Speedy Hire's interim revenues boosted by services unit
13th Nov 2019 09:34
(Sharecast News) - Tools and equipment hire service company Speedy Hire reported an increase in both interim revenues and profits, boosted by its services unit.
Read moreSpeedy Hire first-half revenues rise
3rd Oct 2019 09:21
(Sharecast News) - Tool and equipment hire company Speedy Hire posted a rise in revenue on Thursday thanks to a strong performance from its SME business,with trading in the second half set to improve.
Read moreSpeedy Hire posts profit rise, hikes dividend
15th May 2019 10:58
(Sharecast News) - Tool and equipment hire company Speedy Hire reported a 19.3% rise in full-year adjusted pre-tax profit on Wednesday as it hiked its dividend.
Read moreSpeedy Hire says trading in line, announces Lifterz acquisition
20th Mar 2019 14:27
(Sharecast News) - Tool and equipment hire company Speedy Hire said on Wednesday that trading for the year to the end of March 2019 was in line, as it announced the acquisition of powered access specialist Lifterz for £9.6m in cash.
Read moreSpeedy Hire gobbles up training provider Geason
13th Dec 2018 11:54
(Sharecast News) - Tools, equipment and plant hire services company Speedy Hire has acquired the entire issued share capital of training provider Geason Holdings, it announced on Thursday, from Ian and Robert Kilpatrick and connected family trust companies.
Read moreSpeedy Hire sees H1 revenues up 6.5%
25th Sep 2018 09:56
(Sharecast News) - Tools and equipment hire company Speedy Hire said on Tuesday that revenues for the first half are expected to have risen, while full-year adjusted pre-tax profit will be ahead of the previous year.
Read moreSpeedy Hire set to finish year ahead of expectations
7th Feb 2017 10:17
(ShareCast News) - Tools, equipment and plant hire services company Speedy Hire issued an update on its trading performance for the year ending 31 March on Tuesday. The London-listed firm said group revenues for the third quarter, on a like-for-like basis pre-disposal, were 10.6% ahead of the prior
Read moreSpeedy Hire buys Lloyds British Testing
19th Dec 2016 08:16
(ShareCast News) - Tools, equipment and plant hire services company Speedy Hire has bought specialist lifting equipment business Lloyds British Testing from administrator PwC for undisclosed sum. Speedy said Lloyds complements its existing lifting, testing and training businesses and will enhance th
Read moreDirectors dealings: Speedy Hire's finance chief splashes out
1st Dec 2016 17:49
(ShareCast News) - Speedy Hire's finance chief splashed out £50,632.93 on 117,751 shares of the equipment and tool rental group. Chris Morgan carried out the transaction on 30 November, as the small-cap company's shares made another run at their 52-week high of 44.50p amid heavier than usual trading
Read moreSpeedy Hire sees FY results ahead of previous expectations
16th Nov 2016 07:57
(ShareCast News) - Industrial equipment rental company Speedy Hire reported a rise in first-half pre-tax profit and said it expects full-year results to be ahead of its previous forecasts. In the six months to the end of September, adjusted pre-tax profit rose to £6.8m from £2m in the same period a
Read moreSpeedy Hire sees H1 revenue and profit ahead of last year
30th Sep 2016 07:47
(ShareCast News) - Tools, equipment and plant hire services company Speedy Hire said revenue and pre-tax profit for the first half are expected to be ahead of the previous year, while profit for the full-year will likely be ahead of its previous expectations. In a trading update for the six months t
Read moreSpeedy Hire chairman Jan Astrand holds on to role
9th Sep 2016 14:33
(ShareCast News) - The chairman of tools, equipment and plant hire services company Speedy Hire has held on to his role despite the best efforts of largest shareholder Toscafund to oust him. On Friday, 64% of the group's shareholders rejected a resolution to remove Jan Åstrand as a director, with 47
Read moreSpeedy Hire sells large mechanical plant fleet for GBP14.4m
26th Aug 2016 09:54
(ShareCast News) - Tools, equipment and plant hire services company Speedy Hire announced the sale of its large mechanical plant fleet for £14.4m in cash to Ardent Hire Solutions. As at the end of July, the business had assets with a gross book value of £15.5m. Unaudited financial information for th
Read moreFindel's advisers eye retail specialist Terry Duddy as potential chairman - report
22nd Aug 2016 13:56
(ShareCast News) - Mail-order retailer Findel's advisers have approached former Argos and Homebase boss Terry Duddy about becoming the company's chairman, according to a report. Duddy was among several people being sounded out by Findel's advisers, Sky News has reported. Findel last month rebuffed
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: Brexit in 2019, bank regulation, ITV, William Hill
14th Aug 2016 17:49
(ShareCast News) - Britain could remain in the EU until late 2019, almost a year later than predicted, ministers have privately warned senior figures in the City of London. Theresa May has been expected to enact article 50 in January, setting in train the formal two years of negotiations before Brex
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