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Self-delivery of winter gritting can be a cost-effective solution, but it requires sensible planning and execution to avoid pitfalls that could compromise both safety and budgets. Winter brings a host of challenges for businesses, and one of the foremost concerns is ensuring the safety of employees and customers by effectively managing ice and snow.

Protecting night time workers – how challenging work like winter gritting can be made safer through innovation

Heroes of the Night: How Technology Shines a Light on Night-time Workers

One emerging trend that has piqued the curiosity of climate scientists is a newfound correlation between autumn flooding and severe winters. Does excess rainfall and autumn flooding actually influence the severity of winter in Britain?

Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the most pressing environmental challenges facing humanity today. There are an enormous number of initiatives across all industries, and the gritting industry can also play its part.

Winter Gritting Frequently Asked Questions

OUTCO explores the increase in rainfall and precipitation across the UK, closely linked to climate change, including the consequences of these changes, with potential for wilder weather and, surprisingly, more snowfall

The world of specialist weather forecasting has undergone significant improvements in recent years. Access to powerful supercomputers that process millions of lines of code, in conjunction with data from actual weather stations and live-feed sensors have accelerated observational capabilities and numerical weather prediction (NWP) models to near pin-point accuracy for short range meso-scale (hyper-localised) forecasting