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UKCM Secures Contract with Glasgow City Council

Leading container repair and refurbishment company UK Container Maintenance (UKCM), has secured a much-coveted three and a half year contract with Glasgow City Council.

The Cheshire-based firm will deliver major cost-savings for the local authority, providing factory-based maintenance and repairs for its commercial waste and recycling containers. UKCM will collect and refurbish Glasgow City Council’s existing assets, restoring and repairing the containers to increase the lifespan, while also helping to maintain compliance and maximise utilisation.

The major contract win was achieved under the Scotland Excel framework, following UKCM’s success in securing a sought-after position on the Scottish Government’s official portal for public sector contract opportunities. Further to a rigorous application and selection process, UKCM is only one of three suppliers within the category on the framework and now has the invaluable opportunity to trade with all 32 local authorities in Scotland.

Emma Elston MBE, CEO of UK Container Maintenance commented: “We are incredibly excited to be working with Glasgow City Council to deliver a sustainable option, and highly cost-effective maintenance and repairs for their waste and recycling containers.

“At UKCM we work with a large number of local authorities across the length and breadth of the UK, enabling them to benefit from the extensive opportunities afforded by recycling otherwise redundant containers back into service; we look forward to extending our technical knowledge and expertise further as we work to support Glasgow City Council.”

Established in 1998, UKCM, the UK’s largest family-owned container repair and refurbishment company is dedicated to the refurbishment of all types of waste and recycling containers. UKCM works across the country offering waste companies and local authorities’ mobile repairs, as well as factory-based services at its head office located in Winsford, Cheshire.

The process brings old, and often unwanted, waste containers back to life instead of them going to scrap. The business model – refurbishment over replacement - is simple and for a third of the price of replacing a container, UKCM can restore the unit to full working order.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Melissa Chawner .