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Summit Platforms has relocated its South West region powered access and telehandler rental operation to a larger depot to provide the extra space and facilities needed for continued growth. The company’s Bristol depot has moved to a one-acre site with a 15,000 ft purpose-prepared refurbished storage, workshop, training and office building in Avonmouth. Summit Platforms Director James Watson said: “We’d outgrown our previous premises and needed extra space to meet growing demand......

Powered access rental specialist Summit Platforms has stepped up first aid protection for colleagues and customers by installing automated external defibrillators at all its depots. The devices can save the life of a person having a sudden cardiac arrest by automatically analysing the disrupted rhythm of the heart and delivering a controlled electric shock to restore it. Hundreds of lives are saved across the UK through the use of automated external defibrillators (AED), which are designed......

Powered access and telehandler rental specialist Summit Platforms has been selected to join the Buzzacott Organic Growth 25 list for 2023. The list, last published in 2021, identifies 25 of the companies with the highest organic growth rates, with no external investment, in the UK. With revenue growth of 118% in 2022-23, Summit Platforms has won a place in Buzzacott Organic Growth 25 (OG25) for the first time, ranking 15th in the companies listed. Summit Platforms Director Gordon McGill......

Access platform and telehandler hire specialist Summit Platforms has achieved two important international standards – ISO 14001 for environmental management and ISO 45001 for occupational health and safety. They are added to ISO 9001 for quality management, which the company already held, to create a suite of standards that give customers assurances about the quality, safety and sustainability of Summit Platforms’ services. The company underwent a series of stringent external audits,......

  Summit Platforms is continuing with its IPAF engineering apprenticeship scheme for a second year after a successful first year in 2022. The scheme provides three years of training on the IPAF Level 3 Lift, Truck and Powered Access Technician course, leading to candidates becoming qualified service engineers. Summit Platforms is using the programme to develop the engineering talent it needs to maintain high standards of customer service and support the continued growth of the......

Summit Platforms is dedicated to providing the latest in modern equipment accompanied with the highest levels of customer service, ensuring their customers can work at height safely. The Summit Platforms engineers play an important part in this, carrying out pre-delivery inspections, services and repairs in the depot workshops as well as traveling to customer sites. Each depot has a team of knowledgeable and experienced engineers, trained to the highest standard on all types of powered......

An exciting opportunity to join national powered access provider Summit Platforms and begin a rewarding career in engineering. The company is offering a place on the IPAF Level 3 Lift Truck and Powered Access Engineering Technician apprenticeship scheme at its Glasgow depot, which provides three years of training resulting in the candidate becoming a qualified service engineer. Summit Platforms is using the programme to develop the engineering talent it needs to maintain high standards......

  Summit Platforms is acutely aware of the challenges being faced by many people due to the recent increases in the cost of living. To help our teams, we'll be providing all Summit Platforms employees with four Cost of Living support payments. The payments will start in November and continue until February. Summit Platforms priority has always been to provide a safe, enjoyable and secure place to work and develop a career, and we will continue to do all we can to support our teams.

Drivers from the Summit Platforms Birmingham depot completed a Safe Urban Driving CPC course. This course involves drivers going out on a bike for half a day to understand what it’s like to be a vulnerable road user.They took to the roads of Birmingham on Saturday 15th October to complete the course and came away with a better understanding of what cyclists must contend with when cycling around town. Driver Andrew Smith (also known as Scooby) said: “It was interesting getting out on......

“I’ve learned more in 18 months here, than in my previous five years of work. I absolutely love the job.” Jac Ellis cannot be clearer about how much he is enjoying working as a pre-delivery inspection engineer at the Summit Platforms depot in Birmingham. He joined the company in March 2021 and has benefited from a programme of structured training and mentoring to quickly become a valued member of the team, looking forward to a range of options for career development. Professional......