Ashtead Group
Type | Public limited company |
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LSE: AHT FTSE 100 Component | |
ISIN | GB0000536739 |
Industry | Plant hire |
Founded | 1947 |
Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Key people |
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Revenue | £4,606.5 million (2020)[1] |
£1,285.3 million (2020)[1] | |
£739.7 million (2020)[1] | |
Number of employees | 13,233 (2021)[2] |
Website | www |
Ashtead Group plc is a British industrial equipment rental company based in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.[3]
History[]
Ashtead was founded in 1947, in the village of Ashtead, Surrey, as Ashtead Plant and Tool Hire.[4] In 1986, it was first listed on the London Stock Exchange.[4]
In November 2018, it was announced that Geoff Drabble would retire as CEO after twelve years on 1 May 2019, and would be succeeded by Brendan Horgan, the Group COO and chief executive of Sunbelt Rentals, Ashtead's North American business.[5]
Operations[]
The company operates internationally, servicing customers in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.[6] Approximately 85% of its revenue is generated in the United States through the subsidiary Sunbelt Rentals, currently present in six hundred locations across the United States and Canada.[6]
British operations[]
Sunbelt Rentals, formerly known as A-Plant, is present in over 185 locations throughout the United Kingdom, and has the following divisions:[6]
- A-Plant, Plant
- A-Plant, Accommodation
- Astra Site Services, Excavator Attachments
- Brightlights
- FLG Services, Lifting and Handling Specialists
- Hoist-It LTD
- GB Access
- Hewden Industrial, equipment hire to the petrochemical industry
- Leada Acrow
- Live Trakway
- Mather+Stuart Power Solutions
- PSS Hire
- Rapid Climate Control
- Tool Hire Express
- A-Plant, Powered Access
- A-Plant Customer Training Solutions
- A-Plant, Rail
- A-Plant, Lux Traffic Systems
- Opti-cal Survey Equipment (Survey Hire Express)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Annual Results 2020" (PDF). Ashtead Group. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
- ^ "At a glance - Ashstead Group". Ashtead Group. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "Two Companies To Join FTSE 100 Index". mondovisione.com. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Our history". Ashtead Group. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ Pollok, Murray (30 November 2018). "Drabble to retire from Ashtead in 2019". KHL. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "AHT Profile & Executives - Ashtead Group PLC". Bloomberg. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
External links[]
- Business services companies of the United Kingdom
- Business services companies established in 1947
- Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
- Construction equipment rental companies of the United Kingdom
- Companies based in the City of London
- 1947 establishments in England
- Companies based in London
- 1947 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Companies established in 1947
- Construction companies based in London