Hirebase expands fleet with “multi-million pound deal”

Hirebase expands fleet with “multi-million pound deal”

Hirebase, part of Huws Gray Group, has announced a multi-million pound investment in additional fleet with Leicester based BTE plant.

A leading supplier of plant and tool hire that operates from 88 locations nationwide, the deal is part of a wider commitment to deliver on Hirebase’s ambitious growth plans including an intention to increase its footprint with additional locations in the first quarter of 2025.

Adrian Watts, Managing Director of Hirebase, said: “This deal with BTE Plant for Kubota excavators and Thwaites dumpers is the first of a number of deals with leading industry plant and tool hire suppliers. It demonstrates our commitment in providing our customers with a breadth of plant & tool availability, giving them the confidence to know that they can rely on us to help them get the job done.”

Main image: Hirebase MD Adrian Watts with Rebecca Bryson from BTE Plant Sale at its HQ in Markfield, Leicestershire.


The Huws Gray Group is one of the UK’s leading independent building merchants and specialist distribution businesses. Founded in 1990 from a single branch on Anglesey, the Group has rapidly expanded over the past 30 years through organic growth and acquisitions with the Group now operating over 300 trading and distribution locations and employing c.5,000 colleagues.

The Group has been backed by private equity firm Blackstone since 2021.

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