shelterstore.co.uk

January 2012 - Shelter Store and Rock Salt Mine share online success

Street furniture specialist Shelter Store sold more than 3,500 pairs of tyre socks in less than 48 hours alongside their sister-company Rock Salt Mine. The two companies also sold around 500 bags of rock salt in the same 48 hours.

Rock Salt Mine and Shelter Store both opened a 51% off offer on their premium tyre sock, an ‘easy fit’ traction aid, suitable for most vehicles from small cars to large vans on Groupon, a website that features discounted certificates usable at local or national companies.

The premium tyre sock benefits from a unique, patented design which ensures that the fabric of the sock is pulled against the tyre to create a secure adhesion. The tyre sock also features simple, but robust straps, which allow the sock to be removed with ease – and fitting can be completed in less than two minutes.

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November 2011 - Shelter Store provides Mander Portman Woodward College with secure cycle parking facilities

Street furniture specialist Shelter Store has supplied Mander Portman Woodward (MPW) College in Cambridge with two highly-secure BDS cycle shelters with a 20 space Toastrack cycle stand in each shelter.

The MPW premises is a few minutes' walk from the centre of Cambridge and will now benefit for robust, high quality cycle parking facilities, which the college hopes will encourage more staff and students to cycle.

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November 2011 - Birmingham City Airport strengthens winter defences with Shelter Store grit bins

Street furniture specialist Shelter Store has provided Birmingham City Airport with 50 200 litre Premium Grit Bins. A bin has been allocated for each of the airport’s 50 concrete stands, and will be filled with a form of grit specifically designed for use at airports.

Shelter Store Premium grit bins are manufactured from durable, medium density and UV stabilised polyethylene. The grit bins also feature a hinged, water tight lid – which ensures that rain, or melting snow cannot infiltrate the grit bin, which can potentially ruin grit supplies.

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October 2011 - Shelter Store gets ready for winter

With temperatures predicted to drop over the forthcoming weeks, Shelterstore.co.uk, one of the UK's most comprehensive and lowest cost street furniture portals, is urging local authorities, facilities managers and other businesses to ensure they are prepared. The company offers a thorough range of winter products, including rock salt, grit bins, spreaders and shelters.

Last year's extreme early winter temperatures led to a significant increase in demand for grit bins and rock salt across the UK. Shelter Store is capable of sourcing customers as much as 2,000 tonnes of rock salt – either as 80,000 25kg bags or 2,000 loose bulk bags. The company also offers magic ice melt granules, which are used on airport runways and capable of providing up to ten times more coverage than rock salt.

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October 2011 - Shelter Store helps protect smokers from the winter elements

Despite overwhelming support for the ban on smoking in public places, approximately 20% of the adult population continues to smoke*. This places an onus on building owners, facility managers and employers to provide somewhere outside for them to do so, especially in the winter months, when people will need to be kept dry and protected from the weather.

With this in mind, Shelter Store, the complete online street furniture store, offers a wide range of smoking shelter solutions to suit all budgets and needs. These include the four-sided Smoke Screen Shelter, an enclosed shelter which is available with or without seating, providing extra protection for smokers from adverse winter weather.

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September 2011 - Get on your bike with Shelter Store

Shelterstore.co.uk, the complete online street furniture store, now offers an extensive range of cycle shelters and compounds. Shelter Store’s bike shelters are robust, contemporary, practical and available in a variety of dimensions and styles.

Among the cycle shelters in the range are bespoke enclosures, toast racks, cycle lockers, bike racks and stands. Furthermore, in response to the number for school children who travel to school via scooter, Shelter Store has designed a rack in younger children can keep their scooters safe and secure.

Richard Hill, Business Manager at Shelter Store, commented: “The days when you could leave your bike tied to an unsuspecting tree in the park, or to a lamp post in the street, are long gone. A bike shelter or bike compound can be located in most public areas, but with more and more people owning a bike, there is a greater need and expectation from cycling enthusiasts for accessible cycle shelters.”

Richard Hill, Business Manager at Shelter Store, commented: “The days when you could leave your bike tied to an unsuspecting tree in the park, or to a lamp post in the street, are long gone. A bike shelter or bike compound can be located in most public areas, but with more and more people owning a bike, there is a greater need and expectation from cycling enthusiasts for accessible cycle shelters.”

Hill continued: “By offering a range of cycle shelters, Shelter Store is able to offer its customers a safe and secure way to lock away bikes and peripherals. These products are a good value, low maintenance and minimalist solution to bike parking, with their shapes allowing bike frames and wheels to be securely locked on to the stand.”

For further information about Shelter Store’s range of bike stands, along with the other products in its street furniture portfolio, visit www.shelterstore.co.uk.

September - Shelter store named as one of uk’s 100 smartest small businesses

Street furniture specialist Shelter Store has been recognised by Smarta.com and O2 as one of the UK’s savviest, most enterprising small businesses in the 2011 Smarta 100 awards.

Shelter Store, which offers a complete range of products for public and private spaces, including bollards, seating, signage and even rock salt, was established two years ago by James Nash and Josh Coleman, owners of the award-winning cycle parking and accessories specialist Bike Dock Solutions.

This year’s Smarta 100 provides an interesting snapshot of UK small business today: a cross-section of ingenious new ideas, individuals seeking self-employment after redundancy, the innovators of the cloud and crowd and the fast-growth big businesses of tomorrow.

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August - Shelter Store first past the post with robust parking barriers.

Shelter Store first past the post with robust parking barriers.

Street furniture specialist Shelter Store has introduced parking posts and barriers to its already diverse range of street security solutions. Shelter Store is offering a variety of parking posts to suit different purposes, from folding parking posts, to solar-powered reservation barriers.

Parking posts such as the Compact Security Post act as 3-in-1 value parking solution. As with many of Shelter Store’s posts, it can be locked in a upright position for parking space protection, locked in a fold down position to allow vehicle access or to open up a car park area and, finally, the post can be removed for storage. The Compact security post, like many of Shelter Store’s parking posts, features a tough steel construction and is zinc plated to prevent metal corrosion.

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August - Shelter Store provide Uckfield resident with five cast iron bollards

Shelter Store provide Uckfield resident with five cast iron bollards

Street furniture specialist Shelter Store has completed the installation of five cast iron bollards at a private property in Uckfield, East Sussex. The homeowner will now benefit from five of Shelter Store’s 800mm tall, ‘iron street bollards,’ which have been erected in the pavement at the front of his house.

Shelter Store was chosen by the customer after he had viewed the company’s website, which encouraged him to buy from the street furniture store. “I had a long-term issue with the amount of drivers that were reversing onto the pavement in front of my house and felt that bollards would be the perfect solution. Shelter Store’s product range is extensive, and very well presented on their website,” he said.

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July - Shelter Store comes out to play

Shelter Store comes out to play

Shelterstore.co.uk, the ‘one shop stop’ for street furniture and security products, now offers a unique range of playground equipment, suitable for children of all ages, as part of its online offering. Constructed from materials including natural pine and galvanised steel, the play equipment is strong, secure and, more importantly, safe.

Among the many products in the Shelter Store play equipment range are traditional items, such as swings, double swings, playhouses and climbing frames. A combined play centre incorporating all these aspects is also available, ensuring that no matter whether they are playing hide and seek, sliding, climbing or crawling – all learning stages have been taken into account and there is something for every child.

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July - Top glass walkways and canopies from Shelter Store

Top glass walkways and canopies from Shelter Store

Shelterstore.co.uk, the complete online street furniture store, has expanded its walkways and shelters offering with the introduction of a range of glass roofed canopies. Designed specifically with businesses, colleges and schools in mind, these products can be used as sheltered outdoor areas or to provide a covered link way between buildings.

The product range includes a number of functional structures, such as door canopies, modular shelters and covered walkways, which are adaptable in both length and width, making them ideal for a variety of applications. Made from galvanised steel and available in an array of colours, the structures can blend into a site or become a feature in their own right.

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June - Shelter Store offers all-budget solutions for garden storage

Shelter Store offers all-budget solutions for garden storage

Starting the range is a small rustic garden shed for £107.99. Built to be easy to assemble and handle, the rustic overlap construction is of lightweight timber which is rough sawn, approximately 5mm thick and of the type commonly used for fence panels. Due to its lightweight construction this building is an ideal budget garden storage solution which would also suit an allotment.

In the mid-range, Shelter Store offers a sturdy tongue and groove shed with increased weather resistance for £269.99. It offers increased head room and wide double doors giving greater storage capacity and manoeuvrability compared to standard apex sheds.

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June - Mirror, mirror on the wall, Shelter Store has the widest range of all

Mirror, mirror on the wall,Shelter Store has the widest range of all

Shelterstore.co.uk, the specialist online retailer of street furniture and industrial accessories, has launched a range of mirrors for a wide variety of commercial and industrial uses.

These include interior mirrors for detection or panoramic observation in retail and hotel environments; and a selection of traffic mirrors to assist road safety and help eliminate blind spots at corners, concealed entrances and exits, car parks and junctions. The company also offers a range of surveillance mirrors that are economical and simple to install. They are recommended for shop security as a deterrent to retail theft and to monitor tills but can be equally effective in monitoring hospital corridors, reception areas and door access.

Shelter Store’s portfolio of industrial mirrors includes robust, framed mirrors, some with reinforced frames and some with warning messages imprinted on them. The collection also includes anti-frost and anti-condensation mirrors which provide clear images as low as -20°C. These mirrors stop condensation regardless of temperature changes or humidity in the air which can be crucial for public highway installation.

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June - Shelter Store releases range of tensile canopies in time for summer

Shelter Store releases range of tensile canopies in time for summer

Shelterstore.co.uk, the complete online street furniture store, has released a new range of tensile canopies to celebrate the arrival of summer. The canopies are ideal for shade in all kinds of outdoor seating areas, such as parks, outdoor teaching areas, restaurants and pubs. The different canopies vary in design in order to suit a variety of different tastes and purposes.

At the entry level of the range are the Flare, Eclipse and Star canopies which feature classic ‘sail’ designs and provide extremely cost effective shade coverage.  Modules are often linked together to form large arrays or combined with other module designs. The open aspect of the artistic design allows for a free flow of movement that defines space.

98% of harmful UV and UVB rays are blocked by the canopies, which means that the canopies not only protect you from the sun, but also it’s potentially harmful rays. The canopies are made from a light, breathable material allowing air circulation and a refreshing cooling effect in warmer weather. All of the Shelter Store ‘sail canopies’ are available in a variety of natural and contemporary colours and benefit from robust steel poles.

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18 May 2011 - Shelter Store offers a full range of secure storage solutions

SHELTER STORE OFFERS A FULL RANGE OF SECURE STORAGE SOLUTIONS

Shelterstore.co.uk, the complete online street furniture store, has reduced the prices on its quality range of secure storage solutions.  The reduction comes as part of the company’s commitment to helping large offices, supermarkets and retailers carry out refurbishment projects in a challenging economic climate.  The array of products on offer is also aimed at the schools market, as they look to undertake any refurbishment and renovation work during the summer months.

Shelter Store’s storage lockers are manufactured to the highest specification.  The lockers have semi-concealed hinges welded to the door and riveted to the frame, allowing for the easy replacement of doors – which themselves are position within a rebated frame to enhance compartment security. 

The company also offers one, two and three-door lockers that have been specially produced and designed at a low height, making them ideal for children in schools. Available in a range of colours, these lockers are available in cost saving ‘nests’ and each have a hanging compartment with a double coat hook and shelf. 

All Shelter Store lockers contain sustainably sourced steel, resulting in a significantly reduced carbon footprint for both the products containing it and the businesses that use it.

Other storage options in the Shelter Store range include office safes, cabinets for hazardous chemicals and garment lockers.  For more information about these and the other products offered by the company.

3rd March 2011 - Tender Awarded

SHELTERSTORE AWARDED TENDER TO SUPPLY STAINLESS STEEL BOLLARDS FOR NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL

Shelter Store was chosen as the prefered supplier to supply static and removable stainless steel bollards for Newcastle City Council.

21st February 2011 - Tender Awarded

SHELTERSTORE AWARDED TENDER TO SUPPLY BESPOKE BUS SHELTERS FOR WESTERN EDUCATION & LIBRARY BOARD

Shelter Store was chosen as the prefered supplier to supply four large bespoke Bus Shelters for Devenish College in Northern Ireland.

15th February 2011 - Tender Awarded 

SHELTERSTORE AWARDED TENDER TO SUPPLY AND INSTALL SPORTS SHELTERS FOR DURHAM UNIVERSITY

Shelter Store was chosen as the prefered supplier to supply and install sports dugout shelters for Durham University for a new sports field.

8th October 2010 - Press Release

SHELTERSTORE PROVIDES A SMOKEN SCREEN TO PROTECT SMOKERS FROM THE RAIN

Despite overwhelming support for the ban on smoking in public places, approximately 20% of the adult population continue to smoke*, placing an onus on building owners, facility managers and employers to provide somewhere outside for them to do so.

With this in mind, Shelterstore, the complete online street furniture store, has launched its four-sided Smoke Screen Shelter, an enclosed shelter, available with or without seating, which provides extra protection for smokers from adverse weather.

Fully compliant with the Smoking Ban legislation Parliament Act 3368, the shelter can be supplied freestanding or back wall mounted, with adjustable feet. It is suitable for concrete, tarmac, paving slabs or block surfaces and includes partial height side screens for ventilation.

Lightweight for easy self construction, the shelter, which is fabricated from aluminium and scratch resistant acrylic, is available in seven sizes with a total capacity of up to 18 people. It can be supplied in black, blue or green as standard or in other RAL specified colours on application.

Shelterstore.co.uk is one of the UK’s most comprehensive and lowest cost street furniture portals, providing highly competitively priced products as part of a turnkey service including installation. In addition, the company provides a repair, replacement and removal service for existing street furniture and can also relocate existing street furniture or dispose and recycle existing items. It even offers maintenance and cleaning services on either an ad hoc or contract basis.

20th September 2010 - Press Release

NEVER MIND THE BOLLARDS….VISIT SHELTERSTORE

The team behind the award-winning cycle parking specialist Bike Dock Solutions has launched what they claim to be one of the UK’s most comprehensive and lowest cost street furniture portals.

Shelterstore.co.uk is a complete online street furniture store providing highly competitively priced products as part of a turnkey service including installation. In addition, the company provides a repair, replacement and removal service for existing street furniture and can also relocate existing street furniture or dispose and recycle existing items. It even offers maintenance and cleaning services on either an ad hoc or contract basis.

The site offers bollards – some priced as low as £30 – as well as benches, waiting shelters, smoking shelters, butt bins, grit bins and even salt, as well as the complete range of Bike Dock cycle parking products. The site’s range will soon be expanded to include access control products, barriers, crowd and queue control equipment, and health and safety products.

“We have been rigorous and extensive in our search of new sources of supply,” explains Shelterstore MD David Schulhof . “This means we are able to offer a complete end-to-end range of street furniture to suit all requirements, from budget products up to more premium options. It puts the customer in control.”