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Queen’s Award double for Niftylift


Niftylift has been named as a winner of both the Queen’s Award for Enterprise - Innovation and the Queen’s Award for Enterprise - International Trade. The company has its head office (pictured) in Milton Keynes, with an additional production facility in Barnsley and regional sales and service centres worldwide. The Queen’s Award for Enterprise - Innovation recognises companies that


have demonstrated commercial success through innovative products and has been given to Niftylift for of its HR28 Hybrid 4x4 work platform. The Queen’s Award for Enterprise - International Trade is given for consistent growth in overseas sales over


a six-year period and recognises Niftylift’s outstanding achievement in export sales, with an average increase over that time of 132%. Roger Bowden, Niftylift’s Chairman and Founder, said, “These Awards help


to illustrate how our dedication to design and innovation, together with our attention to detail and strong customer focus, have allowed us to compete so successfully in this global marketplace.” MD John Keely added, “We are proud to be a British manufacturing


success story and this recognition will help to promote the importance of the UK manufacturing industry around the world.” Niftylift also received two Queen's Awards in 2013.


HAE announces business restructuring


Hire Association Europe Ltd’s Main Board has announced a major restructuring of its business operation to streamline its activities. Membership and Certification Services will become separate


divisions within HAE from June, a move designed to benefit members by targeting resources more effectively, says Graham Arundell, who will step down as MD to take up a part-time role as CEO to oversee implementation of the new set-up and achieve UKAS accredited status. Rupert Douglas-Jones is promoted to Executive Director Member


Services, responsible for management, personnel and running the Trade Association division, while, to head up SafeHire Certification Services, Carl Bartlett, who was previously General Manager with Lord Hire Centres and has significant auditing knowledge and 30 years of industry experience, will become Executive Director from 1 June. SafeHire and other HAE certification schemes will be split from Membership Services, which will focus on programmes for recruitment, training and career development. HAE states it will also develop the SafeHire process and income


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through collaboration with other trade bodies and schemes. The eventual aim is to achieve UKAS accreditation within 18 months, offering a number of ISO certifications to members and non-members alike. HAE’s Hire Awards of


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Excellence 2019 were presented in London on 13 April. Notable winners included Smiths Equipment Hire (pictured) and PSM Plant & Tool Hire in the categories for SafeHire Plant, Tool & Equipment Hire Company of the Year with turnover of, respectively, above and below £10m; GAP as SafeHire Event Hire Company of the Year; Leonie Morris of MHM Plant as Apprentice of the Year; and Makita’s DHR400ZKU cordless SDS-MAX rotary demolition hammer was named Product of the Year. For details of the other winners, see our Latest Industry News pages at www.executivehirenews.co.uk


Dear Sir


Having just re-read your report on break-ins throughout the North West of England (EHN, January/February 2019), we at Northern Tool Hire have never been broken into and have been trading for 25 years. Our secret is simple: put yourselves in the shoes of the burglars, physically walk round your depot and ask, "Where would I break in?” We have had an internal cage for years, internal


bars on windows and doors, but the most successful deterrent is a ram-raid type bar at the bottom of every shutter. This stops thieves from ram-raiding as well as the most common type of forced entry, namely fixing a hook and chain on the bottom of the shutter, fixing it to their car and driving forward. It works, it’s simple. When these lowlifes come weighing up our premises.


they know it's not worth it and, unfortunately, move on to easier prey. We also have confinement measures, meaning that every room, office and showroom is fitted with good mortice locks, so that if they did manage to get in, only minimum stock is available. These people want to be in and out within five minutes, and doing all the above stops them in their tracks.


Regards


Steve Jones MD, Northern Tool Hire Ltd, Ashton-under-Lyne


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