the hire industry imho is on its knees for the big boys ,any one in the game will tell you hire rates have been at same rate for years if nit less ,big firms like balfour and carrilion go from one big player to the next every few years getting new kit into the bargain and the profit margin for hire companies is next to nothing...Only ones who seem to be winning at moment is GAP and A Plant
Speedy are buying a lot of new kit recently plant and small tools
speedy need to spend money on new kit investment depot managers need more say in buying kit using local customer knowledge,t,the need fitters in depots ,not doing round robin trips to msc,there rivals like A Plant & GAP are not shy in spending money when it matter