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Press Releases from Pluscrates Ltd. (10 total)

Commercial Relocation Makes Hay in Olympic Summer

The traditional summer upturn in commercial relocation saw early and unprecedented activity ahead of the London Olympics, according to John Mitchell, Managing Director of crate rental specialist, Pluscrates Ltd. “Crate rental activity is a crude but effective indicator for commercial relocation. We added close to 100,000 crates to our working stock ahead of the London Olympics and, importantly, for others in the commercial moving business who saw a similar uplift, that’s

Pluscrates to Open New Birmingham Depot

Leading crate rental specialist Pluscrates has announced the relocation of its Nuneaton depot to new larger premises in Birmingham. Completion is due to take place on 25 February. The new 30,000 ft site will provide around 50% more storage space and allow better access to the Midlands motorway network. “We’ve seen a steady growth in business in the Midlands area during the past few years and the new depot will

Crown Relocations Appoints Pluscrates in Exclusive Three-year Deal

Pluscrates has signed an exclusive three-year deal with Crown Relocations to supply crates throughout the UK and Ireland. The move comes following Crown’s continued growth in the commercial relocation sector. Pluscrates’ Managing Director, John Mitchell said, “Crown Worldwide Group is well known to us and we have coveted the opportunity to support Crown Relocations since we began trading in 2008. We’ve had to be patient but now we have been presented

Whittle Group Appoints Pluscrates as Sole Supplier

Lancashire-based moving specialist Whittle Group Ltd has appointed Pluscrates as sole supplier of crate hire services for its commercial moving business. The company made the decision based on positive feedback from others in the commercial moving industry and Pluscrates’ ability to deliver high-quality products to customers throughout the United Kingdom. Pluscrates began supplying crates to Whittles in June and has seen a steady follow of orders for commercial relocations. During that time

Pluscrates – a British phenomenon? By John Mitchell

The concept of plastic crates for commercial moves has been well established in the UK for many years. But, remarkably, this apparently British phenomenon does not seem to make the journey across La Manche. Here John Mitchell from Pluscrates speculates on why that might be and if, at long last, the mainlanders might be coming around to the Limey’s way of thinking. The fibre board crate, produced by Denton

Crate rental company Pluscrates switches to environmentally friendly bio-diesel …

When crate rental company Pluscrates moved into their new depot in Bristol recently they were surprised to find one of the local removers, McKeown’s Business Moves, was also in the bio-diesel business, refining their own fuel from waste cooking oil. McKeown Bio Fuels was formed in 2007 and is now a well established fuel manufacturing business. As a supplier of environmentally friendly products Pluscrates were keen to find out more and

Crate rental company Pluscrates switches to environmentally friendly bio-diesel …

When crate rental company Pluscrates moved into their new depot in Bristol recently they were surprised to find one of the local removers, McKeown’s Business Moves, was also in the bio-diesel business, refining their own fuel from waste cooking oil. McKeown Bio Fuels was formed in 2007 and is now a well established fuel manufacturing business. As a supplier of environmentally friendly products Pluscrates were keen to find out more and

Pluscrates opens new service centre in Bristol

Crate rental specialist Pluscrates has announced the opening of its new premises in Bristol; the new service centre located on the Cala Trading Estate opened its doors for business on 9 February. The move brings the total number of service centres in the UK to five and will enable the company to optimise its services throughout the southwest of England. Pluscrate’s Managing Director John Mitchell said, “Opening a new centre and

British Manufacturer Supplies Reusable ‘Green’ Crates to Australia’s Remov …

British-based reusable crate manufacturer Advanced Crates Ltd has despatched its first consignment of specialist computer transit crates to Western Australia’s Box n’ Crate Hire company. The deal is significant as reusable transit packaging (RTP) is a relatively new concept in Australia, only having been used extensively by the removals industry since 2007. Gabriele Haag-Green who heads up Box n’ Crate Hire said, “We identified the need to add a specialist

Pluscrates introduces new library trolley to its rental product range

Pluscrates has added a library trolley with twice the capacity of other folding file trolleys on the market to its rental product range. The specialist library trolley is being supplied by Samson Cart and allows access and movement of up to six linear metres of books, files or storage media using its six- shelf configuration. However, when only three linear meters of material are being moved, the cart can simply

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