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HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • NOVEMBER 2016
ASSOCIATION
Our Association is working for members
president's
message
Jeff Bernard, National President
It was a productive day and fun
evening at our recent National AGM in
Adelaide, and great to catch up with
my fellow HRIA Board Members for
our National Board Meeting during
the day. The majority of our Board
Members have significant roles in
their own organisations and are very
generous in volunteering their time to
the Association. I thank them for their
continued contribution and all the work
they do behind the scenes.
Over the past few months we’ve had a
few of our Board Members step down
and on behalf of the Association and
members, I would like to say a big thank
you to Saul Heffernan from Big Screen
Video, our South Australia President
who will be stepping down at the next
SA AGM and Liz Ward our National Vice
President formerly from Kennards Hire.
We appreciate all of their input and hard
work for the Association and wish them
all the best in their future endeavours.
We are pleased to confirm Braden
Murrin – Kennards Hire as National Vice
President.
On behalf of the Association we thank
Braden for stepping up into this position
and we look forward to working with him.
Hire and Rental News Magazine – Allison
Leo and Michelle Grady continue to do a
fantastic job with the Magazine.
The August issue saw the introduction
of separate Access in Action and Events
in Focus digital uploads on the website.
This allows readers
to quickly jump
through to news
relevant to their
specific industries.
In this November
issue you’ll find
content focusing
on Trailer &
Truck mounted
EWPs, Changes
in Legislation and
numerous other
informative industry
articles.
Remember – all the
previous issues of
the magazine can be
found on the HRIA
website under the
magazine tab. This is a fantastic resource
for industry information the Association
works hard to provide.
HRIA website
Regarding the HRIA website please be
reminded all member company details
are listed on the HRIA website, which
is used by the public to search for plant
and equipment. Make sure your details
are up to date; you can do this under the
Member Services tab.
Also under the Member Services tab,
supplier companies can upload their
Product Safety Assessment Sheets
which can be used by all member rental
companies.
The HRIA sends out a monthly newsletter
to all members via email. If you have
any local stories, new initiatives or news
about your company you’d like to summit
for the newsletter, please contact the
national office.
Best Practice
Survey
Thank you to all
members that
participated in the
Best Practice Survey
this past August.
The Survey has been
split into two parts,
with August’s survey
focusing on Financial
Performance and you
can find the results
from the survey in the
members section of
the HRIA website.
Keep an eye out for
the second part,
which will cover
employees and business initiatives.
Please participate and encourage other
members to do the same.
If we can increase the level of
participation, we’ll make the survey a
more valuable document to benchmark
industry businesses and gather key
information on issues affecting the
industry.
I’m a big fan of the Global Rental Alliance
Leadership Program and this year our
candidate is Brandon Gilbert from Coates
Hire in Queensland.
Brandon flew into Los Angeles on 1
"If we can increase
the level of
participation,
we’ll make the
survey a more
valuable document
to benchmark
industry businesses
and gather key
information on
issues affecting the
industry..."