March 4th, 2010
The wheels have been turning again and I have been crossing the snow covered regions yet again.
Areas I have covered in February: Crewe,Wrexham,Chester,Liverpool, Southport,Wolverhampton,Coventry and Leamington Spa.
I have beenvisiting a variety of companies within the hire industry; 3 trailer hire, 10 catering hire, 1 power hire, 1 audio visual hire,1 marquee hire, 32 tool hire companies and 8 suppliers to the hire industry – a combination of members and non-members.
I was also able to meet a great number of hire and supply companies at the Executive Hire Show Coventry at the beginning of the month
I’ll be back on the road in March – if you would like me to come and visit you to discuss the prospect of joining HAE or EHA, or if you’re already with us and would like more information on the benefits you’re entitled to as a member company, give me a call on 44(0) 121 380 4605.
See you soon
Tim Munslow, Membership Development Executive
Tags: audio visual, catering, Chester, Coventry, Crewe, Leamington Spa, Liverpool, power, Southport, supplier, tool hire, trailer, Wolverhampton, Wrexham
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February 2nd, 2010
Starting the New Year off, come rain or snow, I have taken to the road.
Areas I have covered in January: Bristol, Peterborough, Ipswich, South Shields, Middlesborough, Tewkesbury, Gloucester and Oxford.
I have beenvisiting a variety of companies within the hire industry; 4 trailer hire, 8 catering hire, 3 power hire, 2 audio visual hire, 19 tool hire companies and 8 suppliers to the hire industry – a combination of members and non-members.
I’ll be back on the road in February – if you would like me to come and visit you to discuss the prospect of joining HAE or EHA, or if you’re already with us and would like more information on the benefits you’re entitled to as a member company, give me a call on 44(0) 121 380 4605.
See you soon
Tim Munslow, Membership Development Executive
Tags: audio visual, Bristol, catering, Gloucester, Hire Industry, Ipswich, Middlesborough, Oxford, Peterborough, power, South Shields, supplier, Tewkesbury, Tim Munslow, tool hire, trailer
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February 1st, 2010
Graham and I just met senior managers at VOSA to talk about developing a more effective working relationship with the Agency. Sharing good practice, raising awareness and targeted info for our members on the agenda. Also spoke about the 3.5T/tacho concerns raised by members- great opportunity for some industry-led guidance material on this.
Mark Bradshaw
Tags: cpc driver regulations, enforcement, good practice, trailers, VOSA
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January 11th, 2010
We will soon be publishing the calendar of training events for 2010 to include the new 5 day Hire Depot Managers/Supervisors Course, the 2010 Business Improvement Programme and two new locations for the Hire Desk Apprenticeship Scheme – plus lots more.
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December 22nd, 2009
All of the staff at HAE and EHA would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We have enjoyed working together over the past year and look forward to becoming even stronger together in 2010.
Our opening hours over the holidays are:
Monday 21 December – 9am to 5pm
Tuesday 22 December – 9am to 5pm
Wednesday 23 December – 9am to 4pm
Thursday 24 December – CLOSED
Friday 25 December – CLOSED
Monday 28 December – CLOSED
Tuesday 29 December – CLOSED
Wednesday 30 December – CLOSED
Thursday 31 December – CLOSED
Friday 1 January 2010 – CLOSED
W/C Monday 4 January 2010 – Normal hours of 9am to 5pm resume
HAE Customer Services 44 (0)121 380 4601
info@hae.org.uk
www.hae.org.uk
EHA Customer Services 44 (0)121 380 4602
info@eha.org.uk
www.eha.org.uk
Tags: EHA, EHA Opening Hours, HAE, HAE Opening Hours, hire, Liz Coombes, Merry Christmas, Opening Hours
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December 16th, 2009
key banking organisation meeting to discuss phased elimination by 2018 of cheques as method of payment . What do HAE/EHA members think? Full story on BBC news website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8414341.stm
Mark Bradshaw
HAE/EHA Policy & Public Affairs
Tags: HAE EHA cheques payments
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December 14th, 2009
HAE wishes to inform in scope members about changes that the industry-led CITB-ConstructionSkills Board has recently made to the Grants Scheme:
After ongoing debate, the CITB-ConstructionSkills Board have set into place a package of measures to help ConstructionSkills to restore its working capital, as required by Government. As part of this package, the
CITB-ConstructionSkills Board have decided to reduce all grants by 15%, with effect from 1 January 2010. However, the CITB-ConstructionSkills Board wanted to learn lessons from past recessions and limit the potential for skills gap emerging in the future. As a result, they opted to protect grants for new entrants coming into the industry at all levels – from professionals to trade.
The CITB-ConstructionSkills Board also decided to:
- Reduce the Training Plan day rate to £17.50 (applicable to all plans started during the 2009/2010 Scheme Year).
- Increase the minimum duration of training acceptable within a Training Plan from 30 minutes to three hours (applicable to all plans started on or after 1 January 2010).
- Limit entitlement to the Training and Development Plan per capita grant (£9 per head with a minimum of £450 payable) to the first Training Plan only (effective for plans started on or after 1 January 2010).
- Reduce all other grants by 15%, with the exception of grants for apprenticeships and undergraduates.
These changes come after leading economists reported that the construction industry has contracted by 13% this year. This, combined with falling Levy, a continuing high demand for grants and a drive for efficiency within the organisation has resulted in further changes being made.
CITB-ConstructionSkills are issuing a news release to the trade media to tell employers about the changes that are being made to the Grants Scheme.
HAE has informed our in scope members at the earliest opportunity, so that everyone is aware of the communications that are being sent out from CITB-ConstructionSkills.
Gill Bridger, Head of Training and Professional Development
Tags: CITB ConstructionSkills, gill bridger, HAE, HAE Training, Hire Industry, Training Grants
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December 10th, 2009
The Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report has become something of a mini-Budget and has grown in importance. With the current economic situation and a forthcoming election, the statement released on Wednesday 9 December 2009 had extra significance.
HAE and EHA arranged for Eden Currie, chartered accountants, to produce an overview of the key tax and other changes, plus a summary of the main aspects likely to affect hire businesses.
This document is now available to download from the Members’ Area of the HAE website and by email. Just click here and login.
Mark Bradshaw, Policy and Public Affairs
Tags: EHA, HAE, hire, Mark Bradshaw, PBR
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December 3rd, 2009
HAE and EHA were present at a business lunch today with Gordon Brown. Companies, trade bodies and other industry-related organisations heard the PM speaking about tackling climate change and the next generation of ‘green jobs’, support for apprenticeships, the need for banks to honour pledges given to provide funding for SMEs and economic prospects for 2010.
Many people wanted to ask questions and there wasn’t tiime for everyone to have their say, the PM said anyone with a question they wanted to raise should leave a written note. I took up the offer, asking for reassurances on funding for apprenticeships and recognition for the contribution made by hire companies in this field.
I will keep you posted on his response.
Mark Bradshaw
HAE and EHA Policy and Public Affairs Representative
Tags: EHA, Gordon Brown, HAE, hire, Hire Industry, Prime Minister
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October 28th, 2009
Members should be aware that this consultation is now live and runs until 11/12/09. Details can be found at http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file53058.pdf
Mark Bradshaw
mark.bradshaw@hae.org.uk
0121 380 4621
Tags: agency workers, BIS, consultation, EHA, HAE
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