Pickerings Lifts maintenance and support

Pickerings Lifts raises maintenance and support to new level at Anchor Housing

Formed in 1968, originally as Help the Aged (Oxford) Housing Association, Anchor Trust has grown to become one of the largest providers of residential nursing homes and sheltered accommodation in England.

As part of its stated goal, 'to help older people live safely, securely and independently,' Anchor has signed major new five-year contract with Pickerings Lifts to provide comprehensive service and maintenance support for around 40% of the not-for-profit organisation's passenger and stair-lifts.

"Following a full tender process, we selected Pickerings as the provider best able to demonstrate its ability to provide the high quality and cost-effective, country-wide service we demand," confirms Keir Jones, contract manager, Anchor.

In addition to providing a national maintenance and support service, Pickerings also offers a wide range of new lifts including passenger, goods and disabled platform lifts across a wide range of markets.

In particular, it has extensive experience of working with Housing Associations and care homes and recognises the unique demands placed on lift service and maintenance providers in terms of responsiveness, flexibility and security.

"Unlike a typical office block or retail environment, for example," says Pickerings' marketing manager, Simon Mitchell, "it is essential in this environment to ensure full round-the-clock availability".

"This is even more important in those many buildings which have only one lift, on which aged or infirm residents are especially dependent.".

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