Expanding into tool hire
31 January 2022
A recent story on the blog considered whether inflationary pressures and other economic challenges might deter new hire industry entrants from starting a business, and discourage existing comp…
News for Tool Hire, Equipment Hire & Plant Hire and Rental Professionals
Previous Posts - January 2022
“We got back more than we paid”
28 January 2022
A post last week concerning a hire company that is finding it difficult to raise hire rates ended by saying on a more positive note that it had found an unexpected way of reducing its costs.
Speedy maintains momentum
27 January 2022
In a trading update released today, Speedy reports that the positive momentum experienced during the first half-year continued into Q3 including further contract wins and renewals.
Kubota’s silver celebrations
26 January 2022
Kubota UK is celebrating 25 years of supplying mini excavators to the hire industry and construction professionals in the UK & the Republic of Ireland.
The company has announced a 12…
LGH launches e-commerce
26 January 2022
LGH, the specialist lifting equipment hire companies, has launched a new e-commerce website enabling customers to hire items wherever and whenever they want, with guaranteed next-day delivery…
Boels adds defibrillators for fast response
25 January 2022
Highlighting the importance of site safety awareness, Boels Rental has added more defibrillators to the equipment range offered through its specialist Survey & Laser locations.
Rising costs and pressure on rates
24 January 2022
Recently the blog carried a story about a tool hirer which has successfully raised its equipment rates for 2022 to reflect rising costs. However, others I’m speaking to are finding it di…
Rockets with cabs
21 January 2022
Rocket Rentals has invested significantly in cabbed dumpers for its fleet.
The Gloucestershire-based business has just bought 6-tonne, 9-tonne and 10-tonne dual view machines from…
More growth for Smiths
20 January 2022
A blog post yesterday suggested that many hirers were maintaining a confident outlook and Smiths Equipment Hire is certainly looking forward to another busy period of growth in 2022 and beyond…
Positive Plan A
19 January 2022
The UK Government has just announced that England's Plan B measures to control the spread of coronavirus are to end from next Thursday, 27 January, with advice to work from home and Covid pass…
Opportunities ahead
19 January 2022
A seasoned independent tool and plant hirer with 30 years under his corporate belt recently said to me that he wouldn’t like to be starting out now.
The costs associated with…
CPA’s search for Stars
18 January 2022
Employers across the construction plant industry have until the end of March to nominate their skilled trainees and apprentices for the Construction Plant-hire Association’s (CPA) Stars…
‘Rationary times’ create a hire tailwind
17 January 2022
Here are some positive points about the hire industry’s prospects as we look ahead to the next 12 months.
During an online presentation for equity analysts following Sunbelt…
A numbers game
14 January 2022
A recent conversation I had with a busy multi-depot independent tool hirer revolved largely around numbers: rising inflation levels, higher equipment costs and the need to recruit staff as a r…
Mixed fleet challenges
13 January 2022
Shortages and supply disruptions amongst certain equipment types against a background of ongoing strong demand mean that some hirers are having to adopt a pick-and-mix approach and looking mor…
Are you on-message?
12 January 2022
Discontent amongst Conservative MPs during parliamentary votes before Christmas on Plan B coronavirus restriction measures made party mandarins despair that their arguments were not getting th…
Redpath activity expands
11 January 2022
Several tool hire companies have successfully added specialist portable toilet hire to their operations over the past year or so. One of these is Redpath Tool Hire based in the Borders town of…
Construction data shows ongoing growth
10 January 2022
December is always a difficult month to predict in terms of hire activity, as construction firms prepare to shut down over the festive period, many personnel have holidays to take before losin…
Q&A: Neil Holloway
7 January 2022
Neil Holloway is managing director of the Wilson Brook executive recruitment consultancy, working from his home in Solihull. The business serves clients throughout the UK in diverse sectors in…
Doosan goes Giant
6 January 2022
Doosan Infracore Europe has signed an exclusive supply agreement with the Netherlands-based compact wheel loader manufacturer Tobroco-Giant.
Selected models will be made by Tobroco-Giant…
Vehicle fleet challenges
5 January 2022
One aspect of operations that hirers will need to manage carefully throughout 2022 and perhaps longer is their vehicle fleets.
The well-publicised supply disruptions, caused by fac…
HSC launches new air purifier range
4 January 2022
Happy New Year!
Since its launch in June 2020 the blog has followed the twists and turns in the pandemic and the ways in which the hire industry has responded. It will continue to do so…