Creating an Effective Winter Maintenance Plan for Gritting and Snow Clearance.
It’s about that time of year when facilities managers and business owners across the UK conduct multiple conversations about seeking a new winter maintenance contractor. Then as the warmer weather arrives, the discussion becomes a distant memory and before you know it… winter has come around again, and you’re stuck with either a substandard winter […]
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 […]
Meet the Team – Richard Reed, National Accounts Manager.
This month we are delighted to announce the appointment of our newest AccuGrit team member, Richard Reed, who is joining us as National Accounts Manager. A familiar face in the winter maintenance industry, Richard has a wealth of experience in developing profitable national accounts and a reputation for maintaining excellent customer relationships. Richard will oversee […]
AccuGrit: Meet the Team, Zack Nash, Administration Assistant.
This month is a special Meet the Team as we are taking five minutes to introduce you to our new(ish) team member Zack Nash, and, at the same time, we have the pleasure of announcing that Zack, who joined us as part of the government Kickstarter scheme, has impressed us that much, he is joining […]
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 […]
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 […]
