Speedy has become the first equipment hire and support services company to release an app for iPhone, to help customers access their depots while on the move.
The app has full GPS functionality, allowing users to quickly find the Speedy branches based on their current location through connectivity with Google maps. Customers can also manually search for a branch by specifying the products or services they are looking for.
The UK’s leading supplier of support services and equipment hire developed the app in conjunction with digital marketing agency Tecmark with the aim of giving customers access to information about Speedy’s 325 branches.
Directions to depot from the user’s current location can also be provided via the app.
The app also provides details about each depot, such as opening hours and allows users to ‘favourite’ their most visited Speedy branches.
The App is now available for download from the app store .
Steve McIntyre, Group Marketing Director at Speedy said: “Our customers aren’t glued to a computer all day. Contractors often work at a variety of sites, and the nature of the work they undertake can sometimes be unpredictable, meaning they need to get hold of the right equipment at short notice.
“This app solves this problem by allowing users to have all the latest Speedy depot information at their fingertips.”
For further information please contact:
Press Information:
Sarah Carlin or Ricky Ambury at Citypress
Tel: 0161 235 0300
E-mail: speedypr@citypress.co.uk
Notes to Editors:
Founded in 1977, Speedy is the leading UK provider of equipment rental and support services to a wide range of clients across the construction, infrastructure, industrial, manufacturing and facilities management sectors - as well as to local trades and industry.
Operating from over 325 fixed sites - together with a number of on-site facilities at client locations throughout the UK, Ireland and the Middle East - the company supplies a range of services including:
- the provision of small tools and equipment
- surveying and measurement instrumentation
- lifting and materials handling equipment
- powered and non-powered access equipment
- temporary accommodation
- compressed air
- temporary power generation
- mechanical pumps
- temporary site communications
- welding & engineering
- concreting & screeding
- light Plant & towables
The Group also provides associated services through the provision of training, asset management and testing, repair, inspection and maintenance (TRIM), as well as offering advisory services in areas such as health and safety, environmental and regulatory compliance.
Website: www.speedyservices.com
Speedy has invested £3.3 million in JCB 8018 Mini Excavators, the biggest order that JCB received for the model in the past year.
The equipment and support services business made the major purchase in order to further bolster its offering to its customer base in the utilities sector, which includes Thames Water and Welsh Water.
JCB, one of the world’s top three manufacturers of construction equipment, liaised with leading utility contractors in order to develop the design for the 8018. Special safety features include a steel panel in place of the lower door window in order to reduce glass damage to the cab and a weight sensitive seat, which only allows the machine to be driven when the operator is fully seated.
The extending undercarriage also offers additional stability for operators working in conditions where the ground is unstable, for example when undertaking excavations on inclines or soft ground before laying pipes.
With a 19hp engine, the 8018 is more powerful and productive than other models. Its dozer blades can include two nylon wear strips on the lower dozer blade extensions which sit on the road service while digging in order to prevent any damage to the asphalt and the tubular boom has a narrow profile for excellent visibility to the bucket cutting edge when excavating, essential when working round other services. Speedy have even ordered a number of machines in “ high visibility paint” which reflect vehicle lights, just like a Hi Viz vest, an added safety feature for late night repairs to services, all part and parcel of utility work.
Andy Connor, supply chain director at Speedy, said: “We’ve been working in utilities for many years, and this market continues to grow for us. JCB designed this piece of equipment in collaboration with the utilities sector, so procuring it for our customers was a natural step and we expect it to be very popular.
For further information please contact:
Press Information:
Sarah Carlin or Ricky Ambury at Citypress
Tel: 0161 235 0300
E-mail: speedypr@citypress.co.uk
Notes to Editors:
Founded in 1977, Speedy is the leading UK provider of equipment rental and support services to a wide range of clients across the construction, infrastructure, industrial, manufacturing and facilities management sectors - as well as to local trades and industry.
Operating from over 325 fixed sites - together with a number of on-site facilities at client locations throughout the UK, Ireland and the Middle East - the company supplies a range of services including:
- the provision of small tools and equipment
- surveying and measurement instrumentation
- lifting and materials handling equipment
- powered and non-powered access equipment
- temporary accommodation
- compressed air
- temporary power generation
- mechanical pumps
- temporary site communications
- welding & engineering
- concreting & screeding
- light Plant & towables
The Group also provides associated services through the provision of training, asset management and testing, repair, inspection and maintenance (TRIM), as well as offering advisory services in areas such as health and safety, environmental and regulatory compliance.
Website: www.speedyservices.com
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