Tsurumi makes a splash
30 July 2021
People all over the world have been watching the canoe slalom competitions during the prestigious sporting events currently taking place in Japan.
However, just as technically impr…
News for Tool Hire, Equipment Hire & Plant Hire and Rental Professionals
Previous Posts - July 2021
Anglian’s £5m investment
30 July 2021
Booming demand and the aim of providing customers with what they need from one source means that Anglian Plant has kept investing in its fleet.
Managing director Joe Paterson tells…
Q&A: Jim Field
30 July 2021
Jim Field recently joined Point of Rental Software as business development manager for the EMEA region, having previously been commercial director with Boels Rental UK and Supply UK Hire Shops…
Speedy adds defibrillators
29 July 2021
As part of its ESG (environmental, social and governance) programme, Speedy is installing 170 automated external defibrillators at operational locations throughout the UK.
The init…
A lot of concrete for EPS
28 July 2021
Given the constant risk of plant theft and break-ins, security is something that all hirers must take very seriously. It’s certainly a priority for EPS Hire Centres at its depot in Mytho…
Plant sales surge
27 July 2021
UK construction equipment sales were more than 70% above 2020 levels in the first half of this year. And the figure might well have been larger if there weren’t the supply difficulties c…
Prop Pal gains support
27 July 2021
Builder Stephen Cheshire devised the Prop Pal six years ago to facilitate work on home extensions and other projects where structures had to be supported for walls to be removed.
S…
Hirers lead, others follow
26 July 2021
I was interested to hear this morning that Marks & Spencer plans to launch same-day and possibly half-day clothing deliveries.
A report in The Times says that the retailer intends to…
Q&A: Simon and Beverley Luscombe
23 July 2021
Simon and Beverley Luscombe are directors of Luscombe Plant & Tool Hire, the busy independent hire business which they founded 20 years ago in the southern Lake District town of Ulverston.…
Larger Makita centre opens
22 July 2021
Bolstering its backup and support operation, Makita UK has relocated its factory service centre in Milton Keynes to larger premises.
Previously based at the company’s headqua…
Upbeat Speedy update
21 July 2021
Speedy has today given a positive update on its performance during the first quarter of its current financial year.
The company says it has continued to win new customers and take market…
Theft thwarted
21 July 2021
Equipment is in great demand – but sadly not just from people with good intentions.
Thieves realise there’s a ready market for tools and plant as a result of the disrup…
Speedy delivers with £10m fleet investment
20 July 2021
Speedy has invested £10 million in new products to continue fulfilling its four-hour guaranteed delivery promise, reflecting increased customer demand for quick site deliveries.
Th…
One Stop Hire buys Lord
19 July 2021
The company was only mentioned on the blog last week as they celebrated their 50th anniversary, but it was announced today that Lord Hire Centres has been acquired by One Stop Hire Ltd.
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The price of freedom
19 July 2021
It’s an important day today in the story of the pandemic – the reason why this website came into being, after all, to monitor its impact on the hire industry.
As report…
Charging for deliveries?
16 July 2021
I was talking the other day with a hirer whose depots are all within the boundary of a new local Low Emission Zone and is facing higher transport costs as a result.
“It really shou…
Q&A: Mark Alexander
16 July 2021
Mark Alexander is a co-director of KMA Tool Hire & Sales in Mold, Flintshire, which he founded with his wife Kerry in 2017. The company offers a wide range of equipment alongside other ser…
Ladder safety guidance
15 July 2021
Two new guidance documents on the safe use of ladders and stepladders have been published by the Ladder Association.
The organisation’s revised Code of Practice and new Safe…
Slower bounce-back
14 July 2021
Introduced as an emergency measure, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) has doubtless provided financial help to many firms impacted by the pandemic. But paradoxically, i…
Bobcat user scoops mini
14 July 2021
Derby-based Bobcat dealer, Butler Reynolds Ltd, has announced the winner of its charity raffle for a Bobcat E10z mini excavator.
The prize goes to Chris O'Hara of Trent Bridge Constructi…
Hares adds first minis
13 July 2021
Hares Hire Services has added mini excavators to its fleet for the first time, having just taken delivery of two JCB 1-tonne machines.
Daren Hare, managing director of the Rainham-…
Half century at Lords
12 July 2021
On 15 June, Lord Hire Centres celebrated the remarkable achievement of its 50th anniversary.
Based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the company is a highly respected name in tool and equipment hi…
Hireman flies England flag
9 July 2021
The England football team has done the nation proud by reaching this Sunday’s Euro 2020 final, and one hirer that certainly got behind the side - and helped customers to do so, is The Hi…
Q&A: Nigel Potter
9 July 2021
Nigel Potter is managing director of NPH Hire ‘N’ Sales Ltd in Bristol which specialises in compact plant of up to three tonnes. He’s certainly busy at the moment. And he lov…
Merchant group adds hire
8 July 2021
Reflecting the building boom and the demand for equipment to get jobs done, the Independent Builders Merchant Group is introducing a hire activity at selected outlets.
IBMG compris…
Building breaks records
7 July 2021
Once again, monthly data on construction output confirms the reports from many hirers on the blog about increasing business levels and supply chain challenges.
Statistics from cons…
Living with coronavirus
6 July 2021
Sixteen months after the initial lockdown announcement, the Prime Minister said yesterday that Covid-19 restrictions are set to end in England on Monday, 19 July, subject to a final data revie…
Growth in Cornwall
5 July 2021
South West Hire & Sales has opened a new depot in Launceston, bringing its total network to six locations across Devon and Cornwall.
“The new premises are just off the ma…
Home building hots up
2 July 2021
First, the good news. Hirers frequently tell me that the main factor behind the strong demand for equipment is house building activity in their localities, and this is borne out by data just r…
Q&A: Pat McCluskey
2 July 2021
Pat McCluskey is managing director of the independent hirer, Hireline, which currently has its main depot near Dalkeith, just east of Edinburgh, with a second in Linlithgow to the west. It off…
HSC reaches 20
2 July 2021
As The Beatles famously put it in the song Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, it was 20 years ago today...
Exactly two decades ago, The Hire Supply Company (HSC) open…
Safety Alert for angle grinder chainsaw disc
1 July 2021
One major benefit of obtaining equipment from a reputable hire outlet is that they know what equipment will get jobs done efficiently and, above all, safely.
However, the Office fo…
ACE tackles plant theft
1 July 2021
A new specialist police unit has been established to help combat the theft of construction plant and agricultural machinery.
The Agricultural and Construction Equipment (ACE) initi…