We are the number 1 builders’ merchant in the UK, for bricks, lintels, timber, drainage, landscaping & hire service.
We’re fiercely proud of our top position nationally, which has come as a result of continued success at branch level.
Our strength comes from our personal relationships with our customers and an infrastructure that allows us to do what we say we will, when we say we will at a fair price.
As leaders in heavy building materials, we pride ourselves on building successful, mutually beneficial partnerships with our customers on all of their projects, big and small.
Our product knowledge and capabilities makes us the trade’s leading problem solvers, to help our customers’ businesses to grow.
Doing what matters for the trade.
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.
We provide washroom, healthcare and floorcare hygiene services, and a range of specialist services, to more than 120,000 customers at 300,000 locations helping to meet the needs of more than 100 million people.
As the leading hygiene services provider in the UK, Ireland and Spain, we’re driving innovation and change in our industry, focusing on the sustainability challenges that matter most to our customers and their customers. .
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