OUTCO Honoured with Gold at Yorkshire in Bloom

As the main ground maintenance provider for the University of Leeds, OUTCO is delighted to announce that the University has retained its Gold Award and achieved Category Winner in the Universities & Colleges of Further Education Category at the Yorkshire in Bloom Awards 2023.

Don’t forget the clocks changing and Winter Gritting go hand in hand

winter gritting services

The end of DST, which occurs on the last Sunday in October, is traditionally seen as the start of the gritting season in the UK. This is because the clocks go back one hour, which means that there is less daylight during the evening and morning commute, which in turn makes the temperature lower, the roads more slippery and increases the risk of accidents

How we accidentally launched a robotic gritter ahead of its time

robotic gritter

RoboGrit isn’t a fictional character. Not quite. In 2013 we started our first trials of an experimental robotic gritter prototype on real client sites. Looking like a hi-tech miniature dune buggy, it was an important testbed for technologies that included navigation, collision detection and spreading systems.