This week we see the start of the next international rental exchange. Thomas Marley from Marley Hire Shop in Portadown is the exchange participant. On 7th September he will be making his way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to spend 5 weeks with Alan Wismer, the owner of George’s Tool Rental. The Wismer’s will be the host store and host family for this exchange.
Thomas will work in their store to learn about the American equipment rental business and will share ideas from the perspective of his rental experience and family rental business in Ireland. A list of questions will be drawn up by both Thomas and Alan in order to learn from each other. This will create a daily schedule for Thomas during his work day.
On 14th October Thomas will then be flying to Chicago to attend ARA’s Leadership Conference. The ARA foundation administers the international rental exchange programme on behalf of the Global Rental Alliance, without the financial support of the involved Alliance member associations, this programme would not exist. ARA is the hosting association and HAE is the home association for this exchange. The exchange will end on 18th October.
HAE would like to wish Thomas the best of luck with the exchange and hopes that the information he learns will benefit both himself and other rental companies within the UK. We would also like to thank Alan Wismer for taking part in this exchange and hope that his company will also benefit from the ideas being shared.
Keep watching this space for regular updates as Thomas progresses!
