PROFILE
One Stop Hire North-West to national in 14 years
they had always done. SJS Hire Tools from Wrightington was introduced to them soon after and a deal was done to complete the sale in early October. Just as this was happening Steve was advised that his old employer Power Supply Ltd (PSL) had gone into administration, which was another opportunity and a deal was done to buy this company also and the deals were done within seven days of each other. Danni suggested that the combined entity needed a rebrand and she had been involved with her father on a project in 2005 to create an online plant hire platform which they named One Stop Hire.com. It was parked up when Ainscough sold but the domain, company registration etc were all done so we decided that would be the name of our new business. 2010: Widnes depot opens – After closing two depots that were overlapping we opened this depot to balance out the regional coverage and it was our first greenfield site project.
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Steve and Danielle Hitchen Steve started at Fairclough Construction as a hire controller in the plant and transport department in 1983. Moved into tool hire in 1986 as Hire Desk Manager for Power Supply Ltd in Salford. In 1993 he moved to Ainscough Crane Hire to work for his “in-laws-to-be” and worked 16 years in the business making board director in 2005. The family sold the business in 2007 and in 2009 Steve left to pursue his dream of owning and running his own business. Danni Hitchen went to work in her father and two uncles’ business Ainscough Crane Hire straight from school and worked there all her career until it sold in 2007. She started in an accounts role and finished as Marketing Manager. When
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One Stop Hire was formed in 2009 she joined the board and continues to be involved today. In 2020 Steve and Danni’s son Henry left school and started as a Business Apprentice at One Stop Hire. He completed his apprenticeship in 2022 and gained a triple distinction award in Business Administration. His learning of the business continues as he gets experience in all the various departments and divisions of the company. History of One Stop Hire 2009: SJS Hire and Power Supply Limited – After exiting Ainscough Crane Hire in May 2009 Steve and Danni set about searching for a business to acquire focusing on hire as that was what
2012: Cumbria depot and Central Hire desk created – In this year we won our first significant contract and part of the deal was that we would open a Cumbria branch to cover the work in that area. We also set up our Central Hire Desk with two of our best hire managers to manage this contract and also give our other regional customers a “One Call” option for placing orders. 2013: WHS Training acquired and One Stop Direct started – We acquired a small safety training business from a customer of ours and started to do IPAF, PASMA and many other construction related safety and compliance courses. One Stop Safety Training now has a turnover in excess of £1.5m. In this year we also set up our sales department One Stop Direct as lots of customers were buying lots of tools and equipment and it made sense for us to sell as well as hire to them and further
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