Height for Hire (Newcastle)

Height for Hire has nearly 40 years' experience in the access business. Harry Mc Ardle is the Founder and Chairman. In 1986, he was the first buyer of the Genie Z-30/20. The company was the first importer of the Genie S-85 in Europe in 1995 and the first buyer of the Genie Z-135 in the British Isles. It secured an order for 6 JLG boom lifts on the Augnish Alumina site in Limerick in 1982/1983. It has 20 locations across Ireland, the UK, Hungary and Slovakia.

During the noughties, it rolled out 4 UK depots in Manchester, London, Newcastle and the UK Midlands. Easi UpLifts opened its first Hungarian depot in Győr in 2013. Height for Hire offers IPAF Training Courses. Its Dunston (Metro Centre) depot provides access rental and training services including cherry picker hire, scissor lift hire, operated truck mount hires, van mounted hoists (self drive) hire and safety training.

Height for Hire (Newcastle) operates from Wellington Road in Dunston, Gateshead, supplying machines for working at height alongside industrial equipment, plant and machinery hire, safety equipment and training. Customers describe the equipment as superb in operation and suited to a range of access requirements.

The booking and office team is called efficient, with reviewers noting that jobs are seen through to completion. Pricing is described as excellent, and additional insurance requirements are said to be fully covered. The service is also praised for being prompt. The depot opens from eight in the morning until five in the afternoon on weekdays and is closed at weekends.