Barnsley-based Naylor Drainage has acknowledged the service of one of its longest-standing employees.

Lloyd Kelly, the company’s national sales manager, received a long-service medal at a lunch hosted by the company’s Board of Directors, having clocked up 40 years of service. Mr Kelly joined in 1974 as a wages clerk. Following a period in internal sales, he took up a career in external sales, culminating in his current managerial role.