The HAE has announced the finalists for its 'Hire Awards of Excellence', following an apparently bumper crop of entries. The winners will be revealed in an online ceremony to be live streamed at 16.30 on May 20.

The Hire Awards of Excellence recognises hirers and suppliers within the plant, tool and event hire industries, with sponsors for the 2021 bash including CanTrack Global, PSM Plant & Tool Hire Centres, Point of Rental Software and Sunbelt Rentals.

“We were genuinely surprised by the number of submissions that we received for this year’s awards, with entries far exceeding 2020 levels which were all submitted prior to the Coronavirus pandemic,” said HAE EHA group marketing manager, Ann Harrison. “What was particularly pleasing was to see the increase in entries for the individual categories. Given the challenging year that we’ve all faced, to see companies highlighting the work of their employees and pushing them forward for awards really demonstrates how much our industry values its people.”

Amen to that, eh. As for the shortlisted contenders, the Hire Awards of Excellence finalists are:

Website of the Year
Greenplant
GSE Plant Ltd
HSS Hire
Smiths Hire
Sunbelt Rentals

Best Use of New Media
Balloo Hire
Niftylift
Sunbelt Rentals

Catalogue of the Year
Elite GSS
GAP Group
Greenplant
HSS Hire

Best Sustainability & CSR Initiative
Ardent Hire Solutions
GAP Group
Speedy Services
Sunbelt Rentals

Hire Industry Product of the Year
AMI Group for Asset+ Keypad
Ardent Hire Solutions for Site Manager
Datatag ID for CESAR ECV
Elite GSS for Platform Edge Protection
JCB and Travis Perkins for 1T-2 Dumper
The MHM Group for ST-9 Lighting Tower
Trime UK for X-Solar Hybrid
Uni-prop International for UNI-PROP

Hire Industry Supplier of the Year 
Elite GSS
GSE Plant Ltd
MCS Rental Software
Niftylift
Point of Rental Software
Snorkel UK
The MHM Group
Trime UK.

SafeHire Plant, Tool & Equipment Hire Company of the Year up to £10m Turnover
Alide Hire
Lakeside Hire
Miles Hire
Plantool Hire Centres
PSM Plant & Tool Hire Centres
The MHM Group

SafeHire Plant, Tool & Equipment Hire Company of the Year over £10m Turnover
GAP Group
HSS Hire
Nationwide Platforms
Smiths Hire
Speedy Services
Star Platforms
Sunbelt Rentals
Travis Perkins Tool Hire

SafeHire Event Hire Company of the Year
buk Solutions
Plato Catering Hire
Sunbelt Rentals

Best HAE Covid Response
HSS Hire
MCS Rental Software
Point of Rental Software
Speedy Services
SRL Traffic Systems
Sunbelt Rentals
The MHM Group
Travis Perkins Tool Hire

Young Apprentice of the Year
Faris Cooke - Vp Brandon Hire Station
Tamzin Edwards - South West Tool Hire
Lee Gillett - GAP Group
Lucy O'Rourke - Sunbelt Rentals
Jamie Roper - Speedy Services
Flyn Zardecki - One Stop Hire

Apprentice of the Year
Charlotte Bingham - Travis Perkins
Elliott Butcher - Nationwide Platforms
Wilbert Fields - Sunbelt Rentals
Ronan Gates - Speedy Services
Beth Gillard – Speedy Services
Grant Weitz - Speedy Services

Workshop Manager of the Year
Steven Jones - The MHM Group
Andrew Smith - Speedy Services
Dan Vogt - Vp Brandon Hire Station

Hire Manager of the Year
Luke Davies – Hirebase
Stuart Houston - Vp Brandon Hire Station
Wayne Lambert - Travis Perkins
Craig Sneddon - Speedy Services
Daniel Thorne - Travis Perkins

Hire Achiever of the Year
Winners of the Apprentice of the Year, Hire Manager of the Year and Workshop Manager of the Year will make up the shortlist for the final award, announced during the livestream.

Don't forget to diarise May 20th, and click here to register to attend the event.