Other Facilities and Logistics

Main Warehousing Facility

Other than for staging purposes at HQ, all our well integrated warehousing and logistics provision is based at our Foundation's affiliated logistics company near Reading. Warehousing provision consists of;

• 95,000sq ft, with brick and block construction and lined cladding to a height of 25 ft+ at its lowest level.
• High quality storage of secure nature, situated in a 150,000 sq ft securely fenced all round and double gated site.
• The premises enjoys multiple security, ranging from security officers to high speed dome cameras with night shot and an autodialing alarm systems with sensors protecting all the boundaries and walls. Additional protection comes from constant independently monitored alarm systems with GSM, shock sensing and guard provision.
• The warehouse has two large internal loading areas with bays, well equipped, supported by fork lifts trucks. The loading facility can unload or 'hold' up to 20 lorries in the adjacent, secured large yard within the site.
• Up to 9,000 standard height pallets can be stored in a mix of racked and bulked storage provision.

Nationwide Facilities Coverage

Production and warehousing facilities can be established anywhere in the UK for the duration of one or more projects. We are experienced in setting up this type of secure, flexible staging.

Logistics Provision

The logistics operation is supported by up to 65 transport units of varying sizes, ranging from large Mercedes articulated lorries to 7.5 ton air sprung tail lift trucks, and vans.

Transport units have high quality security with wide ranging protection and detection.

During the course of our circa ten years history - to end Q3/09 - , we have recorded 7,200 shipments of some magnitude, such as "Store-in-a-Box". Technical courier and small scale delivery and distribution via means such as Interlink are excluded in the above figure.