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Craven looks back on the last six months!

Would you believe we’re already halfway through the year? We certainly can’t! From supporting a local food bank to becoming a sponsor of the Kirk Deighton Ranger football team, we’ve had a jam-packed and rewarding few ...

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How to Choose the Right Shelving Finishes and Coatings

Choosing the right finish or coating for your shelving solution is crucial to ensure its practicality and durability in your business’ environment… But it can be difficult to figure out what will work best for your ...

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Get To Know Our Business Development Manager, Phill!

This month, we took some time to get to know our Business Development Manager, Phill Brown. Check out what he had to say, below!    What is your role at Craven?  My role at Craven is to find new business in existing ...

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How Can Craven & Co. help the Medical Industry?

With the development of the pharmaceutical industry over the past year due to the pandemic, it has become extremely important for medical professionals to maintain heightened levels of hygiene when moving in and around ...

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How to order your bespoke shelving and storage from Craven & Co.

If you need something more specific than usual, we’re happy to help. Here’s how to order bespoke shelving and storage from us! Sometimes, you need something a little different to perfectly match your company’s needs ...

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What to Expect From Craven & Co.’s Apprenticeship Training

We spoke with two Craven & Co. employees about their apprenticeship experience at our company. Wondering what it takes to kick off a career in manufacturing? Two former apprentices, James Ward and Charles Nelson, ...

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Choosing Cold Storage Racking

Keeping goods such as certain foods and medicines at a low temperature is essential when maintaining freshness and quality, both in the catering and medical sectors. Cold storage racking is the best logistical solution ...

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Product Spotlight: Drug and Medicine Dispense Trolley

In today’s medical world, organisation is key to ensure each day is a success. Medical professionals need the right equipment to assist in day-to-day tasks and ensure they can carry out their jobs in an effective way. ...

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Craven Refresh Update – What’s New?

Last year, we announced the Craven Refresh, where we planned to take all the necessary steps to further increase our brand awareness and affinity. The Refresh aimed to highlight the evolution of Craven & Co from a ...

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Signs You May Need Replacement Racking

When you purchase new equipment, you expect it to last. However, if you choose an attractive price over high quality and durability, you may find wear and tear to be a common issue, causing you to look for replacements ...

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The Importance of Storage in Retail

After a rocky year for the industry, retail businesses have finally started to reopen, many of which have received an overwhelming amount of support from the general public. Now things are starting to return to some kind ...

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Craven Join the NHS Supply Chain Framework

Craven & Co are proud to be an approved supplier on the new NHS Healthcare Furniture Framework that launched in May 2021. Our Reference Code is 2020/S 252-638069. As an established UK manufacturer of medical ...

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Mortuary Product Spotlight: What’s New From Craven

At the end of March, we announced that we were expanding into the Mortuary industry. We used our long standing expertise in manufacturing storage and handling products for the medical sector to sidestep into this related ...

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Qualities of a Good Medical Trolley

Now more than ever, the medical sector needs quality equipment that will last, which is why we’re always designing and manufacturing exceptional equipment to meet these demands. In a medical environment, medical trolleys ...

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Things To Consider Before Buying New Hospital Equipment

When it comes to storage and handling products, equipping your hospital with everything it needs to run smoothly, especially in recent times, can prove to be a challenging process. The easy option is sometimes to cope ...

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Craven & Co. Expands Into The Mortuary Industry

We’ve got some very exciting news to announce here at Craven… We’re expanding into new markets during 2021!  We’re very pleased to announce the launch of our new products aimed at the mortuary industry. We plan to use ...

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Avoid Global Shipping Delays With British Manufacturing

Over the past few months, many industries have seen a rise in shipping costs and major import delays due to the effects of Brexit and COVID-19 combined, which is making it harder for businesses to get the stock and ...

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Preparing For Kitchen Reopening

With the end of the current UK lockdown in sight, you may be thinking about reopening your commercial kitchen if you’re in the catering industry. From the new measures you’ll have to put into place to comply with the ...

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Storage & Handling Solutions to Support The Medical Sector

Over the past year, those in the medical sector have worked tirelessly to keep the world safe in a way we could never have imagined. With more people being admitted every day and more supplies and equipment desperately ...

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Craven Look Back On 2020

It’s been a difficult year for everyone, but there’s finally light at the end of the tunnel! After what feels like a lifetime of uncertainty, we’re all beginning to get back to some normality. We wanted to take a quick ...

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Aluminium Shelving – 5 Key Benefits

As a leading designer and manufacturer of shelving for a wide range of industries, we take immense pride in only using the highest quality materials for our products. When choosing the right shelving, you need it to ...

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A Baker’s Best Friend

We cater for a wide range of industries at Craven and in the past, we’ve helped so many businesses with their storage and handling solutions. The bakery sector, in particular, has a need for robust products that never ...

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Supporting the Royal British Legion

Here at Craven, we’re very active in supporting charities and we wanted to place a little focus on one of them this month to mark the start of the Annual Poppy Appeal – the Royal British Legion. The Royal British ...

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Wire Shelving – A Versatile Range

The right shelving can be a godsend to so many businesses in a range of industries. Whether you work in catering, medical, education or retail sectors to name but a few, wire shelving is a must and comes with a complete ...

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Partnering With Prostate Cancer UK

We love to support charities close to our hearts, and each year, we support these charities through fundraisers and events. In September, we’ll be supporting Prostate Cancer UK once again, raising money for their ...

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The Craven Refresh Campaign

As leading designers and manufacturers of storage and handling equipment within the UK, we know how important it is to get our brand just right. To ensure we’re doing all we can to further increase our brand awareness ...

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Coronavirus – Covid 19 – Customer & Supplier Update

Coronavirus – Covid-19 – Customer & Supplier Update As part of our group efforts to protect our workforce and assist in the potential spread of the Coronavirus ( Covid-19) Craven & Co have put  ...

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Product Assembly In A Flash

Here at Craven Solutions, we’re well known for creating storage and handling solutions to make life much easier for those working in a range of different industries. From catering and health care, to retail and the ...

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Craven Product Tiers

The storage and handling market is growing, and it’s important to know which products you can trust to do the job properly. As the UK’s leading designer and manufacturer of shelving, racking, trolleys and wirework ...

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Bespoke Beyond Limits

Here at Craven Solutions, we use our expertise and experience of more than 60 years to design bespoke solutions for a wide range of clients. We ensure our team is up to date on the knowledge and with the latest ...

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Craven Announce New Partnership with Cambro

Storage and handling experts Craven & Co Ltd. is pleased to announce its partnership with global manufacturers, Cambro, bringing a wider product range to their ever-growing client base. Craven will be one of the few ...

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Craven featured in the press over work with NHS

Craven is proud to have been recognised for our support of the NHS in the press this month. Several media outlets acknowledged Craven’s latest manufacturing project: making and distributing medical equipment for the five ...

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COVID-19 Retrospective From Craven

Just like many businesses trying to get used to a new normal throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve really had to adapt. No business could have prepared for what we’ve all been through over the last few months, with ...

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Craven: The Beauty of Being British

From British wit to British history, countrysides to cuisine, this little nation has so much to celebrate. That is why, as a distinguished British brand, we are proud to flaunt our Yorkshire manufacturing processes.  At ...

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Craven Announce Partnership with Cambro

Craven & Co Ltd is delighted to partner with leading global manufacturer Cambro in 2020 to offer a range of storage & handling equipment for the foodservice and medical industries. Working in partnership with ...

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Our New Website

Craven would like to introduce you to our brand new website which marks our first step of business development for 2020! The decision to launch a new website was made as part of Craven’s continuous efforts to improve our ...

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Happy New Year from Craven

We’re now into the New Year and Craven had such a great year last year we’re hoping 2020 will be even better for the team! So much happened for us in 2019; we introduced new staff, featured in the industry press and took ...

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Stock Take at Craven – March 2020

Important information about our dispatch times during stock take...

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Craven Stands the Test of Time

Here at Craven Solutions we’re always talking about how our products are durable, versatile and built to last...

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Care Instructions For Your Stainless Steel Product

Because of the high standards of design and engineering...

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VIDEO – How to assemble your shelving unit!

Assembling our shelving is easy. Watch a demonstration here...

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National Apprenticeship Week at Craven

Here at craven, we have been celebrating National Apprenticeship week by taking a closer look into how the apprenticeship scheme has helped our very own apprentices! We currently have two apprentices in our team, James ...

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A week for complaints – Craven are here to help!

They weren’t our trolleys, but we knew exactly what the problem was...

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Should we stay or should we go?

We were going to call this little piece “To Brexit or not to Brexit that is the question”...

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Craven & Co assist the Ty Glyn Trust

Craven & Co are delighted to have supported the Ty Glyn Trust Holiday Centre and Gardens. They’re a unique holiday venue providing self catering holiday/respite accommodation. It is fully accessible for groups, ...

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Marty bear gets his paws on Craven charity donation

Craven would like to thank all those who...

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Craven Flood Christmas 2015

On Boxing Day there was a Flood Alert issued for the River Nidd...

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Christmas Charity Vote

It’s that time of year again when we turn our attention to friends, family...

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A fresh look for Scarborough’s SCBU

We’ve just received a big thank you from Scarborough Special Care Baby Unit...

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Our Nylon Coating

We’re always comparing our products to others in the market...

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The Royal British Legion

Probably one of the best known and well supported...

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Craven’s Feature in Foodservice Consultant Magazine

Craven & Co has recently been featured in the Magazine of the Year 2015 Foodservice Consultant. Using the link Below, our article can be found on pages 64-67. Click Here

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