CoolKit Ltd

📢 Big news from CoolKit 📢 Following our fire back in July, #TeamCoolKit has banded together with incredible resilience and we’re so proud to be bouncing back stronger than ever. Today, we are delighted to officially announce that we’ve moved to a new 75,000 sq ft premises located just off Junction 6 of the M65 in Blackburn. We’re sorry to be leaving Burnley but extremely excited for the future of CoolKit as this new site will help us to deliver our ambitious growth strategy. We’ve already started to move some of our operations to this site, with the plan to have the entire business relocated by the start of 2024. The management team would like to extend a huge thank you to all of our amazing team, our customers, suppliers and partners and the wider business community who have rallied behind us, and our estate agent Taylor Weaver and our new landlord, Carolis for their efforts and support in finding, letting us view and securing the site so quickly. You can read all about our move here: https://lnkd.in/ecVr_bRr #LancashireBusiness #BusinessRecovery Rupert Gatty Daniel Miller Michele (Mike) Scappaticci AMIMI

Once you choose CoolKit, it’s hard to look anywhere else 🤝   One of Lancashire and Yorkshire’s most versatile catering businesses, Total Food Service, requires an equally versatile transport system.   That’s where we come in…   Five years ago, they came to us for our specialist temperature-controlled vans to suit their multi-drop service.   TFS vans require different temperatures to keep their payload in their optimum state during multiple deliveries, so they chose CoolKit for our bespoke vans designed to their needs 🫵   Read about our long-standing relationship with TFS, here: https://lnkd.in/e6hfKawi

It’s MELFORM Challenge time 🥁   Up next to take on the Melform Challenge is our Head of Technical Sales, Cameron Javed.   Cam is one of CoolKit’s many cold chain experts, but can he squeeze all of his knowledge about the game-changing Melform Koala 140 into just 30-seconds? 🤔   Here’s the challenge:   Contestants have got just 30-seconds to complete a sales pitch for our incredible Melform range, highlighting as many key points as possible within the time frame 🕐   You can check our full Melform range on our website, here: https://lnkd.in/dthkebr   Let’s see how Cam get’s on… 📹

We are finalists! 👏   CoolKit has been shortlisted for the Medium Business of the Year award at the TheBusinessDesk.com’s North West Business Awards.   We’re delighted to make the shortlist after a year of incredible growth, it is an honour to be considered amongst the best businesses in the region.   A team from CoolKit will now present our story to the judges in a bid to claim the award 🏆   Good luck to all of the finalists 🤞   #NorthWestBusiness #NWBOTY24

🚚 Refrigerated van conversions: The big chill 🚚 The growth of online retail and the rise of electric LCVs have had big effects on the cold chain sector. We explore the state of the market with Daniel Miller of CoolKit Ltd and Ross Dawson of Vantastec Ltd. Read more online: https://lnkd.in/eU4TycGs 🔔 Click our follow button to see regular van and fleet industry news and insights, and subscribe to our weekly newsletter 🔔 #WhatVan #vans #lcvs #vanconversion #electricvans

CoolKit is always growing, and our employees grow with us 📈   Our manufacturing manager Chris Ellor spent 10 days at the Manufacturing Institute, undergoing intensive courses on lean manufacturing.   The courses re-enforced Chris’ knowledge on manufacturing techniques, offering a fresh perspective and best practices to utilise.   Chris has been busy putting the lessons into action, spreading his knowledge around the team.   Read about Chris’ progress on our website: https://lnkd.in/dxdscYg2

No matter the result last night, we’re proud of England’s incredible journey to their second consecutive European Championship final 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿   CoolKit staff had the option of a late start or a rearranged workday to mark the occasion as they wished.   We put our people first and wanted everyone to enjoy the game regardless.   The future is bright for England, especially with an East Lancashire boy in their ranks 💙   #Euro2024

We are so proud to announce that CoolKit is an official patron of Blackburn & Darwen Youth Zone 💙   Our fundraising efforts during the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge gave us an insight into the incredible work that the charity do for young people in our community, and we wanted to pledge our continued support.   CoolKit’s finance manager Gill Hayes and head of people Georgina Grice got to know the team at the Youth Zone, learning all about the work they do to discover how we can help.   We’re a proud member of the East Lancashire community and want to ensure that our presence is felt beyond manufacturing.   You can read about the patronage, here: https://lnkd.in/e35Shu98

Our Head of Technical Sales, Cameron Javed, is representing CoolKit at the Alphabet GB LCV Supplier Showcase. He's brought along the incredible MELFORM Koala 600 refrigerated container, which can cool down to -25°C ❄️ and heat up to +40°C 🔥. Discover how easily the Melform range can be transported and manoeuvred for all your everyday needs. Don't miss the Mercedes-Benz eCitan featuring a portable refrigerator and get insights directly from Cam! #Innovation #Refrigeration #LCVShowcase #TechnologyInAction #MercedesBenz #Melform

CoolKit’s Yorkshire Three Peaks challenge has been completed, and it’s all thanks to you 🫵   Our team completed the challenge in strong fashion, starting with Pen-y-Ghent at 6:30am and completing Ingleborough in time for the football 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿   Everyone’s hard work paid off as the weary team reached the end of the journey at a good pace to cheer England on 💪   CoolKit is extremely grateful for all of the support that helped us raise £10,859 +£410 in gift aid for the incredible Nightsafe and Blackburn & Darwen Youth Zone.   We’ve tagged some of the businesses that helped us on our way below, we couldn’t have done it without you all 💙   #3peaks COLORPLAS LIMITED, LUKAS ENGINEERING LIMITED, Coldlink Ltd, GAH (Refrigeration Products) Ltd, Viva PR, Safety Screens Ltd, CWM DRAINAGE LIMITED, Aspoeck UK, LifeLab Supplements, Hope Technical Developments Ltd, NFU Mutual Preston, Ciceley Commercials Ltd, LAMILUX Composites, Vision Techniques UK Ltd, Labcraft, Asset Finance Solutions (UK) Ltd, KeyPlus Security, Pro Print Solutions, Bay Oils Ltd, The Employee Benefit Service Center, Commercial Body Fittings Ltd , Evo Personnel Ltd