Nationwide Platforms

Nationwide Platforms is part of the Loxam Group, which has focused exclusively on equipment rental to professionals for more than 50 years. The company operates depots located across the UK and has over 12,000 machines on its fleet. It serves the infrastructure, construction, facilities management, nuclear, telecoms, TV, film, media and events, aviation, and wind sectors.

Its hire services include boom lifts with working heights from 10m to 58.5m, scissor lifts providing access up to 33.5m, low level access platforms up to 8m with safe working loads up to 250kg, tracked booms with working heights up to 31m, truck mounted cherry pickers with access from 13.3m to 90m, van mounts with working heights between 12m and 16.5m, and telehandlers lifting to heights up to 17.5m with capacity up to 4,000kg. It also provides powered access training, Harness ON™ for safe working at height, and my.NationwidePlatforms, a suite of online tools to manage and monitor accounts. Nationwide Platforms is certified as a 'Great Place to Work'.

Trainees attending courses at the Durham site describe a mixed experience shaped largely by the instructor they encounter. Those who completed IPAF and PASMA training repeatedly praise the relaxed atmosphere and the clarity of the teaching, with Brian named as a standout figure who makes participants feel at ease throughout the course. Several reviewers note that the venue is straightforward to locate within the industrial estate and that parking is readily available, while the wider staff team is described as helpful and welcoming during course administration.

On the other hand, a recurring theme among less favourable accounts concerns the conduct of some trainers, with complaints about an unprofessional attitude and a hostile manner during a 3a3b course. Others report being let down badly on a project, and one reviewer describes an interaction that felt confrontational over something as minor as borrowing a pen. The pattern that emerges is of a training provider whose practical instruction and approachable instructors win genuine appreciation, yet where consistency in customer service and trainer behaviour remains the central source of dissatisfaction.