Why Carbon Literacy Training Matters at OUTCO

The term ‘Greenwashing’ has been used to describe the practice of businesses and organisations taking part, or exaggerating their participation, in environmental initiatives.  This is why OUTCO firmly believes Carbon Literacy training is not something businesses should do to just simply tick off a box on a checklist. If the fight against climate change and […]

Predicting the Unpredictable – How Technology is Taming Winter Gritting Services

Technology in outdoor maintenance

As OUTCO’s winter services business celebrates its 20th year anniversary, founder and CEO Jason Petsch, examines how technology is transforming how organisations control seasonal unpredictability, especially when it comes to winter gritting services, in this insightful article for the October 2024 edition of Tomorrows FM. In the FM world we often hear talk about the […]

Why tech in asset maintenance is important – Retail Times

OUTCO using technology to bring long-term thinking back to asset maintenance

Jason Petsch, CEO of OUTCO, discusses how technology is bringing long-term thinking back to asset maintenance From being an occasional menace, potholes are now ubiquitous on the country’s roads. Indeed, cratered road surfaces are becoming a symbol for national decline. Growing public outrage forced prime minister Rishi Sunak to commit a staggering 8bn of the money saved […]

Icy Weather On The Way Heres Whats Causing This

Icy weather winter gritting and snow clearance

The UK is due to for icy weather from the end of this week, with road surface temperatures dropping below zero to as low as -5C in various parts of the country. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow and ice for Scotland, Northern Ireland and parts of northern England

How tech is being used to keep the UK moving during winter

winter gritting can be made safer through innovation OUTCO

“How tech is being used to keep the UK moving during winter” – published in FMOnline November 2023. Although the automation of winter maintenance doesn’t require clients to even request a gritting service, digitisation is allowing customers to immediately view in real-time when and where that service is delivered