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Hird awarded IPAF Rental + six years in a row
Powered access rental company Hird has been awarded the IPAF Rental + independent quality mark for the sixth consecutive year. The achievement underlines Hird’s commitment to setting the highest standards of quality, service and safety as a powered access rental provider, says Managing Director Phil Hird. He added: “Achieving IPAF...
Hird offers a must-have mini computer for a must-have mini crane
Hird can offer the ideal incentive to visitors to the Executive Hire Show 2014 next month – place an order for a mini crane or glazing robot and you will get a free iPad. Mini cranes are the modern high tech wonders of the crane world – able to lift...
Hird helps create a mini crane celebrity challenge on The One Show
One of Hird’s mini cranes has been seen by millions of viewers on the BBC One Show – with TV and radio celebrity Paul O’Grady at the controls lifting a ferry across the Mersey. The show’s producers asked Hird to help them give Paul a celebrity mini crane lifting challenge...
Hird spider mini crane makes sure new roof soars into the sky
Spider cranes are proving their worth every day in a range of industries, as a recent contract lift task carried out by a spider crane supplied by Hird proved emphatically. Our client needed a mini crane that was very compact and had a low bearing weight. After carrying out a...
Hird welcomes Manitex International acquisition of Valla mini cranes
Hird has welcomed Manitex International’s acquisition of Valla mini cranes, saying it creates exciting opportunities to promote the innovative and highly capable pick and carry cranes to even more customers in the UK. Hird is the sole UK and Ireland distributor of mini cranes, made by Valla in Piacenza, near...
Hird to showcase mini cranes and glazing robots at Executive Hire Show
Hird is preparing to show the range of mini cranes and glazing robots it has to offer to hire fleets at the Executive Hire Show 2014 in February. The Hird team will have a Valla 25EL mini crane and a Winlet 350 glazing robot on display at EHS 2014, taking...
Hird joins Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme for London
Mini crane, glass handling equipment and powered access supplier Hird has been accredited by the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) – proving it meets set quality standards for operating in the capital. FORS is operated by Transport for London. It is designed to allow forward thinking transport companies to show...
City of Culture will give Hull huge lift says Hird
Hull will get a huge lift from being the UK City of Culture in 2017, says mini crane, powered access and glass handing company Hird. The company was founded in Hull more than 25 years ago and has its headquarters in the city, from where it offers a national lifting...