What does it say about you when you describe someone as “not a rental type of person”? asks Kevin Appleton former chief executive officer of Lavendon Group To read his article – click here Kevin Appleton IRN May – June 2012 Kevin Appleton now has a regular column in the IRN Magazine
Industry News
The rental type?
Thursday 17 May 2012
Attitudes to Rental Survey
Thursday 26 April 2012
More than 800 equipment users responded to IRN’s first ever ‘Attitudes to Rental’ survey. To read the first part of the report report, please click here To read the second part of the report, please click here Murray Pollok IRN March – April 2012 IRN May – June 2012
European Rental Association – Discover Rental
Tuesday 14 June 2011
why rent and who to rent from… The European Rental Association (ERA) has published a guide called ‘Discover Rental’ – the guide is aimed at providing information on construction equipment rental to any person interested in getting more familiar with the benefits of rental. To achieve this goal, the guide, developed by the the ERA Promotions [...]
H&E rental revenues up 33%
Sunday 8 May 2011
H&E Equipment Services, Baton Rouge, La., announced first-quarter revenues grew in all segments, reflecting a 17.6 percent year-over-year increase to $134.9 million in total revenues. Rental revenues increased 33 percent from a year ago to $48.5 million. Loss from operations for the first quarter of 2011 was $2.9 million, or 2.1 percent of revenues, compared [...]
Lifting Gear Hire Corp. Profiled on Today in America TV Show
Saturday 26 March 2011
Lifting Gear Hire Corp. was selected to participate in an episode of the Today in America television show. The show portrays the era of changing economic times, while combining business news stories, lifestyle features and interviews across various industries. The episode is titled “Innovations in Material Handling to Meet Today’s Industry Challenges,” and will air [...]
Rental industry expects rebound in 2011
Tuesday 1 February 2011
A large majority of rental store owners and managers — more than 80 percent — expect 2011 to be a much better year than 2010 according to the latest quarterly American Rental Association (ARA) Economic Survey of members. More than 34 percent of ARA general members responding to the survey expect rental revenues to show [...]
Caterpillar 4Q10 Revenues Leap 62 Percent, Full-year Profit Triples
Tuesday 1 February 2011
Caterpillar Inc. last week announced sales and revenues of $42.588 billion for 2010, an increase of 31 percent from $32.396 billion in 2009. Profit in 2010 was $2.7 billion, an increase of 202 percent from 2009 profit of $895 million. Profit per share of $4.15 was up from $1.43 in 2009. Fourth-quarter sales and revenues [...]
Hewden invests £29m and considers tools
Thursday 20 January 2011
Hewden is investing £20 million in new equipment for its rental fleet – with JCB and Thwaites being the two major suppliers – and said it was likely to reintroduce a range of tools for rental during 2011. The order includes £14 million worth of JCB equipment, comprising Loadall telescopic handlers, mini excavators, tracked and [...]
Ashtead / TVH Call off Lavendon Bid
Monday 15 November 2010
Ashtead Group and TVH will not make any further offer to acquire Lavendon Group. In a joint statement they Ashtead Group and TVH will not make any further offer to acquire Lavendon Group. In a joint statement they stated that a precondition of the offer was the approval of Lavendon’s board. Since Lavendon’s board unanimously [...]
