Hospitality Linen In Markyate Collected On Round

Yes — Markyate sits on the AL3 round, 20.6 miles from our Wembley plant.

• Shared with Flamstead, Redbourn and Harpenden — one van, one run, which is what keeps the cost of a small account sensible.
• A missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week, because of that distance.

Either, and you can change later without changing supplier.

• On hire we hold and replace the stock, which takes linen off your balance sheet entirely.
• Wash-only keeps your linen yours, processed to the same spec.
• Mixed is common — there is no rule that says it has to be one or the other.
• Hire covers replacement — greying, fraying and losses are carried by us rather than appearing on your invoice each quarter, which is usually the larger number over a year.

A linen audit, an agreed par level, and a collection day. The nearest hotels we already collect from are the 1 in Flamstead, 1.8 miles away, on the same run.

• No tender and no tie-in — a contract only protects a supplier who expects the service to slip.
• Par levels set per room type, so housekeeping never opens an empty cupboard.
• The audit is free and carries no obligation.
• Your notice period is our problem, not yours — if you are tied in, we plan the start date around it. The audit and the plan cost you nothing either way.

A standing slot, 7 days — the same time each week, which is the point.

• Same driver each week — so housekeeping hands over to someone who knows the property.
• Planned around check-out, not against it — the van should not be waiting on your team.
• Changeable — tell the account manager and it changes that week.
• A missed slot is not a lost week — A missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.

Yes. Separate accounts for sites on the same round is a billing habit, not a requirement.

• One account manager across every Dacorum site.
• One invoice, consolidated but itemised — one payment, full visibility.
• Par stock tracked per site — the usual multi-property problem is linen drifting between buildings and being paid for twice.
• Finance sees one number, each site sees its own — which is what stops one busy property quietly subsidising a quiet one.

No minimum. Minimums exist to cover a dedicated trip. This is not one.

• Same turnaround regardless of size — a six-room guest house gets what a 200-room hotel gets.
• No small-volume premium, which is the part most suppliers will not put in writing.
• Seasonal properties welcome — collections pause and restart without closing the account.
• You can stop — if it is not working, you say so and we collect our stock. A contract you cannot leave is a contract we would rather not have.

Agreed before the first collection, not on the morning.

• Loading bay, service lift or back entrance — chosen with housekeeping rather than assumed from the front elevation.
• Nine times in ten, a missed first collection is an access problem — a supplier who has not walked the building finds out on your floor, not theirs.
• Distance does not appear on the invoice — you are joining an existing journey rather than paying for a new one, which is why a small Markyate account is still worth having.
• It is recorded against the account, not a person — access details live on the round sheet, so a stand-in is not knocking on the front door.

At our own plant in Wembley, 20.6 miles from Markyate. No third party, no white-labelling, no surprises about where your linen spent the night.

• A missed window here is picked up on the next round rather than the next week.
• One process, one audit — traceability only works when there is one chain to trace.
• You can visit. It is an hour out of your day and it answers most of the questions on this page.
• The chain is short on purpose — subcontracting is where consistency goes, because the second plant washes to its own schedule rather than to yours.