News

Super proud of our team who have met the FORS Silver!

Mainline goes the extra mile once again!  In running our vehicles to the FORS Silver standard we are raising the quality of vehicle services in terms of  legal compliance, safety efficiency and environmental protection.

How to reduce downtime on-site!

Construction downtime is every project managers worst nightmare. Not only can this downtime cause delays in project completions, but it can have a knock-on effect on the rest of the project too...

Welcome Jonathan Greaves, Account Manager

Mainline welcomes our new Regional Accounts Manager, Jonathan Greaves, who joins the business with a wealth of knowledge built over many years in the Powered Access rental business.

AER Rents acquires the Mainline Hire group

We are delighted to announce that the future of Mainline Hire Group will now rest in the hands of AER Rents, an O’Flaherty Holdings group company.

A Christmas gift from Mainline – A donation to Dementia UK

With social distancing restrictions in place, delivering ‘Christmas Thanks’ in a bottle is impossible. As an alternative, on your behalf, we have made a significant donation to Dementia UK.

Happy Birthday 50th Steve!

Big Projects in 2021 – Book Kit Now!

2021 looks like it is going to be a bumper year for the access and plant hire industry. We already have significant bookings with lots of big projects starting early in the New Year...

Do you know who you are hiring from?

Mainline are Always Ready for Work

Product Showcase – 22m Electric Scissor Lifts

Here at Mainline, not only is it our priority to support our customers by continuing to operate in a covid secure environment, but we also remain determined to maintain a high standard service on a national scale.

We are super proud of our young team members…

Mainline going for FORS Silver!

‘Going for Silver!’ our team of site engineers attended the Protecting Vulnerable Road Users with On Cycle Training.  The guys were amazing and completed over 7 miles of bike riding to appreciate how to drive carefully around bike users.

Happy Birthday and Congratulations James!

Well done to our Accounts Apprentice James, who has successfully passed his level 4 AAT – Credit Management and Management Accounting Budgets.

Audit Success

During covid-19 Mainline are proud to say we got our heads down and still managed to comply and excel in our annual audits!!

Product Showcase – 27.5m Diesel Scissor Lifts

These brand new HL275 Diesel Scissors are already proving very popular, and it's not difficult to see why.

Reinvesting for the Future

New plant machinery models added to our range!

New Machine Alert! Dingli 22m

Introducing The Latest Addition to Mainline’s Fleet: The Dingli
JCPT2223RTB Diesel Scissor Lift

Training Department Now Open Again!

Following the updated COVID-19 guidance from the government, and after extensive work to ensure the training environment is safe for everyone, we are now fully open! We are getting busy so book up fast.

Mainline Supports Development of Local Emergency Hub During COVID-19 Pandemic

Do you really know who you’re hiring from?

Spring Newsletter: Welcome to the Fifth Edition of Access All Areas

Mainline is Serving a Valentine’s Giveaway!

Mainline Offers Fire Marshal Training

Introducing Two New Scissor Lifts to Mainline’s Growing Fleet

Mainline Welcomes a New Montracon Trailer

Mainline achieves 93% customer satisfaction rate for 2019

Christmas has come early for Mainline!

Introducing the HL275/D25 Diesel Scissor Lift!

Wish our lads all the best

Happy Birthday and Congratulations Kevin!

Supporting our lads to the final

Gold day out for Mainline and customers at the BSB

Congratulations James!

Buy One Get One Free

Training Summer Sale!

Membership to the Fork Lift Truck Association

Mainline passes audits with flying colours!

Supporting Grassroots Cricket

Welcome Matthew Hubbard, Transport Manager

Supplier issues? Problem solved!

Team Spirit November / December

Well done Team!

Mainline Christmas Opening Hours

Our 2018 Christmas Opening Hours

Happy 15th Anniversary David!

Team Spirit Award – October (4x as good!)

The superstars at Mainline this month are...

Halloween’s edition of Meet the Team Monday ?

This months spooky topic is...

92% Customer Satisfaction for September

Well done team!

Team Spirit Award – September

Another month gone, who's stood out in September?

Meet the Team Monday – September

Personnel Lifts > Ladders – it’s a no brainier!

Are you using the correct equipment?

Mainline achieve 95% customer satisfaction rate for August

A brilliant effort from the Mainline team!

Team Spirit Award – August

Twice as good!

Meet the team… Tuesday!

Mainline pass with flying colours!

A big well done to that Mainline team!

Team Spirit Award – July

Who's the winner this month?

Meet the team Monday – July

Look who it is this month!

Happy 60th Birthday Jayne!

A warm welcome to our Operations Director, Metro!

Welcome, Metro!

Meet the team Monday – June

Read more about Kev, our hire desk manager!

Our Summer Newsletter has landed!

Read about what Mainline have been up to recently!

Articulating Booms vs Telescopic Booms, which one’s best for the job?

Find out more about our Articulated and Telescopic booms and how we always supply the right machine for the job!

Meet the team Monday – May

And this month our star is...

Hire vs Buy

We review the positives and negatives of hiring and buying so you can decide what is best for you.

Our first, Meet the team Monday

Find out more about the Mainline team!

Our first, Meet the team Monday

Find out more about the Mainline team!

Due to popular demand, we now have another JLG 1250

Our fleet just keeps getting bigger....

Social Media Competition!

WIN WIN WIN!

Our new Spring Newsletter is out now!

Happy Easter from the Mainline Team

An Easter treat...

Sport Relief 2018

Established in 2002, Sport Relief is a day full of sports and entertainment. People all across the country get involved in order to raise money for vulnerable people in the UK and the world's poorest countries...

Mainline goes from strength to strength!

Our engineering team are constantly going above and beyond to be the best! Find out about the latest story!

Mainline Celebrates National Apprenticeship Week

Mainline, supporting career development through Apprenticeships.

Mainline celebrates 35 Years in the industry and we are still going strong!

In May 1982 Keith and Carole Williams set up Mainline Tool & Plant Hire with just a few tools, a cement mixer in a small unit on Midland Road Industrial Estate...

Company Director, Carole Williams, makes a heartfelt speech dedicated to our loyal customers, supportive friends and hardworking staff

35 years in the industry is some achievement and to celebrate this landmark Mainline threw a 35 year anniversary party on Saturday 21 October...

Smartclad Ltd use Mainline for Knauf Calcination plant extension

As part of an extension to Knauf Calcination Plant, Smartclad Ltd had the task applying cladding to a 31 metre high development...

Mainline machine stolen and used in an ATM robbery

A mainline telehandler was used to rip out an ATM machine from Nationwide Building Society, on Market street in Ashby...

Mainline Support Royal Trinity Hospice

Royal Trinity Hospice cares for people living with progressive, life-limiting illnesses and their families across central and southwest London...

Mainline receives sky high audit results!

Mainline are extremely proud of the excellent results received whilst being audited...

Mainline assist with The Weeping Window Poppies display

As seen on The Derby Telegraph and East Midlands News, The Weeping Window poppies display at Derby Silk Mill is near completion and Mainline are assisting...

Mainline reviews Vertikal Days 2017

Mainline attended the annual Vertikal Days, the largest Access event in the UK, which took place at Silverstone.

The Benefits Of Long-Term Hire

Why buy when you can hire?

Let us explain why the overall costs and benefits favour hire

Poor Training & Planning Resulting in Severe Injuries

Last year, a construction company was given a project to install lamp posts for a new railway operating centre but with the lack of training and project planning, it caused an operator for the subcontracting company severe burns and injuries.

The change in CSCS cards for Steel Erectors

Major contractors and house builders require all workers to hold a valid CSCS card. Previously, a worker would only need basic training but now the rules have changed...

Helping out Local Football Clubs

A local semi-professional team hit upon an issue when their flood lights broke before one of their big games...

Mainline have Genie Accredited Engineers

Our engineers have been on a course run by Genie...

Happy New Year!

We’re back and ready to go – call us now for all your Access and Training needs.

Merry Christmas – we’re closed from 1.30pm on 23rd December, returning at 7am on 3rd January 2017!

If you still need your equipment in the new year and can store it securely, why not suspend your hire for the days you are not working by sending an email to info@mainline-hire.co.uk

Aggressive replenishment programme continues…

Our aggressive replenishment programme continues! We've added a 18.47m JLG 600AJ boom to our fleet...

Customer Announcement

If you still need your equipment in the new year and can store it securely, why not suspend your hire for the days you are not working by sending an email to info@mainline-hire.co.uk

Aggressive Replenishment Programme – yet another new machine…

We're currently undergoing an aggressive replenishment programme so our fleet is growing rapidly.

PASMA Tower Safety Week

Mainline are supporting PASMA Tower Safety Week...

Countdown begins…

It's not long now until Mainline will be at Construction Week, NEC, Birmingham (18/10/16)...

Customer Announcement

From 5th October 2016, Mainline Group will exclusively use Construction Plant Hire Association (CPA) Terms and Conditions.

Aggressive replenishment programme

We’re upgrading our delivery fleet with the addition of two more artics...

Mainline will be at the NEC Construction Week 18-20th October

It's our first time, we're very excited! See us on stand B3/237...

Mainline Scissor Lifts help film blockbuster Jason Statham movie…

Cameras are rolling at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire where they’re busy filming the latest Transporter movie starring Jason Statham.

Training Centre Upgrade

Today we’re unveiling a new sign on the front of our building; it can be seen from the end of the road and it shouts out that we are an accredited Training Centre. From now on all our delegates will be able to find us with ease as no one could miss our brand new bright yellow sign!

We go the extra mile for our customers!

We really had no problem pulling out all the stops to get a customers order to them on Friday afternoon, even though their client had said it was impossible!

Another brand new Cherry Picker added to our fleet!

We’ve just taken delivery of this brand new Cherry Picker. It’s a JLG 450AJ Series II and it’s fresh off the production line.

Mainline’s 32m Megastar Scissor Lift goes to Anfield

Mainline’s 32m Megastar Scissor Lift is currently working at Liverpool’s famous Anfield Stadium.

Mainline Power Generation powering Ashby Show…

On Sunday 10th July, Mainline, once again, provided the power for Ashby Show. The show is now in its 102nd year and has become an incredibly popular event across the Midlands and beyond.

Exterior cleaning made easy with a Genie Z-80 Cherry Picker…

The articulated boom of the Genie Z-80 cherry picker is seen here reaching all around this six storey hotel building enabling ISOE Commercial Cleaning to access the extensive cladding and give it a thorough clean.

Getting into a tight spot with a Cherry Picker

When the netting at Chester Zoo’s Hornbill enclosure needed vital attention, our Nifty HR17N Cherry Picker was the only machine for the job.

Manitou 280TJ Helps Derby County Prepare for Championship Play-off!

Here's our Manitou 280TJ helping Derby County prepare their ground for the home leg of the Championship Play-off Semi Finals against Hull on Saturday 14th May.

We traded in our tools for dancing shoes!

Mainline got involved in Sport Relief this year and encouraged all staff to get up and get active!

Introducing our new star…

A brand new addition to Mainline’s Scissor Lift collection.

Two Brand New Dingli Machines!

We’ve just added two brand new Dingli machines to our fleet. We have an 11.8m electric scissor lift and an 11.2m self-propelled boom. Both machines fill gaps in our range and will allow us to offer a better spectrum of working heights to our customers.

Mainline & Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Mainline Telehandler installs solar panels at Derbyshire County Cricket Club’s new Media Centre.

Albion Gateway Scheme

Mainline scissor lifts are busy getting the job done at the New Burton Albion Gateway Regeneration Site.

Brand New Mainline Trailer…

We have just taken delivery of our brand new trailer. It’s the latest addition to our fleet and will help us deliver even more of our large machines to customer sites around the UK.

Children in Need Heroes!!!

Today the Mainline Team have been raising money for Children in Need by dressing up as heroes. There’s been a real mix of costumes ranging from the classic Super Girl and Wonder Woman through to Hit Girl, Jimmy Krankie and the 118 118 guys!!!

Children in Need Bike Ride

Members of the Mainline Team took part in a charity bike ride to raise money for BBC Children in Need.

Mainline Win Contract at £30m Derby Development

There are very few machines that can provide the degree of access and flexibility vital for this type of work. The Genie Z-135 is just one of many pieces of Mainline kit that can be seen on site.

Raising Money for Help for Heroes

On Sunday 6th September the Mainline team took part in the Heart of the Forest Charity Dragon Boat Race. Fun was had by all whilst raising money for Help for Heroes!

IPAF Audit Passed with Praise from Auditor!

IPAF Audit passed with no 'non-conformities', no 'corrective actions' and nothing but praise from the Auditor!

NEW! JLG Liftlux 203-24 Diesel Scissor Lift

Yet another new machine! The JLG Liftlux 206-24 is a 20.3m diesel scissor lift with a triple scissor arm designed to provide the elevated platform with a unique lateral rigidity.

NEW! – Snorkel A38E Electric Boom

The latest addition to our fleet is the Snorkel A38E, a popular electric articulated boom lift with smooth, easy to use controls.
Available for hire now!

Fantastic New Training Facilities

This May we’ve been improving our Training Centre so we’re able to offer an even more welcoming environment for delegates.

25m Combistar Hybrid Scissor wins IAPA Product of the Year

Our recently purchased 25m Hybrid Scissor Lifts have been awarded IPAF Product of the Year 2015 in the category ‘Self Propelled Scissors’.

The Height of Comedy: Mainline Fundraise for Comic Relief

This year we aimed high with our fundraising efforts for Comic Relief, sending members of our team up in the highest scissor lift in the UK for their Red Nose Day ‘selfie’.

NEW 25m Combistar Holland Lift Hybrid Scissor Lifts

We’re over the moon to now be the proud owners of the only 25m Hybrid Scissor Lifts in the UK.

Mainline First to Fit Safety Feature on Genie Z-135s

Following a safety notice released by Genie on Thursday 22nd January 2015, Mainline Access & Training have reacted quickly to ensure their fleet meets the highest possible safety standards...

Genie Z-135 Promotion

Anyone who confirms an order of a Z-135 will receive a FREE limited edition, die-cast model as a gift, while stocks last!

NEW 32m Megastar Holland Scissor Lifts

We are pleased to announce the arrival of not one, but two 32M Megastar Holland Lifts to the Mainline Fleet!

Mainline Christmas Decoration Competition

The Mainline team have gone all out with the Christmas festivities this year!