The future’s bright(er); the future’s copper

As lockdown gradually eases, we are here for you when you need us

The news that more businesses will return to operating in the coming weeks has prompted everyone to consider what needs to happen and not happen.

As car showrooms and open-air markets recommence trading next week, with many other shops scheduled to follow suit from the middle of June, there is now a little light at the end of Coronavirus tunnel.

Whether you have continued to operate throughout the pandemic, drastically changed your trading practices, or ceased altogether, the easing of lockdown will no doubt have made you think about the short to medium term future.

You will be aware that Advanced Alloys has continued to supply copper in a socially responsible way during this time. It is an important raw material in areas such as health, in food production, in communications, in heat exchangers, and not least for the Nightingale Hospitals.

We have refined our working practices to punctiliously abide by government guidelines, to safeguard our customers and employees, and to operate in a way that is most congenial to you in these extremely challenging times.

And we will continue to do so.

As your operations evolve in the coming weeks, we are here to help you in every way that we can. If you need us to supply you in a different form, at a different time, in a different quantity, please let us know.

We will do all that we can to help you to bounce back as fast as is legally possible, and to take advantage of the opportunities that the ‘new normal’ is bound to present.



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