Meet The Team: Mark Westcott, Out of Hours Operations Manager
With an ever-growing number of customers across the UK and wintery temperatures jumping up and down this year, running the AccuGrit operations takes skill and a calm personality at the best of times, let alone on the night shift when you’re responsible for completing jobs on time for people’s morning commute. Luckily for us, we […]
Service Enhancements – Wintersense Reliable Road Temperature Measurements
At AccuGrit, innovation is at the heart of everything we do and a key pillar in our culture. So even before AccuGrit was launched, the leadership team spent time in the USA (because they have consistent winters so are naturally more progressive) to research plus meet with peers to find out what could be learned […]
About AccuGrit, how we got started and the services we provide.
Over the past few months, we’ve taken the time to introduce our team members, so we thought it was about time we introduced AccuGrit the business with a bit of background on how and why the company started up, our services, and how we operate. Our Business in a Nutshell…. Founded in 2019, Accugrit was […]
We are now members of the National Winter Service Research Group (NWSRG).
We are delighted to announce that we have recently been accepted as a Technical and Advisory Group (TAG) member of the National Winter Service Research Group (NWSRG). The NWSRG is a members group dedicated to advancing understanding of best practices for winter service delivery, taking the best from currently available knowledge, and supplementing gaps with new knowledge and […]
AccuGrit Planning Ahead for Winter 21/22
During our ‘off season’ this summer, we are happy to report that we are busier than ever planning for the upcoming winter. With our year-on-year sales increasing and thus a growth in our customers across the UK, we are investing a lot of time and budget back into building our HQ and regional teams. Equipment […]
Our UK 2021 Summer Weather Prediction
Considered quintessentially British, comfortably beating traits such as queuing politely and eating fish & chips, the hot topic of conversation amongst UK residents is always the current weather status and what is imminently forecasted. Now, with the pandemic restricting overseas holidays and wanting to catch up with family and friends after a long lockdown, our […]
“If there was an award for a top supplier, you would win”.
As the nights draw out and the slightly milder weather starts, it marks the end of our busy season, which means our customer satisfaction survey has been sent and the results evaluated. Even though we continually monitor our client’s feedback throughout the year, we believe a satisfaction survey, prompting transparent responses to a range of […]
Five Minutes with… Dean Harvey, Managing Director.
As our ‘quiet’ season starts, we thought we would use the opportunity over the next few months to introduce you to a few of the friendly folks here at AccuGrit so you can put a face to the name. There is no better person to begin this with than Dean Harvey, Founder and MD of […]
Snow in April!
April has been a cold month and we have to date had teams gritting on every day somewhere in the UK. We’ve also experienced snow to many areas of the UK but snow clearing hasn’t been required as gritting that had taken place was sufficient in keeping the sites Ice and Snow free. Snow in […]
The Winter Specialist in Control
We are expanding our operational team in our AccuGrit HQ, we will be monitoring our operations 24/7 from our control room. We are investing in the best technology and the best people to control our operations. These quotes sum up well the use of a control room. “A control room is a place where a […]
