One Stop Hire Acquires Lord Hire Centres

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Recently, our friends at One Stop Hire acquired Lord Hire Centres and their eight depots in North East England to become one of the largest independent rental and sales companies in the UK.

To commemorate the event, we talked to Managing Director Steve Hitchen about One Stop Hire, its history and secrets to success, the acquisition, how the integration is going, and what the future might look like for One Stop Hire.

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