In the media
Hird boosts service sustainability with electric van investment
Hird is rapidly growing a reputation for providing the best electric lifting equipment in the UK – and now it is preparing to do the same with the vehicles that get the equipment to customers. The company is complementing its range of electric cranes, materials trollies and glazing robots by...
Lifting and access just got easier – the new Hird Big Blue is here
It might not appear on Richard and Judy’s Best Reads – but, the latest edition of the Hird Big Blue will be top of the list for many lifting and powered access specifiers across the UK. The number one guide to Hird’s hire services, including spider cranes, pick and carry...
40 years of Hird – the lifting team that won’t let you down
Hird is marking 40 years in business – and four decades of development that has seen it transformed from a machinery moving contractor to one of the most diverse and successful lifting specialists in the UK. Trusted judgment Phil Hird, Peter Hird Snr’s son and the company’s Managing Director, said:...
HSE praises Winlet glazing robots in safety campaign
The Health and Safety Executive, the UK’s health and safety regulator, has praised a Hird customer’s use of a Winlet glazing robot as an example of “good planning and use of handling aids”. An HSE inspector witnessed the Winlet 575 glazing robot in action during a construction site inspection in...
Hird appointed as UK Oil & Steel distributor
Oil&Steel has appointed Hird as its new distributor for the UK market. Oil&Steel, based in Modena, Italy, manufactures truck-mounted aerial platforms and tracked spider platforms. It is part of the Manitex International group of companies. Fabrizio Girotti, General Manager of Oil&Steel, said: “I am proud to announce Hird as the...
Hird’s Equipment Pocket Guide such a success it sets a trend
Here at Hird we’re always looking for new ways our customers can select the best mini crane hire, powered access hire and glass lifting hire options. That is why we created our new Hird Pocket Guide to the many hundreds of products we offer for hire. With a quick flick...
Pocket Hird’s new guide for great lifting support
Hird supplies the world’s best equipment for lifting in confined spaces – so has had the bright idea of creating a handy equipment guide that fits perfectly into a confined space as well. The new Hird Pocket Guide gives all the information a customer needs to make an informed choice...
Hird answers DIY SOS call to help Grenfell community
Equipment supplied by Hird Ltd has been used to complete the most ambitious ever DIY SOS challenge on behalf of the community affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. Hird responded instantly to a call for help from the BBC DIY SOS team, and had mini cranes on site in 48...