62 | SME News Midlands Enterprise Awards 2023 Best Nationwide Road Line Marking Company 2023 Since 2011, Lincolnshire based Hydro Grit Ltd have been providing road markings, lining and removals services at competitive prices. It works nationwide, with clients ranging from homeowners to multiple county and borough councils, including London. The company also works alongside other road marking companies to provide removal of markings anywhere in the UK. Hydro Grit began life with a service that was successfully delivered to just one local customer. Through its dedicated and professional work ethics, it incrementally built up its business over the years, and is proud to say that it now serves the UK in its entirety. It continually strives to exceed customer expectations, with the majority of its work stemming from positive word of mouth. The company thinks of this as testament to the excellent service it provides as experts in surface preparation. The road markings it provides encompass virtually any line marking requirements customers might have. It can mark out and apply markings to sites such as public highways, local authority schemes, and safety areas in warehouses and factories. All road markings comply with the Department for Transport chapter 5 specifications, and its operatives are all fully qualified in road/line marking with CSCS cards and NHSS 12D Lantra cards. Hydro Grit ensures to always attend sites on time, inclusive of booking in, service delivery and completion of the job. It works alongside clients, managers, and other road marking crews to ensure everything is delivered smoothly, and all work is completed both to the satisfaction of the client and to industry standards. Hydro Grit’s staff were classed as keyworkers during the recent COVID-19 pandemic, which meant that they were able to continue working on some major highway and maintenance works. The company was fortunate in that it was actually able to take advantage of the situation. The lack of traffic on the highways during the two UK lockdowns allowed Hydro Grit to carry out major works for county councils. Being based in the Midlands is also advantageous for Hydro Grit as it means it can easily access locations country wide, as well as projects based closer to home. Thanks to its steady growth, and the knowledge of its topquality services becoming more widespread, clients based in the Midlands are increasingly eager to use its services. This might range from commercial clients to other new road marking companies, who use Hydro Grit to prepare areas by removing markings for them. The markings Hydro Grit can apply includes single and double lines, either intermittent or solid. It can mark out cycle lanes, pedestrian routes, parking bays, disabled bays, symbols, letters and numbers. It can also apply hatched areas, and safety markings for machinery areas, walkways, and crossings. The company also realises that sometimes, for various reasons, road markings need to be removed. This might be due to new road layout schemes, or markings becoming redundant, outdated, or needing to comply with newly introduced regulations. Hydro Grit provides a high quality and reliable line removal service. It uses the Quill Falcon system to quickly remove tricky thermoplastic line markings such as white/ yellow lines. It can remove lines from all types of surface including tarmac, surface dress, concrete, and block paving. The services offered by Hydro Grit are fast and efficient, delivering solutions that meet with clients total satisfaction. It is a small, family-run enterprise, currently consisting of 2 operating crews. Managing director Kenneth Smith is delighted to have recently been joined in the company by his daughter, fresh from a stint she served in HM Armed Forces. She’s due to complete her NVQ level 2 in road marking later in the year, alongside another new employee. This is exciting news for the company as there are no other females known in the whole country to be in possession of an NVQ in this subject area. The feedback the company has received regarding working with female operatives is extremely positive, both from industry and clients who have worked alongside. 2022 was a great year for the business, and Hydro Grit is keenly looking forward to a successful finish to 2023 as well. It has more work in the offing, and a continual focus on reliability and service quality across the board. The company has recently been announced as the winner of Best Nationwide Road Line Marking Company 2023 in the Midlands Enterprise Awards. Congratulations go out to it for its professional and proficient services, which we have no doubt will soon see it further expanding to an even greater degree. Company: Hydrogrit Ltd Web Address: www.hydrogrit.com Contact Name: Kenneth Smith
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