed team at the Cotswold Lakes Trust, and as I move into retirement I will miss the comradeship, but I am confident that longstanding partnership between the Trust and Hills will continue to flourish.”
Following Peter’s announcement to retire, The Hills Group has appointed Steve Huntly to the new position of Divisional Managing Director – Quarry Products. Steve will oversee all aspects of Hills Quarry Products’ business including its seven sand and gravel quarry sites and eight ready-mixed concrete plants supplying the Southwest region.
The Cotswold Water Park is a network of more than 180 lakes across 42 square miles which emerged from decades of intensive gravel extraction and restoration; it is now a unique wetland landscape. The lakes are home to an amazing variety of wildlife and a host of leisure activities for its 20,000 residents and one million annual visitors. In 2021, it was recognised nationally as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.