Hire Update


Morris Site Machinery celebrates award win success Morris Site Machinery has won a major industry accolade in the Hire Awards of Excellence 2017 for Best Use of New Media and was highly commended for Website of the Year. The leading onsite-equipment manufacturer received the award at a glittering ceremony at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel which is held annually to celebrate the


best in the industry. The win recognises the company’s success in developing an engaging online presence to connect with customers and the wider industry. It has used social media


through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, online blogs and e-shots, plus creative video content, in an effective digital strategy to grow its business at home and overseas.


It won an award for Best


Phil Winnington accepts award from Mya Medina from Stand Out Magazine and Steph McGovern, BBC Breakfast’s business presenter.


Use of New Media for harnessing digital tools in effective ways, including a fun animation to introduce Morris Site Machinery’s International Business Director Phil Winnington. Chris Morris, CEO and MD


of Morris Site Machinery, said: “We take pride in our innovation and commitment to raising standards, so to win this award is a significant achievement. Morris Site Machinery is a long-established business that understands the importance of evolving. We are always looking to improve how customers can interact and work with us and our digital strategy is key to this communication.” The Hire Awards of


Excellence are highly prized in the plant, tool, equipment and event hire industries as they celebrate companies and individuals who set the standard.


3rd biennial Plantworx event is officially the biggest to-date This will be the 3rd biennial Plantworx event and it’s officially the biggest yet! Exhibits will occupy an area equivalent to all the Premiership football teams’ pitches added together. 15,000 visitors are expected over 3 days of the event. The UK’s largest ‘working’ construction event has 386 exhibitors committed to the show, and of these, more than 160 will be exhibiting at the event for the very first


time. The Student Afternoon at Plantworx - Addressing the Skills Shortage in the Construction Industry. On the final afternoon of Plantworx


Construction Equipment Exhibition 2017 (12 pm – 4pm Thursday 8th June) the organisers of the event are once again inviting students and teachers from primary and secondary schools and colleges to visit the show and get a taste of the Construction Equipment Sector. The 2015 Student event was a


resounding success and has been well received within the industry. The CEA and the Plantworx team have extended this invitation to all visitors to the Plantworx exhibition, who may have younger family members or friends of the family interested in the construction equipment industry, to come along on the final afternoon of the show. For the young visitors Plantworx is


planning a ‘Student Trail’ where they can follow a trail to visit exhibitors who are actively taking part in the Student Day. Entry to the show is free – pre-


register www.plantworx.co.uk/ticket Put 6th, 7th and 8th June in your diary and we’ll see you at Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, Leicestershire.


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