27 July 2010
Government urged to prepare for winter
Panel recommends importing 250,000 tonnes of road salt following past two extreme winters.
The Government should import 250,000 tonnes of road salt to deal with a winter as bad as last year’s and all local authorities should review and update their winter plans, according to an interim report by the Winter Resilience Review panel.
The panel suggested that England could be up to half a million tonnes or more short of salt if winter 2010/11 is as severe as winter 2009/10.
08 July 2010
La Niña likely to develop in coming months
2010 could see a return of the disruptive weather phenomenon behind the icy conditions of late 2008.
The World Meteorological Organization has confirmed that La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific “are more likely than not to strengthen into a basin-wide La Nina over the coming months.”
La Niña is characterised by unusually cool ocean temperatures in the eastern equatorial Pacific, which can disrupt the normal patterns of tropical precipitation and atmospheric circulation with widespread impacts on climate in many parts of the world.
The WMO has said that it is likely that La Niña conditions will further develop in the next several months, although the timing and magnitude of such an event in 2010 are as yet uncertain.
25 May 2010
Donations for the British Heart Foundation and Christian Aid
Charities nominated after a draw of gritting operators' names
Every May IceWatch puts the names of all its gritting operators into a hat and then invites the two that are drawn out to each nominate a charity to receive a donation. This year, Michael Smith from Barking Tye near Ipswich in Suffolk picked the British Heart Foundation and Burt Hunter from Consett in County Durham chose Christian Aid.
Ice Watch is delighted to be sending both charities cheques for £100.00 this week, with our warmest regards for their brilliant work.
21 April 2010
Keeping watch in changeable April
No time for rest for IceWatch
April is a notoriously fickle month that has been known to throw not only showers at us but gale-force winds, scorching sun and chilling frosts and snow. The next few days should be sunny and dry for most of us but, just like during the rest of changeable April, the risk of frost – particularly under cold clear skies – still needs to be monitored.
For the rest of the month Ice Watch will continue checking forecasts and monitoring the risk of frost at our clients' sites while also pressing ahead with negotiations with suppliers and continuing to source additional warehouse storage for the company’s increasingly expanding requirements.
22nd March 2010
IceWatch exhibits at ITS 2010
Local authorities offered economical solution to keeping car parks open
IceWatch was delighted to welcome so many delegates to its stand at ITS2010 – Delivering Regional Transport Systems, a key event for individuals involved in transport policy.
The event, which was held at the London Barbican and featured a keynote address from Norman Baker MP, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary for Transport, enabled local authority representatives to hear how IceWatch can provide an economical solution to the problem of gritting car parks so that shoppers can continue visiting UK towns and cities and utilising council-owned car parks throughout the winter.
26th February 2010
Visit IceWatch at Parkex 2010
2-3 March at London's Earls Court
Visit us at Parkex 2010, Europe's largest dedicated parking exhibition, at Earls Court from 2-3 March.
IceWatch and 120 other industry-leading companies will be present and exhibiting their innovative solutions in parking management. We’d be delighted to see you at stand F24, and if you enter our prize draw you might just win an Ice-Watch® wristwatch!
5th November 2009
New and improved
Moving to new offices
This week we are delighted to announce that we have moved our offices to the Technology Centre in Framlingham. Here we can look forward to access to faster and reliable broadband, essential for us to continue to provide an accurate and efficient service to our customers.
Please note the change to our contact details.
New IT speeds up frost warnings
Our office move has been timed to coincide with the launch of our new web-based software system which enables us to identify quickly the areas which will require gritting. Our system will notify customers by both text message and email during the afternoon if their site will need to be inspected or gritted, an email will also be sent the following morning to confirm the action taken.
26th June 2009
Winter 2008/2009
Looking back at last winter...
With a surprisingly early start, the winter season began in earnest in October 2008. The following months ended up in being the harshest winter for 30 years. With national salt stocks under extreme pressure, Icewatch is proud that our service remained consistent throughout. Indeed we were approached by several councils which had been caught unawares by the reduced salt levels and unusual weather conditions.
9th May 2009
Working
better working
smarter
IceWatch gain membership of ContractorPlus and SafeContractor
As part of our continuing policy of improvement IceWatch is pleased to announce that it has gained membership to both ContractorPlus and SafeContractor. Our membership to these organisations goes further to increase our client's confidence in our service and proves our commitment to Health and Safety issues.
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