10.11.2016

Flagship Scottish depot for Nationwide

UK’s largest access rental company has officially opened its new flagship depot in Bellshill, Scotland, today.

The new location is almost triple the size of its previous location, with the new facility aimed at setting the benchmark for future depots.
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Nationwide's new depot in Bellshill, Glasgow

Located on the Righead Industrial Estate just outside of Glasgow, a fleet of 450 platforms - including operated and self-drive truck and van mounted platforms from its Specialist Vehicles division –will be based at the 2,700 square metre facility, which includes a four bay workshop and fabrication bay, along with four dedicated delivery trucks, and mobile service vans.
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The roomy workshops

The new depot -one of four locations in Scotland - also features a state-of-the art-training facility, offering a full range of IPAF courses as well as PASMA, IOSH and supporting health and safety courses. Two fully specified training rooms are able to run simultaneous training sessions, while an outside training area is complemented by a 930 square metre indoor area for practical, hands on training on towers and indoor machines.
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The internal training area in full use during yesterday's launch event

Regional director Scotland & North East Frank Sprott said: “We not only wanted a flagship site with office space for our growing team, but also a building that could allow us to meet our customers’ needs. It was also important to expand our engineering facilities and our workshop gives our team great scope for the future. We are proud to showcase our facility and today’s open day will be the first of many to allow our customers to meet the team, see our latest kit and innovations as well as witness first-hand the standards we work to.”

Managing director Jeremy Fish added: “The opening of this new depot highlights our continued investment in Scotland and the North East. It is an important region for us and one we are looking to strengthen. This depot will put us in a good position and has the capacity to match our growth, both in terms of fleet and training.”
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(L-R) Alex Morris, Jeremy Fish, Frank Sprott and Kevin Kennedy of Nationwide Platforms at the opening