Interior fitting contractor enters medical sector

A West Midlands company has repurposed its business model in order to produce PPE stations and acrylic protection screens to the medical sector, with help of an ongoing invoice finance facility.

Zero Point 8, based in Netherton, near Dudley, has fitted out reception areas in dental practices with acrylic protection screens, custom-made hand sanitiser stations, NHS and private sector PPE stations, isolation units, pods and more.

The protection equipment has been designed, manufactured and installed from the company’s factory and has been tailor-made for the individual reception area or hospital space.

Zero Point 8 specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of bespoke furniture for the hospitality, retail, healthcare, commercial and education sectors.

The company has never worked in the medical sector specifically before but was quick to adapt its regular operations.

The company, which has more than 40 employees, had sales set to approach £4m annually before Covid-19 struck.

Mark Baker, CEO of Zero Point 8, said: “We’re a proud business and, like many others, we have been hit by the uncertainty brought about by Coronavirus. However, our knowledge and experience meant that by adapting our operations slightly, we could continue to trade whilst supporting keyworkers.

“We’re grateful to Reward Finance Group for providing the invoice finance facility which has meant we could forge ahead with manufacturing vital medical equipment, without delay.

“We know that we are able to mobilise and adapt to any given situation, and by doing that we can help the wonderful effort being undertaken by key workers everywhere by doing our bit to repurpose production, and that includes interior fittings and temporary and permanent facilities for hospitals and the wider medical sector. People who use us get a full turnkey solution through the whole process – design, manufacture, install.”