This week, we’re delighted to welcome four new members to our ever-growing community: CSL Traffic Management Equipment Hire, Morson Edge Highways and Procure Partnerships Framework joining us as Corporate Members, alongside Innovate UK Business Connect as a Partner Member.
CSL Traffic Management Equipment Hire Ltd provides reliable, high-quality traffic management equipment for hire across the UK, including portable traffic lights, CCTV, and radios. CSL Connect offers technology-led solutions designed to improve connectivity, visibility, and management within traffic management operations. With competitive pricing and a strong focus on customer service, it supports safer, smarter, and more efficient roadworks.
Luke Hewgill, Director at CSL Traffic Management Equipment Hire, said:
“Joining LCRIG is a great opportunity for CSL Traffic Management Equipment Hire and CSL Connect to strengthen our connections across the highways sector, share knowledge and learn from others who are committed to improving the UK’s road network.
“We look forward to building relationships with local authorities, contractors and industry partners, while showcasing how our reliable, high-quality traffic management equipment and customer-focused service can support safer, more efficient roadworks. We’re excited to be part of a community that champions innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement across the industry.”
Morson Edge Highways provides specialist workforce solutions to the UK highways and infrastructure sector, delivering skilled white- and blue-collar professionals through permanent recruitment, contract labour and managed workforce solutions (MSP) and supporting major contractors and infrastructure projects with technical expertise, compliant workforce delivery and LANTRA-accredited capabilities.
Gary Smithson, Managing Director, Transportation at Morson Edge Highways, said:
“We have joined LCRIG to strengthen our relationships across the highways sector, share knowledge and collaborate with industry partners. We look forward to supporting the sector’s growth by connecting organisations with the skilled people and workforce solutions needed to deliver the UK’s highways programmes.”
Procure Partnerships Framework is a dedicated team of procurement experts within the construction and civil engineering sector, supporting public sector bodies to procure main contractors and consultants via a managed framework service.
Its governance is national, while regional teams support regional public sector authorities. The framework team simplifies procurement for the public sector, while ensuring high performance and ongoing compliance from framework suppliers through a robust Framework Performance Management System.
Jordan Rhoda, Head of Infrastructure at Procure Partnerships Framework, said:
“LCRIG is an important national forum for local authorities, contractors, consultants, and other industry partners to share knowledge, innovations, and strengthen relationships. Procure Partnerships Framework are proud to join as Corporate Members and to add our voice and experience to the LCRIG community.
“We are looking forward to sharing opportunities to engage with a managed national framework with strong regional presence with contractors and consultants across the sector and learning from Local Authority partners about their priorities and challenges in the years ahead.
“We hope our membership will enable us to build stronger relationships across the highways community and ultimately help us to share innovations within the procurement process with public sector bodies.”
Innovate UK Business Connect brings together businesses, researchers, investors and partners to support innovation across the UK. As a strategic delivery partner to Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), we connect organisations to funding opportunities, partnerships and expert support to help ideas move from concept to scale.
Neil Appleton, Knowledge Transfer Manager at Innovate UK Business Connect, said:
“We’re delighted to join LCRIG and look forward to working closely with its community to build stronger connections between innovators and the sector. Through our membership, we hope to create more opportunities for businesses and innovators to connect, collaborate and share ideas, while helping innovative solutions reach the organisations and people who can benefit from them.
“We’re excited to contribute to the LCRIG community, build new relationships and support greater collaboration and innovation across the sector.”
We look forward to working with CSL Traffic Management Equipment Hire, Morson Edge Highways, Procure Partnerships Framework and Innovate UK Business Connect, supporting opportunities to share knowledge, strengthen relationships and drive collaboration across the highways sector.
LCRIG Membership
As a growing community of over 400+ members consisting of government, local authorities, national organisations, supply chain, academia and associations, we are actively facilitating positive change and innovation in the highways sector.
Whether you’re a business with products or services, a local authority seeking the best solutions to manage safer, more cost-effective roads or part of the wider highways community, there’s a place for you at LCRIG. Our membership options ensure you can connect, participate and thrive.
Local highway authorities and ‘Teckal’ organisations.
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anisations providing products or services to the highways sector.
Government and professional bodies, associations, working/research groups.
Universities and academic research organisations.
As a Community Interest Company (CIC), LCRIG’s purpose is to ‘give back to the highways community’ and we are not for profit.
View our Membership Services here or contact us to find out more.