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Who is responsible for gritting my premises?

By |2023-05-23T11:28:20+01:00May 23rd, 2023|Architecture, Buildings, Maintenance, News|

In order to keep our roads safe, effective gritting is essential. However, it is not always clear who is responsible for gritting the roads. If you are here and reading this, it’s likely you are unclear about your responsibility. In this article, we will answer the question; who is responsible for gritting my premises? Gritting

When to grit your premises: Site maintenance in cold weather

By |2023-05-17T11:53:59+01:00April 28th, 2023|Architecture, Buildings, Construction, Engineering, Maintenance, Marketing, News, Uncategorised|

Knowing how often you need to grit your premises will help to ensure you stay on top of site maintenance in cold weather. Gritting for site safety is vital to ensuring the safety of staff and visitors and reducing costs. It may feel strange to be thinking about getting the gritter out when spring is

How gritting works and who’s responsible for doing it?

By |2023-04-12T16:10:29+01:00April 12th, 2023|Architecture, Buildings, Construction, Engineering, Maintenance, Marketing, News|

Gritting roads is essential during the winter months in the UK. Knowing how gritting works as a business owner can ensure the roads and pathways around a premises are safe for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. The process of gritting involves spreading salt or grit on the road surfaces to prevent ice. It’s something we take

Gritting Leicester – Weatherwise have that covered

By |2021-08-11T12:33:59+01:00August 11th, 2021|News|

Gritting Leicester - Weatherwise Services have that covered The four seasons in the UK all have a distinctness, yet climate change can sometimes make the distinctions blurred: Winter is generally defined as the months of December, January and February. Spring is March, April and May. Summer June, July, August Autumn is September, October, November.  Gritting

Plan ahead (like a retailer) with our monthly calendar

By |2021-07-18T19:31:18+01:00July 18th, 2021|News|

Are you looking far and wide for gritting services near me? There may be something quite odd in us writing about winter, snow and ice when the UK is currently basking in a mid-July heatwave. You'd expect summer in July, we know, we know- although it's worth reminding people that we did have snow flurries

Spare a thought this summer for those in the 3 hottest places globally

By |2021-06-22T19:02:43+01:00June 22nd, 2021|News|

Summer has allegedly arrived in the UK, a signal for the Weatherwise team to get some well-deserved rest and lap up the Vitamin D and rays until work begins again in late September (Oh What a Night?) Some like it hot? Except this summer, thus far, has been a bit pathetic to be honest and

When does summer 2021 actually start?

By |2021-04-22T14:45:10+01:00April 22nd, 2021|News|

Because we've had a cold winter and a cooler spring, lots have been caught by surprise that temperatures during the day and at night remain so low. But. It's not unusual at this time of year though as people are lulled into a false sense of security about heat. Clocks go forward. Sunsets don't happen

Everything is blooming one month later in 2021

By |2021-04-14T11:20:41+01:00April 14th, 2021|News|

We don't know about you but we've noticed a change in weather over the past 12 months of lockdown - spring has arrived later this year. If you're the type who scrolls through Facebook memories or your Instagram feed, you will have noticed that tulips in your feed 12 months ago have not yet appeared?

Turn the heating up? We’re not in Yakutsk

By |2021-04-03T16:49:01+01:00April 3rd, 2021|News|

You may be familiar at home with the battle of the thermostat? The game where one person wants the heating raising whilst the other complains that it's like a sauna in the living room? Spare a thought then for those who live in Siberia - officially the coldest place on earth. In 1933, a record

Got my first real six string … in the summer of 76

By |2021-03-23T13:20:28+00:00March 23rd, 2021|News|

Yes we know. The title is inaccurate. Bryan Adams may take offence and rock up at our Loughborough snow clearance HQ and ask for a "chat". It's deliberate obviously as 1976 was the mercurial peak of hot weather in Britain - well the summer was. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f06QZCVUHg Some of our team remember it vividly -