HSE workplace stress tool revised
28 February 2022
There has been a number of stories here and elsewhere recently highlighting the issue of workplace mental health and the need for measures to protect employees, showing that greater priority i…
News for Tool Hire, Equipment Hire & Plant Hire and Rental Professionals
Previous Posts - February 2022
Bobcats seen in Dorset
25 February 2022
The first machines in a total order of 45 Bobcat excavators have been delivered to Dorset & Somerset Hire Services, which has depots in Shaftesbury and Evercreech.
“Over…
YES makes the cut
24 February 2022
Your Equipment Solutions of Falkirk has become the first hirer north of the border to buy a newly launched electric stone and porcelain tile circular saw from a range being introduced by Duro…
Programmed for efficiency
23 February 2022
We’ve read a lot during the pandemic about businesses that have adapted to overcome challenges and to meet new demands, from offering click-and-collect services and rapid deliveries, to…
P.E.T. keeps growing
22 February 2022
At the recent Executive Hire Show I bumped into Carl and Barbara Banks, directors of P.E.T. Hire Centre in Crewe.
This award-winning company operates from what must be one of the m…
Living with Covid
21 February 2022
In another significant development in the pandemic story that started two years ago, Boris Johnson announced today that all Covid restrictions will end in England this Thursday, 24 February.
Eagle gets its claws into utilities
21 February 2022
Glasgow-based Eagle Hire tells me that the Survey & Safety operation it established roughly a year ago to complement its tool and plant hire operation is going from strength to strength, e…
Hares move fast to deliver service
18 February 2022
Hares Hire certainly went the extra mile recently to support a contractor who was working outside their normal area.
Daren Hare, managing director of the Rainham-based business, to…
Unite for mental strength
17 February 2022
The Hire Association Europe/Event Hire Association is today launching a worthy initiative to promote mental health awareness in the hire industry.
Since the onset of the Covid-19 p…
Versatile Euro Towers hybrid
16 February 2022
Euro Towers have launched the EuroFold aluminium tower system that can be configured so as to give working heights of 2.2m to more than 6m.
It can also be used as a folding unit fo…
Snorkel trailer-mounts on the rise
15 February 2022
It has been suggested that an unexpected by-product of both Covid-19 and Brexit is an increase in demand for trailer-mounted boom lifts.
The rapid post-pandemic bounce-back and the…
Altrad scores All Blacks sponsorship deal
14 February 2022
The Altrad Group brand will be even more visible in the months ahead as the organisation has recently become the Official Front of Jersey Sponsor of New Zealand Rugby.
Altrad Belle…
CPA seeks Star talent
11 February 2022
As National Apprenticeship Week nears its end, the CPA has taken the opportunity to highlight “phenomenal interest” in the association’s Stars of the Future awards programme…
Boels cabins in demand
10 February 2022
As part of an ongoing fleet investment programme, Boels Rental UK’s Hereford depot recently took delivery of mobile site welfare units from AJC EasyCabin.
The order comprises EcoSm…
Take to the Cloud for Cybersecurity
9 February 2022
The issue of cybersecurity and protecting businesses from online attacks is often in the news as hackers exploit loopholes and weaknesses in computer systems.
The subject was…
New pump division primes GAP for growth
8 February 2022
GAP Hire Solutions has introduced a dedicated Pump Services division which enables the company to serve its current customer base and gives further growth opportunities in areas like quarrying…
BPH grabs London depot
8 February 2022
The ongoing strength of the construction market has obviously led to steady demand for appropriate equipment.
Hydraulic excavator attachment specialist BPH Attachments has just ope…
Hire industry loses one of its greats
7 February 2022
I was saddened to hear that Brian Hartigan has passed away. Known to many in the industry, he was for ten years Commercial Director with HSS, which he joined in 1970, retiring in 2000.
B…
Marline and Gloria join the HSC line-up
7 February 2022
The Hire Supply Co (HSC) has clearly been busy sourcing new products for changing market requirements because the company is introducing a lot of items to its portfolio.
Some of these wi…
Construction stays in positive territory
7 February 2022
A positive picture of the construction industry’s performance in January was given by data in most the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey, published by IHS Markit for the Char…
Q&A: Kevin Prince
4 February 2022
Kevin Prince is General Manager/Director of Atlas Copco Power Technique, based in Hemel Hempstead. He has been with the company for 40 years and will switch to part-time working from the end o…
Confident Kentec finds new premises
3 February 2022
Kentec Hire Services is moving to new premises very close to its previous location in Tonbridge. This reflects the ongoing growth of the business and its expanding hire fleet.
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Plant sales boom, 2021 figures show
2 February 2022
Retail sales of construction and earthmoving equipment maintained their strength in the final quarter of 2021, and showed an increase of just under 18% compared with Q4 2020, according to data…
Hilti unveils Trackunit data partnership
2 February 2022
Hilti and Trackunit have announced a strategic partnership to advance the digital capture of real-time information about power tool usage and condition on construction sites.
Worki…
Busy Bradfords warms to Dri-Eaz units
1 February 2022
For Bradfords Building Supplies the new year has continued from where 2021 left off – at a cracking pace.
“Our core customer base are jobbing builders and many were bac…