Snow Clearance
- Proactive and reactive snow removal
- Uninterrupted business operations
- 24/7 effective snow clearance
How much is poor snow management costing you?
When bad weather arrives, it's crucial to ensure your property is safe and accessible for visitors. Uncleared snow can pose serious risks to both vehicles and pedestrians, potentially leading to various liability issues for your business or organisation.
Keep your premises open, no matter the forecast
At Nurture Gritting, our snow clearance service is designed to protect your business from the worst of winter. Our tailored approach ensures that your specific site needs are met, and offer:
- Proactive clearing – we monitor weather forecasts using our advanced forecasting system. As soon as snow is predicted, our teams are dispatched without you needing to make a request, so you know you’re covered whatever the weather.
- Reactive clearing – our on-demand service allows you to request clearance once the snow accumulates to a critical level. Call us in when you need us, and we will mobilise our teams to your site as soon as possible.
Our snow clearing service includes:
- Arterial service routes clearance
- Manual and mechanical snow clearing
- Footpath, access roads and car park snow clearance
- Snow ploughing
- De-icing and gritting services
With access to heavy machinery, such as 4x4 vehicles with rear mounted spreaders to 18 tonne lorries with full size snow ploughs, we’ll ensure the efficient removal of snow from all critical areas, including access roads and car parks. With GPS-tracked vehicles and real-time monitoring via our Ice Master system, you’ll have full visibility over every snow clearance visit.
Our Nurture Gritting team will be on hand to keep your business operating seamlessly without disruptions.
Reduce risk and increase accessibility
At Nurture Gritting, we know you want a snow clearance contractor you can trust to keep your site safe and operational. In order to do that, you need a reliable service that delivers efficiency and transparency.
The problem is that choosing the right snow clearance provider can be difficult when you’re faced with common issues such as lack of flexibility, hidden costs, slow response times, and poor communication. This leaves you feeling frustrated and unsure if you're truly getting value for your investment.
With over 20 years of experience, we understand the unique challenges winter brings and how stressful it is to manage unpredictable winter conditions, which is why we offer proactive approach to commercial snow clearance, clear communication, and real-time tracking to ensure your peace of mind.
Nurture Gritting will mitigate your winter liability risk so you can have a peace of mind that we will be keeping your site open, accessible and safe during the winter months. Fill in a form and get in touch today or simply call us on 01344 234 027 to learn more.
| 1 | Tell us about your requirements and we’ll get back to you promptly. |
| 2 | Gritting plans are created for every site for pricing and operational purposes. Once the proposal is accepted, the gritting plan is uploaded to Ice Master, where it will guide operators to ensure the correct areas are serviced. |
| 3 | When temperatures reach a pre-determined level, you'll receive an email notification. If you're enrolled in our proactive snow clearance service, your site will be automatically cleared without requiring prior authorisation. Upon completion, the system will record the date, time, and GPS location of the service. This data will be accessible through our Ice Master Web Portal. |
- What is your approach to snow management?
Our proactive approach to winter maintenance involves pre-treating surfaces with gritting salt based on accurate weather forecasts. Our team uses either hand shovels or push-along spreaders to distribute salt across areas at risk of ice or snow accumulation. This prevents ice formation and snow buildup before they become issues, ensuring safer conditions during winter weather events.
When snowfall reaches 2cm or more, our team will manually clear the snow from walkways, pathways, stairs, and emergency exits to ensure safe passage.
For snow accumulations of 5cm or more, we employ mechanical snow clearance. This service is used for clearing car parks, roads, loading bays, and access routes across your site.
In areas where vehicles cannot reach, such as pathways or exits, manual snow clearance and salt spreading will be carried out using shovels or pedestrian spreaders.
After the initial snow clearance, there may be a layer of compacted snow, ice, or slush remaining. To address this, we apply a heavy, one-time application of salt or grit over the affected areas. The cleared snow is deposited in large piles on adjacent grassed or soft landscaped areas, or in small sections of car parks where it will not cause an obstruction.
- What other benefits does your winter clearance service include?
We’re not just removing snow—we’re giving you the assurance that your site will remain safe and accessible throughout the winter season. From dedicated account management to full liability protection, we’re committed to providing a seamless service that reduces risk and keeps you compliant with health and safety regulations.
• Dedicated account manager throughout the year
• Simple and clear quotes with bespoke gritting plans
• Flexible service customisation
• Thorough site assessments
• Convenient online management
• Regular service updates with monthly and weekly reports
• Daily notifications and service notifications by 10:00am
• Prompt service completion notifications
• Tailored communication based on your preferences
- How are service areas and costs determined for snow management?
During the proposal and tender process, we map all your sites using professional mapping software. This ensures the safety of people on-site and maintains the integrity of your building’s exterior.
Our maps detail the areas to be serviced and provide accurate measurements of the site, which form the basis for calculating the cost of each service visit. These gritting maps are included with the tender response, allowing you to approve or adjust the defined service areas. Once the proposal is accepted, the gritting plan is uploaded to Ice Master, where it will guide operators to ensure the correct areas are serviced. All service details and account management information for each site will be stored in Ice Master and kept on file.
We consider both vehicular and pedestrian traffic across your property, as well as exterior work areas, such as loading bays. We also ensure that emergency services can access your commercial property in case of a medical emergency, fire or flood.
Our process includes:
- Moving snow away from entrances, footpaths, and roads
- Ensuring snow piles do not obstruct driver visibility
- Keeping building address numbers/signage clear for emergency services
During our evaluation, we also identify edges, kerbs, speed bumps, manhole covers and any other features that could be hidden under snow, mapping these areas to prevent damage from snow removal equipment. When our team arrives at your site, they follow strict procedures:
- Move snow away from the building where possible
- Ensure proper drainage by keeping drains clear for snow and ice melt
- Avoid damage to softscape and hardscape features such as trees, shrubs
- How will I know when snow removal is scheduled?
You'll receive an email notification. If your site is on our proactive snow clearance service, it will be automatically serviced without needing prior authorisation. Our Ice Master system will activate the service and send an email to the designated contacts, informing you that snow removal is scheduled for that evening.
Our services are triggered by daily Road Surface Temperature (RST) forecasts, provided by The Met Office, during the winter season. Each morning, we upload the forecast data to our custom service activation software. If the RST is forecasted to be at or below zero degrees and the risk threshold is met, the system automatically schedules service for those sites.
This approach ensures that your site stays protected while minimising unnecessary gritting. We only service your site when it is genuinely needed, helping to reduce both the number of visits and overall costs.
- How does a gritting team gain access to the site?
If you provide us with a key or fob, it will be labelled with our unique site ID only. This ensures that, if lost, it cannot be traced back to the site.
For sites with access codes, the code is stored securely in our database and is only visible to our teams while they are on-site.
If on-site security is present, our operatives will either sign in or notify security of their presence.
- How does your liability cover work?
Nurture Gritting provides every contracted site with full liability protection.
This means that in the event of a claim, not only do we have all the processes, procedures and technology, we also have the most comprehensive winter specific insurances in place to protect you, your site and your employees/visitors.
In the event of a claim against you, we will fully manage and co-defend the claim if required, including provision of all back-up information from our fully audited systems.
If there is an alleged failure in service, we can clearly demonstrate that you have met all your Duty of Care responsibilities by employing Nurture Gritting as your professional winter service company.
