About SHC

Celebrating 25 years in Business in 2006 is a great achievement nowadays. The company started in 1981 in Skipton, although the family has been involved in the hire industry since the 1950’s.  We now also operate out of Ilkley and Ripon, which has given the company a good coverage of North and West Yorkshire and the Lancashire border.

 

 

Over the years we have developed a reputation for service and quality and are active members of the HAE [Hire Association Europe].  In 2001 we were one of the first companies to be awarded the HAE’s prestigious ‘Safe Hire Award’

 

In 2002 the company was presented with not one but two awards by the Hire Association Europe; ‘Hire Company of the Year 2002’ and the prestigious and much sort after ‘Excellence in Customer Care Award’ Along with these honours we also gained Investors in People at the end of 2002 – a good way to celebrate our 21^st year in business!

 

In our industry safety is paramount.  Our trade body, the Hire Association Europe [HAE] introduced this scheme in 2001 as a way of monitoring a company’s safety performance and to ensure that they adhered to safe working practices and at the same time incorporating quality systems similar to ISO9000.

 

The HAE audits those companies that subscribe to the scheme annually, checking vital areas that include the standard of equipment hired out, the workshop facilities and procedures, the company’s health & safety policy, environmental policies, demonstration facilities, training and all other areas of the business that involve the welfare of customers and staff alike.