Meet the Team- Charlotte Harrison

Name: 

Charlotte Harrison

When did you join PPS? 

3^rd of August 2015

What was your first ever job? 

I worked part time at a local garden centre whilst studying for my A levels. I then went into banking and worked at Barclays Bank.

How do you take your tea? 

Strong with a little bit of milk, no sugar!

What is your favourite food? 

Anything Italian.

What are your hobbies? 

Anything that involves being outside! I also enjoy shopping and socialising with friends. 

Colour Obstacle Rush

PPS Marchington is located minutes away from the town of Uttoxeter which provides ideal transport links to major motorway connections for us to despatch returnable packaging thoughout the UK. Saturday 4^th July saw the idyllic area host an event that is taking the world by storm. The Colour Obstacle Rush was originally founded in Finland in 2014 and has toured Finland, Germany, UK and USA in 2015, pit stopping at Uttoxeter Race Course. Combining a powdered colour run and obstacles sounded like a great afternoon out for the sales team at PPS. 

With our clean white colour rush t-shirts and sunglasses on, all that stood in front of us was a distance of 5k, 10 inflatable obstacles and 9 colour stations. With the sun shining we were soon through the foam pit, over the hurdles and climbing the finishing tower before sliding into one final pool of paint powder.

It was a great to support the local areas activities, and having showered and cleaned out all the paint from our hair we are back in the office for a new week of washing, repairing, renting and selling.

If you are looking to build a greener supply chain, contact the PPS office on 01283 821 502.

Crate Hire from PPS

Renting crates for your office move or refurbishment couldn’t be simpler with PPS Crate Hire.  Our experienced customer service team will help you throughout the process from advising you on how many crates to hire to arranging collections to fit in with your business needs.

Here are some steps to follow when arranging crate hire:

1.    Which Crates? – PPS offers a large range of crates to our customers conducting office moves and refurbishments.  We provide computer crates which are specifically designed to hold a computer and all the related equipment such as keyboards.  We have metre long crates which are ideal for moving books and the contents of filing cabinets.  We also have standard crates which are designed as one crate per person for all their desk top belongings.

2.    How Many Crates? – The general rule is one standard crate per person and one computer crate per PC.  It is also important to consider the contents of filing cabinets and folders when calculating how many crates you need.  Our customer service team will be happy to advise you on crate quantities and extra crates can always be hired if required.

3.    Do you need any packaging? – Will you want labels to identify the contents of each crate, bubble wrap to protect the contents?  Security seals are available to lock crates to protect high value goods or sensitive files. 

4.    How are you going to transport the crates? – When the crates are full they can be heavy.  Skates or sack barrows can be hired for safer and easier handling.

5.    How long do you need them for? – You will have a plan of how long your move will take and it is a good idea to hire the crates for a few extra days either side of the move to allow staff to pack and unpack their crates.  Don’t worry if your move takes a bit longer than expected rental periods can always be extended.

It can seem daunting having to make all these decisions which is why our customer service team is always available to discuss your individual move.  We understand that all moves are different so we tailor our service to suit you. 

Once you have ordered your crates all have to do is sit back and wait for them to arrive. 

Improve Your Office Environment

How to improve your office environment

Most of us spend at least eight hours a day five days a week in our offices.  Spending all this time at work means the environment is very important. 

At PPS we know that happy workers are more productive so we have come up with some tips to improve your office environment.

1.    Seating Plan – Make sure that employees who work together are sat together to make them more productive.  For example department manages should be sat in easy reach of their employees

2.    Image – Your office represents your company to any visitors therefore you want it to create the right impression.  A tidy and organised workspace is important.

3.    Storage – Ensure that all staff has enough storage such as draws and filing cabinets to put all their paperwork away.  Not only does this encourage tidy desks it also improves efficiency

4.    Noise – Noise levels can be a real problem in busy offices particularly when staff have to spend a lot of time on the phone.  Installing partitions can make a big difference in preventing noise impacting on other people.

5.    Lighting – The availability of natural light in office can make a big difference to employee productivity.  Try and make the most of all the natural light that you can get and make sure areas without natural light are well lit.

6.    Heating – The temperature at work is a big factor in creating a comfortable working environment.

These are just some tips to create a comfortable and productive working environment.

Crate Hire - The Benefits

Benefits of Crate Hire

There are lots of things that need to be considered when planning a commercial relocation.  Fundamentally it needs to cause as little disruption to customers and staff as possible.  For this to succeed the move needs to be as efficient as possible.

The rental of plastic removal crates provides those companies embarking on a commercial relocation with an efficient and flexible solution.

Crate hire for Office Moves &
Business Relcation

Here are just some of the benefits of crate hire:

•    They are reusable making them more environmentally friendly
•    Plastic crates are much more durable and stronger than cardboard boxes providing greater protection for your goods, allowing a wider variety of items to be transported.
•    They are weatherproof providing greater protection.
•    Plastic crates are stackable when full making them easy to transport.
•    PPS provides moving equipment to be used alongside the plastic crates such as sack barrows to encourage safe handling and easy transportation.
•    The plastic crates are nestable when empty saving on valuable storage space.
•    The economic rental costs make them a perfect option, you only pay for the crates when you need them.

When conducting a move not everything always goes to plan but you can always rely on professional service and support from the commercial moves team at PPS.

Please contact PPS for more information on our crate rental service.

RTE Company PPS on the move

Returnable Transit Equipment Company PPS Midlands Plans a Premises Move in 2013

Due to continual expansion at PPS Midlands and to facilitate ambitious growth plans in the future PPS is currently looking to move in 2013 to new premises approximately double the size of our current facility. The company has increased sales by over 25% in 2012 in its core business services of crate rental, pallet rental, crate pooling, pallet pooling, crate washing, pallet washing and returnable transit equipment repairs.

PPS will be using their crates to ensure their
on office moves goes smoothly

To ensure a smooth premises move PPS will utilise the planning skills of its recently set up Commercial Moves Division which has been set up to offer crate hire and management to help our customers plan office, school, library and business moves. Our crate rental service enables customers to pack the crates hired from PPS with important documents, files and equipment and move to a new location or store the goods while any premises refurbishment is undertaken.

For commercial and business moves we offer a wide range of crate hire options including lidded crate rental, plastic crate hire, book crate rental, computer crate hire and all industry standard handling equipment to assist with the move.

Commercial crate hire from PPS is a service designed to assist customers in achieving an office or business move with as little hassle as possible. We will also support, with our crate rental service, the requirements of professional removal companies, facilities managers or any company carrying out its own move whatever its size or location. Our rental products are available in large and small volumes and plastic crate hire offers an ideal solution for short term or seasonal peaks. Crate rental allows companies to focus capital expenditure on their core business and not on packaging.

PPS has been providing returnable transit packaging solutions for over 10 years which includes crate hire and plastic pallet rental systems to customers throughout the UK and Europe. We currently have two BRC accredited wash plants in the UK where we wash our own pool of crates, pallets, pallet boxes, fish boxes and tote boxes. We also carry out tray washing, pallet washing and box washing for third parties in a variety of sectors including the food, retail, manufacturing, fish processing, and automotive industries.
For more information about PPS Equipment and our services visit our website at www.ppsequipment.co.uk

Office Churn - Crate Hire for Business Moves

Office Churn - Business Regorganisation of Workspace

David Peggie & Joanne Moss - PPS Equipment

PPS has recently entered into a new industry – the removals industry!  We now not only rent and wash returnable transit equipment (RTE) for the food, retail and automotive industries.  We now hire removal crates and equipment.  Our removal crates are being rented out to commercial removal companies as well as schools, colleges and businesses conduction their own moves.

Throughout the process of launching our new service we have found ourselves learning all about the removals industry.  Everyone within this industry has been with welcoming and has provided us with insights into their area of expertise.  It is through them that we discovered the term ‘office churn’.

Office churn is where companies regularly reorganise their workspace.  People often move departments within a company and sometimes whole departments can move to make the workspace more efficient.  Obviously when people move all their equipment and files have to move with them. 

PPS can help companies with office churn by providing a constant supply of rental crates onsite.   We can arrange to have crates permanently onsite for companies who regularly reorganise their space.  The crates can then be used as when they are needed giving staff time to unpack.  If at any time extra crates are need PPS would be able to supply them from our pool.

We also have specific computer crates that allow all the important IT equipment to be packed together.  We appreciate that it is important equipment is not damaged whilst it is transported so we can supply bubble wrap to complement our sturdy removal crates.  Handling equipment is also available to prevent any health and safety problems.

See our recent article published in "The Mover"

Contact Joanne Moss for more information about our competitive crate rentals. Alternatively visit our website

Crate Hire - The Key to crate rental and hire

Good quality equipment and a professional service is the key to crate hire

PPS Make Office Moves Easy keeping
the customers satisfied and happy

When professional companies, local authorities, schools and hospitals embark on a location move they need it all to go without a hitch.  They cannot let their customers, patients or students down.

Directors, mangers and all key members of staff spend great time and money organising their move, sometimes years of planning can go into the larger scale relocations.  They will have a schedule in place and they will require a professional service from all their contract providers from the packers, to the transport right through to the all-important crate hire.

This is where PPS comes in; we pride ourselves in offering the best service to our customers.  The crate hire will be one part of the whole removal process but it is vital it goes to plan.  Without our rental crates there would be nothing to pack all the equipment in!  The hire crates and equipment will all arrive on time at the agreed location ready for use.  We can even offer next day and timed delivery slots if required.

Our expert commercial moves team will guide you throughout the process by advising on how many crates you will need to hire.  They will also let you know about all the other equipment on offer from our specially designed computer crates, sack barrows for safe handling right through to bubble wrap for added protection and crate labels for identification.  The commercial moves team will be available throughout your move and they can arrange for rental periods to be extended and extra crates can be hired.

crate hire & rental

The quality of the equipment that we hire out is second to none.   Our rental crates are strong and durable, ideal for transporting all your important equipment and documents securely.  The crates are also washed after every use to ensure that they are clean and ready for use when they arrive at each new customer.

Joanne Moss, Commercial moves manager at PPS Midlands said ‘we believe that it is the professional and quality service provided by PPS that ensures that our customers return to us for all their removal and storage requirements’

Contact us for more information on crate hire from PPS



PPS Midlands Limited and PPS East Limited are returnable transit packaging specialists. Contact us with regards to crate hire requirements for office moves or business relocations

Crate Hire – Moving Offices or Premises

Plastic crates ready to go out to customers for transporting of files, documents or equipment

Over the last few weeks our store room has almost reached bursting point as we prepare to launch our new crate hire service. After much planning and preparation we are now ready to go with our first rentals being sent out this week.

At PPS we now offer crate rental to our customers who are moving offices or refurbishing their existing spaces. We have invested in a large pool of lidded plastic crates that can be used to store all your files, documents and equipment.

With over 10 years of experience in the rental of returnable equipment crate hire for the removal and storage industry seemed like the perfect next step. We are bringing the vast knowledge we have gained renting out returnable boxes and providing a professional and reliable service to removals industry. One added advantage that we have over our competitors is an onsite wash plant where our removal crates will be washed and dried after each use, our rental crates will arrive customers on the agreed date clean and ready to use.

Surrounded by Bubble Wrap

Moving is a stressful time so we have made our service as easy to use as possible. All our equipment can be ordered online or by phone and our sales team can offer advice on the number of crates that you will need to hire. We can also be very flexible by extending your rental period if necessary and increasing the number of crates that you have on hire. Moving doesn’t always go to plan!

When we were investigating this new crate rental service we decided that we should offer a full range of removal equipment to complement our rental crates including dollies and sack barrows for safe handling and bubble wrap to protect the contents. We also have labels to help you identify the contents and security seals for added protection. Our store room is now so full with all our equipment I have boxes of labels under my desk!

After all the time and planning that has gone into our crate hire service it is really exciting to see all the orders coming in and the crates going out on rental. Before we know it our store room will be half empty!


PPS Midlands Limited and PPS East Limited are returnable transit packaging specialists. Contact us with regards to reusable equipment services including pallet pooling, crate rental, tray rental, tray washing, plastic pallet washing, reusable fish boxes, pallet boxes and returnable transit equipment repairs

Moving Offices Rental Service

office moves - rental crates, boxes, trays pallets

PPS are excited to launch our brand new office and commercial moves rental service to complement our existing returnable equipment solutions.

PPS currently specialises in services connected to returnable transit packaging, this mainly includes rental of plastic crates, boxes, trays, pallets or pallet boxes. At PPS we rent all types of returnable equipment and wash it at one of our BRC accredited wash plants.  We also offer asset management to allow our customers to take greater control of their pool.

Rental Crates, Boxes, Trays, Pallets, Pallet Boxes - PPS Equipment 

We have been providing returnable equipment services for over 10 years.  It is this experience that we intend to bring to our new office and commercial moves venture.

PPS have invested in an extensive pool of removal equipment including lidded tote boxes, computer crates, dollies and sack barrows.  All this removal equipment is available to hire for short or long term rentals. 

Removal equipment rentals can be arranged by either contacting our experienced sales team or filling in one of our simple online order forms.

All our equipment will arrive with you on the arranged date clean and ready to use. Our crates can be sealed for added security and labels can also be provided to ensure that your move runs smoothly. To make your move even easier we can provide sack trucks and dollies to transport the crates.  We understand that certain items need extra protection so we can provide specially designed computer crates as well as accessories to protect the contents.

At PPS we understand that moving location can be a hectic period for any business, our professional service will remove a lot of the pressure at this time by handling all your packaging material requirements.  We have storage boxes, crates and packaging accessories available to hire.

We appreciate that even with the best organisation moves don’t always go according to plan.  With this in mind rental periods can be extended and extra equipment can be hired.  Our sales team are always available to discuss any extra requirements.

Joanne Moss from PPS Midlands said ‘We are always looking at new ways to expand our business and office and commercial moves seemed like the perfect new venture.  We already rent out returnable equipment and we were getting enquiries from potential customers wishing to hire removal equipment including tote boxes for storage whilst they moved or refurbished their premises.  We hated having to turn down business due to lack of stock so the obvious next step was to invest in a pool of removal equipment.

We are really excited to now be offering this service and we are looking forward to helping customers with their moves and refurbishments.’


PPS Midlands Limited and PPS East Limited are returnable transit packaging specialists. If you are interested in reducing your costs, waste and environmental footprint, then you should contact us with regards to reusable equipment and pallet pooling, plastic crates, plastic pallet boxes, container rental and supply, product repairs and equipment washing.