John Brash unveils investment
15 December 2015John Brash & Co Ltd has completed the second stage of its near-£1m investment this year to significantly improve productivity, capacity, and health and safety at its Gainsborough headquarters
The manufacturer of graded timber roofing battens, shingles and shakes, scaffold boards, and commercial anti-slip decking unveiled improvements to its premises in a £200,000 joint venture with its haulage partner, JME Transport.
The Manchester-based haulier has part-funded work to create 60% more space for the heavy goods vehicles loading up its products for delivery around the UK.
Previously, there was only enough room for nine lorries at any one time, but now the company can accommodate up to 24 lorries (eight of which can use its new loading bays) – meaning one lorry will be leaving John Brash & Co Ltd every 30 minutes from 6am to 10pm every day.
The investment also includes a new outer roadway at the site, heavy-duty cantilever racking with a roof system, more than 1,000 new LED, solar-powered, LUX-sensitive cats eyes installed in lorry parking bays to assist reversing at night, a new CCTV system, a new drainage system to cut down on surface water in the yard and concrete alley runs between rows of stored timber.
Christian Brash, chairman of John Brash, said the opening of the new improvements showed the company’s commitment to growth.
