Gym & Spa Towels In Hurst Collected To Schedule

Yes — Hurst sits on the RG10 round, 7 days, 25.3 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Winnersh, Wokingham and Waltham St Lawrence — the same vehicle covers them, so a club here can be added without moving anyone else.
• Collections here run to scheduled days, agreed when the account opens, because of that distance.
• Multi-site operators run on staggered days, so no club is left short while another is being collected from.

Shrinkage is normal and predictable. We plan for it rather than dispute it.

• Expected loss is built into the par count at setup — so the rack does not empty because the maths assumed nothing walked.
• You get the actual numbers each cycle — not a statement that only makes sense to us.
• A sudden jump in loss is worth knowing about — and we would rather flag it than absorb it quietly.
• On hire, fair wear is our cost — you pay for the service, not for towels reaching the end of their life.

Priced on your peak and your member numbers, not off a rate card. The number follows turnover, not floor area.

• We count a real week in Hurst before quoting — rather than pricing off your last invoice.
• The count includes January — which is the one spike everybody knows is coming and most quotes ignore.
• No minimum order — size barely moves the per-item price.
• The count and the quote cost nothing — and commit you to nothing.

We count at peak, because that is the only hour the count has to survive. Towel demand does not spread evenly across opening hours — it stacks, and an average hides exactly that.

• We count on site at the time it matters — not from a figure on your last invoice.
• A Monday evening and a Sunday morning are different businesses — which is why the count is taken twice rather than once.
• January is planned in — new-year membership is the most predictable spike in the trade and should never be handled as an emergency.
• If you run short twice, the count is wrong — we reset it against real usage rather than the opening estimate.

Both, and mixed accounts are normal. Plenty of Hurst clubs run half and half.

• Hire — we own the stock, replace what wears out and carry the cost of a towel that greys in month two.
• Wash-only — item for item, never substituted.
• Most clubs split it — hire what nobody looks at, keep your own name on what a member wears.
• You can move a line between the two later — clubs often start on hire and move the spa side across once branding is settled.

Yes, and they are genuinely different jobs on the same account. A gym floor wants volume and absorbency; a spa wants handle and appearance.

• Robes are laundered to keep their handle — a robe that feels like a gym towel has been washed like one.
• Bath mats run on a heavier classification — and they are counted separately for the same reason.
• One collection, one invoice — the split is in the classification, not in the account.
• Hotel spas are a normal account — and the hotel laundry page covers how the rooms side is priced.

No long-term tie-in and no exit fee. Nothing in the agreement is designed to make leaving awkward.

• Terms flex with seasonal demand — you are not held to a peak figure through a quiet quarter.
• Nothing needs you to be out of your current contract first — we will count your peak while you are still under someone else.
• Stock arrives before the old supplier is stood down — so there is never a Hurst evening with an empty rack.
• If it is not working, say so — we would rather correct the account than lose it.

Because the wash was wrong, not because the towel is finished. Cold it is fine; warm and damp it is not, and that is after it has reached a member.

• Gym towelling runs on its own classification — the programme is chosen for body oil rather than inherited from whatever ran before.
• Oil needs a different temperature from sweat — and softener makes it worse by coating the fibre, which is why we do not use it on gym stock.
• Towels that stop absorbing are usually over-softened, not worn out — which means you are replacing stock that had life left in it.
• Every load is temperature logged — which matters if you are ever asked to show how stock is handled.