So what happens when it is a bad winter and you will need more than 30 visits?

Nothing happens.

The contractor will race up to 20 visits, then fall away towards 30 then you wont receive any visits and your property will be unprotected. Why would the contractor come out and make a loss when they have calculated to visit you 30 times that season?

How do we know this? we have taken on many customers who had set up there winter maintenance this way and they informed us of the problems they received.

So what happens if we have a mild winter, like this season?

Simple – You have completely overpaid for something you won’t receive, wasting your budget.

Would it not be more simple to pay as you go with a long established company who takes the time to analyses the weather before making a decision to grit or not?

We don’t sign customers into contracts so you can try us and leave if you are not happy at any time. We only grit as and when it’s required so you are never over or under gritted. We can save your budget by actually applying brainpower and science and give you the reassurance of a long established, professional gritting and snow clearing service.

Call 0845 468 2399 or email info@gritting.com

Met Office forecaster Dan Williams said: ‘From Thursday evening there is a snow risk as far south as Birmingham – the furthest south that snow has been forecast this winter.‘The guidance is for perhaps 8-10 inchs on hills in Scotland and 2-4 inchs at lower levels.

‘With strong winds and possible heavy snow showers, people should be aware of very difficult conditions.’ Mr Williams added that although Scotland will be hit the hardest, the cold snap is expected to swiftly travel South.

He went onto say: ‘North-westerly winds are pulling cold air down from the polar regions.‘Winds will be strong through Wednesday in Scotland and on Thursday and Friday morning as far south as East Anglia, with 80mph gusts in exposed areas.’ He added: ‘Saturday will see frost and widespread road ice, with wintry showers for the whole of the UK apart from the South-East.’ So now is the time to get in touch with a member of our team and get your site protected before you have to close or your stranded.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070541/UK-snow-warning-Weather-forecast-says-inches-tomorrow-far-south-Birmingham.html#ixzz1frrPSEBM

Long-range forecaster James Madden said: “As we head towards winter, I expect to see the first signs of some moderate to heavy snowfalls as early as October or November in certain parts of the UK.

Britain was last year thrown into chaos as freezing conditions and heavy snowfalls paralysed transport networks and brought airports grinding to a halt. Parts of the UK saw up to 30 inches of snow. Temperatures plunged to -19C (-2.2F) in some areas. As the cold snap set in during the run-up to Christmas, it is thought to have cost the economy up to ­£1.2billion a day, with a total loss of £13billion.

Yesterday, the US firm that predicted last year’s Arctic snap as well as the previous big freeze of 2009-2010 also warned that we might be in for another cold spell, coming sooner rather than later, so now is the time to get in touch and put in place your winter programme.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/272457/Britain-faces-an-early-big-freeze

Their vast experience and expertise accumulated over the last 20 years of providing gritting and snow clearing services to commercial sites across the UK ensured that all customers were protected every night from frost & ice, whilst keeping all sites clear of snow throughout another extremely cold winter.

Managing Director, Chris Rymer explained ‘ Because of our unique infrastructure, we are able to keep our own gritting Staff employed full time throughout the year with our sister company Spa Environmental’. Chris went on to say that ‘ many of our employees have been with us for over 15 years. ‘They have vast experience of gritting because we offer them a full time contract rather than letting staff go during the out of season months and then recruiting fresh gritters come the winter that have no knowledge or experience of your sites’. ‘ This is what tends to happen with our competitors and they can end up with inexperienced staff drawn from the unemployment pool, who want a bit of work during the winter ‘.

‘This enables us to provide an outstanding service quality because every employee has a vested interest in the Company and its customers’. This allows Gritting.com to offer their customers unrivalled continuity of winter protection.

Gritting.com administration staff have worked hard over the past 12 months toward ISO 9001 accreditation and are happy to announce that we have been approved.

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised standard for the quality management of businesses. It applies to the processes that create and control the services of an organisation supplies and prescribes systematic control of activities to ensure that the needs and expectations of customers are met every time.

We believe that this now demonstrates the existence of an effective quality management system that satisfies the rigours of an independent, external audit. From this, improvements can be developed, resulting in less waste, inappropriate or rejected work and fewer complaints. Our Customers will notice that service quality standards are met consistently, on time and to the correct specification every time.

However we believe that this coming week and into March will bring the return of the low temperatures and with it possible frost and maybe even ice. Gritting.com will be ready for or if the bad weather does return to keeps Hospitals, Schools, Offices , Stores and University’s open as normal.

Now is a good time to join the ever growing list of customers and allow us to protect your company this winter and into next.

Gritting.com works hard in the off season to ensure the appropriate infrastructure is built so that as a company we can withstand testing winter months. In November and December 2010 Gritting.com’s customers reaped the rewards of all this hard work. The calculated investment in snow clearance allowed our customers to access a quality service that could cope adequately with such heavy snow fall. We increased our teams and also our capability to store salt, all of which allowed the service to grow and develop in another incredibly cold year.

Managing Director Chris Rymer expressed his delight on how the company coped in the latter stages of 2010, he stated “Gritting.com decided as a company to invest in all winter services and this allowed the retention and growth of our clientele. We have safeguarded customer’s premises kept hospitals, schools and business open and provided a reliable and trusted service. December tested every aspect of our business but I am incredibly pleased with how we efficiently reacted to the conditions and the effort of every team member”.

Because the weather changes constantly, information of events has to follow suit and change just as quick. The interactive portal allows for an smooth transition for Gritting.com to pass constant information to customers. This saves the user time and allows for instant 24 access to an wealth of data. Gritting.com’s policy is too give maximum transparency and value to its customers. This is one of the many methods that demonstrates this. We believe in adding value to our service and being the innovators within the industry and continuing to push the barriers as we have done for the past 20 years.

Extreme winter weather has significant negative economic impacts including reduced work productivity, snow and ice removal, restoring downed power lines, weather-related accidents and flooding. According to C.R.E.D. data, during the period between 2000 to 2009, there were 385 disasters, an increase of 233 percent since period between 1980 to 1989, and an increase of 67 percent since the period between 1990 to 1999. Although many of these disasters were earthquakes, climate related events, such as droughts, storms and floods make up the majority of disasters overall. Climate related extreme weather events have increased tenfold since data was first collected in 1950.

All Businesses now have to build in weather related contingency plan to flight against the extremes of snow, ice and frost now and for the future. Gritting.com will help with this plans and provide ‘peace of mind’ for your business during the winter months, so now is the time to get in touch, because it will effect us all.