At the end of 2020, the Small Business Leadership Programme was created with the aim to support senior leaders in enhancing their business's resilience and recovery during and after the COVID-19 crisis.

In January, Bath-based company Alide Hire Services bade farewell to company director Gareth Hayward, or Graf as he's known to most, who has retired after 37 years.

The European Rental Association (ERA) has released an update to its 2020 Market Report, with new year on year estimates for rental activity, construction and GDP.

HAE EHA is delighted to announce a Flash Sale discount from Dell UK. The offer is available to all HAE EHA members and finishes on Thursday 25th February 2021.

HAE EHA is constantly on the lookout for opportunities to support members and assist with your business activity. We are delighted to announce a new partnership with SafeGroup, the experts in emergency or planned specialist cleaning for infection control and decontamination.

Phase 2a of the HS2: High Speed Rail Project Bill has been passed into law, meaning work can start to build a new railway line between the West Midlands and Crewe. 

Fraser Tool Hire the Hamilton based tool and plant hire firm have been investing in MHM equipment for the past eight years. They now boast over ninety MHM power generation machines.

In order to offer customers a one-stop pumping solution, Obart Pumps has launched a complete range of pump accessories and fittings under the brand name of ‘FIT&FLOW’.

A construction company and a plastering firm have been fined after a worker sustained serious injuries by falling approximately three metres through a hole cut into a floor during the refurbishment of a property in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.

Young people, students and schools are under pressure to get back up to speed with education, work experience and training and in support of National Apprenticeship Week HAE EHA is asking the hire industry to consider giving a hand with early career opportunities through either a Kickstart or Apprenticeship scheme.

Hire Association Europe and Event Hire Association (HAE EHA) has been supporting its members to navigate the changes caused by Brexit, reassuring the industry and providing guidance on the measures that need to be taken by businesses in hire and construction.

On Tuesday 9th February, HAE EHA held a focus group with members based in the Republic of Ireland. Whilst it was not possible to meet up in Dublin, due to lockdown restrictions, the HAE EHA team welcomed members remotely.

Martin Plant Hire, a leader in the tool and plant hire sector and an independent family-run Scottish tool hire business, has chosen to invest in its digital future by signing a large franchising and licencing agreement with easyHire.

The organisers of the annual Executive Hire Show have taken the difficult decision to postpone the 2021 event by 12 months.

A sole trader who operated a construction and demolition waste recycling business has been fined after a worker sustained serious crush injuries when he was struck from behind by a 13.5 tonne excavator.

Kubota Construction is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Pryce as its new dealer manager for Ireland and Scotland.

With the furlough scheme scheduled to finish at the end of April, some of Britain's most influential businesses and trade unions have asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, to extend it.

The HAE EHA team are sad to report that Managing Director, Paul Wood, of long-term members, Andrew Sykes Hire, has passed away.

The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) is running a series of virtual employer events which will explore, among other things, how they propose to assess companies for CITB Levy over the next three years.

Today is Time to Talk Day and as our lives are a little different this year, checking in on a colleague is more important than ever especially with many of us working from home and/or having the additional pressure of home-schooling.

The Hire Supply Company (UK) Limited are pleased to announce that they have been appointed the UK distributors for the range of Von Arx FR200 Floor Planers.

HAE EHA is working with the Combined Industries Theft Solutions forum (CITS) to help prevent and reduce the effects of crime in the hire industry.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has today issued information to help businesses achieve environmental sustainability goals whilst staying on the right side of competition law.

Specialist rental company, Christian Faversham Group have expanded their fleet of site lighting towers with the purchase of a group of X-ECO LED sets from the Cambridgeshire supplier, Trime UK Limited.

JCB is recruiting more than 400 additional UK shop floor employees as the company gears up for a surge in production, the company announced today.

A company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured by steelwork, which fell from a telehandler forklift truck during loading.

Travis Perkins has been certified as a 2021 Top Employer. This follows a rigorous review of the Group's HR practices by the Top Employers Institute covering a range of themes.

With another national lockdown underway, one of the many impacts for HAE EHA has been the ability to deliver training. The result has been a surge in demand for distance learning, often delivered in the form of online courses.

One of the country's leading suppliers of specialist hire equipment is rolling out a new investment programme to upgrade its electrical testing facilities throughout its national branch network.