This gives
you peace of mind that your employees and the public will be safe during icy conditions.
Whilst it is the councils responsibility to clear public roads and highways, all business owners in both the public and private sector have a responsibility to keep car parks, driveways, pathways, footpaths, forecourts and the like free of ice and snow, to prevent slips, trips and falls by employees, patients or visitors to the premises.
The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 states that employers must keep all employees and visitors to their workplace safe from harm. This includes preventing slips and trips caused by ice and snow during the winter. Health and safety policies must be put in place to minimise accidents and make safe walkways, car parks and communal areas.
The comprehensive forecasting, gritting, snow removal and reporting provided by Ice Watch ensures complete compliance with workplace health and safety laws. What's more all clients on a contract with Ice Watch are covered by our £10 million public liability insurance.
Here's how our private gritting service works
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We monitor the weather conditions of your site using our highly localised weather forecasting service.
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We use specialist grit and salt spreaders and grit only when necessary.
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We’ll keep a full record of forecasting and gritting reports.
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We’ll keep you informed via text and email, to let you know when freezing conditions are forecast, when we are going to grit and when the job is complete.
Whatever type of business you are, our services offer a cost effective way to protect those who visit your site. Much more reliable and cost effective than trying to grit yourself, our forecasting is so accurate we will only grit when it is really necessary. What's more, we know when not to grit, saving wasted cost and environmental damage. When it is already more dangerous to travel in adverse weather, we will help you to minimise the risks to staff whilst they are on your premises and shield your business from expensive and damaging legal action.
Do you need to use a gritting company?
However big or small your company is, if you have car parks, walkways, footpaths, forecourts, private roads or driveways that are accessed by staff or the public then you have a responsibility to ensure that people are safe when using these areas. Ice Watch can take on this responsibility for you.
We work with Local Authorities, Schools and Colleges, Hospitals, Medical Centres and PCT's, Retail Premises, Industrial Parks, Utility Companies, Residential Property as well as Property Management Companies, Facilities Management Companies and Car Park Management Companies.
All companies should have a winter maintenance policy in place to ensure safety and protect your company's reputation.
Leave it all to Ice Watch
Ice Watch offer a comprehensive gritting and snow removal service to businesses throughout the UK. We cover all towns and counties including: London, Peterborough, Welwyn Garden City, Stevenage, Cardiff, Manchester, Nottingham, Ashford, Reading, Consett, Wisbech, Cambridge, Cirencester, Liverpool, Ipswich, Exeter, Bristol, Stoke on Trent, Luton, Milton Keynes, Plymouth, Bury St Edmunds, Norwich, Gt Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Newmarket, Colchester, Chelmsford, Braintree, Witham, Royston, St Albans, Hemel Hempsted, Watford, Hatfield, High Wycombe, Amersham, Thatcham, Newbury, Bishops Stortford, Aylesbury, Canterbury, Hythe, Dover, Crawley, Hove, Brighton, Worthing, Tetbury, Gloucester, Abergavenny, Camarthen, Porthmadog, Telford, Birmingham, Norwich, Runcorn, Bourne, Wirral, Portsmouth, Fareham, Felixstowe, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Wales, Kent, Bedfordshire. Berkshire, County Durham, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Devon, Norfolk, West Midlands, East Midlands.
Based in Suffolk, East Anglia we have currently have150 gritters across the country operated by over 40 operators to cover at present over 140 different sites. We work with companies of all sizes.
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