2013 News Archive - from July 2013
Serpentine Sackler Gallery - 28th September
The new gallery, a former 1805 gunpowder store, within Kensington gardens required five 6 seater people moves for the inaugural exhibition by Adrián Villar Rojas .
Birmingham Airport - 27th September
The airport management are trialling a 4 seat people mover to assess its suitability for people movement within the airport complex.
BTCC Silverstone - 27th & 29th September
Silverstone hosts the next round of the championship and another 37 vehicles a mixture of 8,6 and 4 seat people movers with some utilities were delivered ready for the big weekend.
Ragley Hall Park - 24th September
Ragley Hall Park & Gardens are run as a tourist attraction and during the busiest part of the season they require a 4WD Gator utility to assist on the parkland. Season al hire proves very cost effective for a number of customer that require additional vehicles during the busiest months of the year.
Williams and Mercedes - 24th September
The Williams and Mercedes team each year hire a golf buggy made which we make up in team colours and they then transport it around with the grand prix cars to each circuit in the Europe. These have now been returned as the teams are off to Singapore for the next rounds.
Railway Stations - 23rd September
Cricklewood station and first Great Western Railways hired two Turf utility vehicles for a 3 week trial of its capabilities as a platform transport vehicle.
BTCC Rockingham Raceway - 22nd & 23rd September
The raceway hosts the next round of the championship and another 37 vehicles a mixture of 8,6 and 4 seat people movers with some utilities were delivered ready for the big weekend.
Alcoa Aluminium Plant - 21st September
Kitts Green Alcoa Aluminium took delivery of a 8 seater people mover for VIP transport in August and they have now added a second and extended the initial 3 week hire to 14th October.
Syon Park - 20th September
Syon House and its 200 acre park is the London home of the Duke of Northumberland and is a major visitor attraction in the south. They recently required three Turf 6 utility vehicles for maintenance work within the grounds.
Nissan Sunderland - 18th September
The Huge Nissan plant in Sunderland use a FB2 flat-bed vehicle as part of the production line process. When this broke down and they called for help we had a replacement on-site within 5 hours, thus keeping the production plant running efficiently.
Belton Wood Golf Club - 14th & 25th September
Belton Woods golf course near Grantham hired 10 golf buggies for two members golfing events.
Land Rovers Owner Show- 6th and 7th September
The East of England Showground hosted the annual Land Rover Owners show with 5 Turf utility vehicles in attendance.
Burghley Horse Trials - 30th to 2nd September
Another prestigious event with over 150,000 visitors. A perfect event for the utility vehicles and 18 were shipped just up the road to Stamford along with a 6 seat people mover. The William Cecil, a well-known hostelry, also had a 6 seater for the duration of horse trials.
Silverstone Moto GP 1st September
Silverstone saw over 150,00 people descend on the track for this premier event. Helping move the mass of people were 38 buggies, mostly 4 and 6 seater people movers and a special wheel chair buggy. For the after event clean up Clean Event hired 5 Turf utility vehicles with cages, popular choice for the huge clean up required.Alcoa Aluminium VIP Tour
T and T Maintenance contacted Bradshaw enquiring about a people mover for a VIP shuttle role on an Alcoa Aluminium plant . After discussion with our team an 8 seater people mover was booked and transported to site for a three week period .
Herstmonceux Castle, 24th to 26th August
The historic moated castle in 600 acre grounds hosts the annually Medieval Festival. Over the three days 10 people movers with 6 and 4 seat capacity moved visitors around. All were fitted with tow bars to enable the movement of supplies around the site.
1940's Weekend, 17th & 18th August
The Camp in Ramsey, Cambridgeshire host an annual 1940's weekend for all those interested in this historic era. Bradshaw supplied a 6 seat people mover to assist with moving people around the site.
Equifest, 14th to 18th August
Equifest hosted at the Peterborough Arena took delivery of 38 buggies from Bradshaw. Of these 15 were 4 and 6 seater people movers with some turf utility vehicles for moving people and stores around the site. The remaining 23 are two seater buggies for the use of disabled people.
British Touring Cars - 3rd and 4th August
The new touring car season continued at Snetterton in Norfolk this weekend with Bradshaw having 37 buggies at the event for the use of race teams and organisers. The other races so far this season at Donnington, Brands Hatch, Croft, Thruxton and Oulton also had buggies in attendance.
Kennel Club Camp 27th July to 4th Aug
The Young Kennel Club (YKC) annual training camp held at Brooksby College in Melton Mowbray for young dog enthusiasts hired a buggy as a general run-about.
Scouts Jamboree 27th July - 4th August
Over 6,500 scouts from 30 countries attended the week-long Kent International Jamboree. Bradshaw had 6 Turf utility buggies on-site to assist with the huge logistic task of moving equipment, food and tents around the site.
Anniversary Games 26th to 28th July
Having supplied vehicles for the main event Bradshaw supplied 2 flat-bed load movers for the anniversary games. These versatile load movers were used for a wide variety of tasks during the games.
July Golf Tournaments
During the month 3 golf courses ran tournaments and 40 buggies were required at each course during the month. Our local course Elton Furze had 5 for a Golf Day and 4 other courses had up to 10 buggies for competitions.