HAE Award Winners
18 May 2022
Reflecting on the HAE/EHA Hire Awards of Excellence 2022 held in London earlier this month, there were some notable achievements among the record number of entries received.
A particularly outstanding individual winner was Steven Jones, workshop manager with MHM Group, who scooped two awards: Workshop Manager of the Year (for which he was also nominated in 2020 and 2021) and the overall Hire Achiever of the Year award.
The full list of winners comprises:
SafeHire Plant Tool & Equipment Hire Company of the Year under £10m Turnover: PSM Plant & Tool Hire Centres
SafeHire Plant Tool & Equipment Hire Company of the Year over £10m Turnover: Boels Rental
SafeHire Event Hire Company of the Year under £3m Turnover: Capital Barriers & Temporary Fencing
SafeHire Event Hire Company of the Year over £3m Turnover: Sunbelt Rentals
Workshop Manager of the Year: Steven Jones, MHM Group
Hire Manager of the Year: Amy Yorke-Smith, Sunbelt Rentals
Hire Achiever of the Year: Steven Jones, MHM Group
Apprentice of the Year: Ryan Boden, Sunbelt Rentals
Young Apprentice of the Year: Louis Derome, Speedy Services
Hire Industry Supplier of the Year: Point of Rental Software
Hire Industry Product of the Year: Cube Modular (for modular foldable portable buildings)
Website of the Year: Genquip Groundhog
Best Use of New Media: Niftylift
Catalogue of the Year: HSS Hire
Best Diversity & Inclusion Initiative: Travis Perkins Tool Hire
Best Sustainability & CSR Initiative: Vp Brandon Hire Station
President and outgoing chair, Brian Sherlock, accepted the Outstanding Contribution to Hire Award on behalf of the Main Board and members of the association.
Owing to the pandemic, this was the first time the awards had been held as a live, rather than virtual, event since 2019. HAE EHA chief executive officer Paul Gaze commented: “It has been incredibly challenging for many within our sector. But the one thing we all know about hire and rental is its resilience.”
Association chairman Neil Bravery, added: “Our industry certainly gives opportunity to those who want to succeed. Many successful hirers have started on the bottom rung of hire and worked their way up to either running depots or their own company.”
