Case Study: AccuGrit – Delivering Efficient Winter Maintenance Services for Retail Parks
Client Overview: AccuGrit, is a leading winter maintenance service provider, we were tasked with managing the winter maintenance needs of a portfolio consisting of 50 retail parks across 22 counties in the UK. The total area of these retail parks amounted to an impressive 375,000 square meters, making it a significant and challenging undertaking. Client […]
AccuGrit Are Acquiring Winter Maintenance Businesses & Portfolios Across The UK.
AccuGrit’s recent acquisition of multiple winter maintenance businesses and portfolios has further strengthened its position as the leading provider of winter maintenance services in the UK. Their acquisition process is well-defined, ensuring a seamless transition for businesses looking to sell their winter maintenance operations. By acquiring winter maintenance businesses and portfolios, AccuGrit aims to expand […]
Unlocking AccuGrit’s Success: How Customer Satisfaction Drives Upcoming Business Transformations.
The scores are in, and AccuGrit has proudly achieved an average of over 90% in customer satisfaction for the 22/23 winter season. As a result, we have taken on board the feedback from customers throughout the winter and in the survey to implement positive changes in time for the wintery weather later this year. Change […]
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, […]
The UK Big Freeze of 2010 and the Lesson Every Business Can Learn from It!
The Background: It wouldn’t be shocking to hear that every office, every day across the UK, has a weather-related conversation; however, as you can imagine, in the AccuGrit office, our weather-related chats are probably more frequent and get very technical with stats and operational related stories of ice and snow clearing. Recently, the hot topic […]
The bad weather wasn’t all bad news, as we acquired 90 new sites!
It would be easy to forget the blast of severe wintery weather we experienced in mid-December since we’ve all enjoyed the Christmas holidays, and most of the country is comfortably reaching double figures in temperatures. However, for the team at AccuGrit, we are still processing the few weeks of the deep freeze as we faced […]
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 […]
