Speedy Hire suffers in tough times
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Equipment hire group falls to interim £13.6m loss amid falling level of building work and construction companies' economising
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Newton-le-Willows plant and tool hire group Speedy Hire announces half term losses
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
SPEEDY Hire, the Newton-le-Willows-based plant and tool hire group, announced a 28% drop in interim revenues of £184.8m for the six months to September 30, today.
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Newton-le-Willows plant and tool hire group Speedy Hire aiming to exploit longer term overseas opportunities
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
SPEEDY Hire, the Newton-le-Willows based plant and tool hire group, has outlined ambitions for international expansion during a recent site visit by analysts.
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Rental on a roll
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Since starting out more than 30 years ago, Speedy Hire has grown from a tool hire shop for home improvement and DIY enthusiasts into the UK's leading plant and...
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Evolution revisited as Speedy seeks to rebuild
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Steve Corcoran, Speedy Hire's chief executive, is looking to shift the company's focus from a hiring business, albeit with a small line in selling used tools, to a provider of services right through the life of a piece of equipment
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Weak trade hits Speedy Hire
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
Speedy Hire was among the main casualties in the small-cap arena yesterday. Shares in the tool hire company fell 11.5 per cent to 38¼p as investors and...
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Speedy Hire downbeat over outlook as revenues slump 29%
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
PLANT hire firm Speedy Hire delivered a bleak assessment on trading prospects yesterday after seeing no evidence of a seasonal pick-up in activity.
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Speedy Hire plans further £30m cost cutting programme
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
SPEEDY Hire has increased the scale of its cost-cutting programme, blaming “little evidence” that the traditionally- busy autumn period will see an uplift in work.
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Speedy Hire in aggressive cost cuts
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
LONDON (Reuters) - Tool hire company Speedy Hire said on Monday it was broadly on track to meet its earnings expectations thanks to aggressive cost cutting, but revenue was running below its forecasts.
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Speedy Hire sees slow progress in recovery
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
MERSEYSIDE’S largest listed company Speedy Hire has identified another £30m of cost savings to bring its efficiency programme to £100m as it remains wary of the economic outlook.
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Prisoners promised 'real wages' under the Tories
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Under plans being drawn up by the Conservatives and penal reformers, prisoners will get paid proper wages for doing real work – currently they can be paid as little as £4 a week Prisoners will be able to earn "real wages" for doing "real work" in jail under radical new plans being drawn up by the Conservatives and penal reformers. The shadow justice minister, Edward...
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Speedy Hire looks to the east
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 22/07/2009
TOOL hire specialist Speedy Hire is planning to expand in the Middle East as it continues to battle against weak construction markets.
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Speedy Hire expand in the Middle East
icWales (Free subscription) | 22/07/2009
TOOL hire specialist Speedy Hire yesterday unveiled plans for expansion in the Middle East as it continues to battle against weak construction markets.
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Business News: Speedy Hire expand in the Middle East
icWales (Free subscription) | 22/07/2009
TOOL hire specialist Speedy Hire yesterday unveiled plans for expansion in the Middle East as it continues to battle against weak construction markets.
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Newton-le-Willows plant hire group Speedy Hire clinches Middle East contract
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 21/07/2009
SPEEDY Hire, the Newton-le-Willows plant hire specialist, today announced a deal that extends its business reach into the Middle East.