Selco Builders Warehouse has extended its partnerships with HSS Hire and Chiltern Brick and Tile following successful pilot schemes.
The leading tool and equipment hire specialists opened its first satellite operations in four Selco branches – Slough, Milton Keynes, Tottenham and Ashton-under-Lyne – and the service has now been expanded to a total of 15 branches. In addition to the original quartet, HSS Hire can now be found in 15 Selco branches with the latest additions being found in West Thurrock, Charlton, Rochester, Camberley, Walthamstow, Crayford, Cricklewood, Purley South Croydon, Catford, Redhill and Guildford.
Craig Bowler, Head of Development at Selco (pictured, centre), said: “We’ve been thrilled with the way that our partnership with HSS Hire has been received by our customers. In all the branches we have already launched HSS Hire, the response has been fantastic and our customers are thriving on the fact they can purchase their materials and fulfil their hire requirements at the same time.
“Expanding the partnership was always in the pipeline and we are delighted to have taken the next steps in that process.”
Nick Hadley, Director at HSS Hire, added: “We were confident that the Selco partnership would be successful for all parties and that’s exactly how it has turned out. There is a natural fit between the services offered by a builders’ merchant and a tool and equipment hire specialist.”
HSS Hire isn’t the only service Selco has introduced over the last 12 months which has been expanded. The Brick Store was created in four branches earlier this year to mark the start of a partnership with Chiltern Brick and Tile.
Initially launched in Enfield, Milton Keynes, Hemel Hempstead and St Albans, the initiative – which sees the merchant offer more than 200 bricks from a wide range of manufacturers and displayed on a special ‘show wall’ – was quickly expanded to Watford, Cricklewood and Tottenham, and the service has now opened in Coventry, Leicester and Peterborough.
Customers entering these branches can either match their brick with one displayed or use the QR code to provide their information and request a follow-up call.
Main image: Ali Raza (left) and Andrew Vincent, both of HSS Hire, with Selco’s Head of Development Craig Bowler.
