Our Advice for Choosing a Winter Maintenance Contractor.
As the worse of the winter weather subsides (although never say never), many facility managers and business owners are taking the opportunity to review their winter gritting and snow removal contracts. Therefore, we’ve compiled this helpful comprehensive guide of the critical aspects you should look for when reviewing tender responses from a winter maintenance contractor […]
How We Ensure Our Clients Are Protected Over the Winter Months
As working with a winter maintenance contractor is critical for the operational continuality of businesses during the winter months, it is essential to understand how you will be supported and that customer satisfaction is met when snow and ice events occur. Therefore, as we end another successful main winter gritting and snow clearance season, […]
2022 in Review and Wrapped Up for Christmas….
As temperatures notably drop, our team are occupied with keeping premises safe across the UK from wintery weather. Usually, this time of year is referred to as our ‘busy’ period, but the truth is, this is the tail-end of what has been a significantly exciting year for AccuGrit. It’s been 12 months packed with hugely […]
How Much Could a Slip on Ice or Snow Cost Your Business?
If you watch the news, read the papers, or follow the government, it’s not hard to know that there is a genuine concern about the soaring energy prices, the cost of living crisis, the value of the pound and mortgages going into a spin. Economically, things are looking like a tight squeeze for a few […]
The Complexities of Snow Forecasting
Snow forecasting is tricky due to various meteorological factors and the UK’s erratic winter weather. To achieve accurate weather forecasts, particularly in predicting snow, we must consider air temperature, atmospheric conditions, and geographical influences. Let’s dive into why forecasting snow is complex and what makes snow in the UK especially challenging to predict. The Fundamentals […]
Does a Warm Summer = Harsh Winter?
Amongst friends, families, and colleagues, one hot topic this summer in the UK has been the weather. We Brits notoriously cannot be pleased as during bitter winters, we wish for the long hot summer days, and then when that’s been granted, we want for the cooler climes that autumn provides. This summer, with the intense […]
Reliable Wintersense Temperature Sensors Support Clients with Bridges and Top Deck Car Parks.
One of the reasons we prefer in-person visits to a potential client’s site is that we pay particular attention to any raised surfaces, such as transport bridges and multistorey car parks. This is for one reason: for these surfaces to remain safe, they require far more sophisticated monitoring than the industry standard. It is not […]
Our Winter Maintenance Technology Explained.
As a business with innovation and customer experience at the heart of our core values, we continually review our customers’ current and potential future requirements to ensure we are working with the best equipment in the winter maintenance field to meet all demands. Our collective years of experience means that our team have also evolved […]
Our 2021/22 Customer Survey Shows Satisfaction Levels Remain High.
AccuGrit is primarily a service organisation, and how we support our customers is core to our mission of providing safe and reliable winter maintenance solutions. Getting feedback on our service delivery is essential for measuring customer satisfaction which helps us see what we’re doing well and where we can improve. Therefore, we annually send a […]
Announcement: City & Guilds Winter Service Operations, Supervision and Monitoring Training Course
We Are Proud to Announce the AccuGrit Team Is to Undertake the City & Guilds Winter Service Operations, Supervision and Monitoring training course. In an industry first, AccuGrit is once again leading the way among Winter Maintenance Service Providers by announcing the deployment of a staff development programme that will see employees undertake the City […]