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Speedy is the UK’s leading tool and equipment hire services company. From everyday essentials through to specialist power, survey and lifting solutions, as well as professional training and a full range of support services, Speedy does it. And it's all available direct from over 200 depots across the UK and Ireland. So whatever your requirements, Speedy provides the ideal solution, quickly and effectively. And always with the reassurance of safety and sustainability that comes with the industry leaders.

GAP Hire Solutions is the UK’s largest independent equipment rental company, hiring out an extensive range of equipment to industries including construction, utilities, civil engineering and events. In recent years, GAP has focused on a diversification strategy that has seen the company grow from its traditional Plant & Tool hire roots to a multi-service offering with ten divisions, providing customers with a complete hire solution. The company now has almost 200 locations and employs more than 2,000 employees throughout the UK. GAP’s ten divisions comprise Plant Hire, Tool Hire, Lifting & TIC, Non-Mechanical, Trenching & Shoring, Survey & Safety Hire, Pump Services, Welfare Services, Tanker Services & Event Services. GAP also offers our customers additional services such as their Test, Inspect and Certify (TIC) service where our engineers test and inspect all lifting equipment to ensure compliance and safety, even if it has not been hired from GAP. Additionally, through their GAP one facility, a specialised team offers bespoke managed services suited to individual customer needs. GAP was established in 1969 by Gordon Anderson and the company is still family-owned and run by his sons Douglas and Iain. GAP’s aim is simple – to make our customers lives easier by providing market-leading equipment and exceptional service. With values such as trust, integrity and honesty underpinning our nationwide operations, the third generation of the family is now involved in the business. GAP’s vision is to be the UK’s most innovative hire solutions provider, with a focus on reducing our environmental impact on the world. This means GAP invests heavily in innovative eco-products and green technologies. GAP proactively works with our suppliers to develop greener products, advise our customers on best practice and implement environmentally friendly processes.

A-Plant is one of the UK’s largest plant, tool and equipment hire companies, hiring a vast range of non-operated equipment, from power tools, cement mixers and accommodation units to excavators, compressors, scissor lifts and other types of equipment for industry and construction. We are proud to be accredited with ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007, so you can be assured that the company has one of the most robust safety and quality management systems in the industry. Our fleet of equipment, available to hire, comprises over 110,000 itemised pieces of plant, tools and equipment. The company invests a multi-million pound figure each year in new equipment and state-of-the-art technology, to ensure A-Plant customers are able to hire the very latest equipment from world-class manufacturers such as JCB, Terex, CompAir and GenSet. We are dedicated to providing a local solution but have global backing as A-Plant forms part of the FTSE-100 company, Ashtead Group plc, the second largest equipment rental company in the world. As well as A-Plant, Ashtead Group also comprises Sunbelt Rentals, the third largest equipment rental business in the US with over 425 locations and almost 8,000 employees.