We’ve made it! After another tough, yet busy year, we’re now well into the Christmas countdown, we hope you’re ready for the festivities.

We know how busy the season gets, so with that in mind we’re here to help you prepare in any way we can, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

To ensure your samples are received and analysed efficiently, please refer to the below table for ALS Environmental and ALS Life Sciences, opening times, collection, and drop-off dates over the festive season:

	UK Operations	Ireland Operations
Client Services	Christmas Eve Fri 24/12 will close early at 4pm. BAU Weds 29/12. Closed Mon 03/01	Christmas Eve Fri 24/12 will close early at 12pm. BAU Wed 29/12
Last collection date	Thurs 23/12 also Weds 29/12 & Thurs 30/12	Tue 21/12
Last day to receive samples	Fri 24/12	Last day to ship samples to UK Weds 22/12. Any samples received after this date will be retained in cold storage until the new year
Last day for BOD samples	Sat 18/12	Fri 17/12
Last day for Legionella & Microbiological samples	Weds 22/12	Tue 21/12
Last date for drop-off's to be collected	Thurs 23/12	Weds 22/12
Normal service resumes	Tues 04/01/22	Mon 03/01/22

With 2021 coming to an end, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our loyal clients for their business and hope to continue working with you next year.

We hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we will see you in 2022!