WHAT’S NEW? PICKFORDS RELOCATES COVENT
GARDEN FLOWER MARKET Pickfords Business Solutions recently worked with Covent Garden Flower Market to transport tens of thousands of plants, flowers and sundries to a new Flower Market location in Nine Elms.
Covent Garden Flower Market is the largest wholesale fruit, vegetable and flower market in the UK, and supplies 75% of London’s florists with an extensive range of products.
Following a number of recent, successful collaborations with the leading facilities management company, VINCI Facilities, Pickfords was appointed to manage this challenging relocation.
A detailed six-week planning process was created to ensure minimum disruption to their trading and commercial businesses during the transition. Pickfords created and executed a move plan to transfer each of the 40 wholesaler’s units on a precise time and date to ensure completion ahead of the new market opening.
VINCI engaged Pat Hughes from Pickfords Business Solutions to create the methodology and plan to move racking, equipment and stock to the new market location over a three-day period. Pat ensured that his highest priority was understanding the individual concerns and business practices of each of the wholesalers. He held weekly meetings with the wholesalers to construct a plan to ensure that disruption was minimised.
Up to 110 Pickfords crewmembers and 17 vehicles worked on site each day to ensure a successful relocation.
Tailored move plans were created for plants of unusual size or shape to protect against damage, including the use of specially made trolleys for certain exotic species.
Martin Budd, Head of Business Solutions at Pickfords, said “It was a pleasure to be part of the relocation of the market and to be there to hear them ring the bell to close the market for the last time after 40 years.
My thanks to our project team, VINCI and the Flower Market for all their hard work, ensuring this project was a complete success.”
www.pickfords.com
SPACE-SAVING MEDICAL
SUPPLIES STORAGE Already well known for the storage of medical records and X-rays in hospitals using its mobile and static shelving systems, Ecospace is introducing a new system specifically for the storage of medical supplies. Called ‘FOREG MED’, the system is designed to maximize use of available floor space in conjunction with facilitating ease of storage and handling for differently packaged pharmaceutical products.
Mechanically or electronically-operated space saving mobile shelving fitted with ridged inner panels can be equipped with ISO standard modular trays, containers, drawers or baskets of a type used throughout Europe to accommodate all types of medical supplies.
Shelving is built on rails recessed into the structural floor or, alternatively, within a base laid on the structural floor, which has the added benefit of allowing shelving to be moved at a later date to an alternate location, with no disturbance to the fabric of the building.
Mobile shelving can be finished in a choice of colours to blend or contrast with the surrounding environment and steel end panels can be supplied screen-printed or timber-veneered if required.
In support of the supply and installation of its systems, Ecospace provides fully-comprehensive technical, design and after-sales services, which include the preparation of ‘requirement surveys’ and space planning.
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