Specialist divisions

Over the past couple of years Hire Station have built up a network of dedicated ‘Heating Centres of Excellence’.

Centred on our dedicated heating centre - Arcotherm based in Alfreton. Each of our dedicated heating centres provides specialist heater hire to every Hire Station customer. Arcotherm is the UK’s sole supplier of Biemmedue equipment and has over 20 years of experience in the heating industry becoming the leading supplier of portable heating equipment in the country.

Our network of specialised heating centres can provide the exact type of equipment where and when you need it and with 12 dedicated branches located throughout the UK you are never too far away.

At each of our heating centres we offer the following products:

• Halogen & infrared heaters
• Butane cabinet heaters
• Propane box heaters
• Electric fan heaters
• 3 different specifications of direct fired LPG heaters
• 2 different specifications of direct oil fired heaters
• Diesel warehouse heaters
• 3 different specifications of indirect oil fired heaters

These are just a selection of the heaters available from our centres of excellence, to see what else we offer please view our heater section.

Below is a list of our dedicated 'Heating Centres of Excellence' branches:

Hire Station are accredited members of LEEA (the ‘Lifting Equipment Engineers Association – Lifting Standards Worldwide’). LEEA is established across the world as THE respected and authoritative representative body for all those involved in the lifting industry. The association has played a key role in this very specialised field for over seven decades, from training and standard setting through to health and safety. Alongside the provision of technical and legal advice and the development of examination and licensing systems.

Hire Station are represented at the highest level across a range of both public and private bodies including various government departments, as well as both nationally and internationally recognised professional and technical institutions. LEEA are registered in various forms of ISO (see our FAQ for more details) and also a member of DROPS (Dropped Objects Prevention Scheme). LEEA is constantly involved with all aspects of the industry helping to promote the highest technical and safety standards whilst also offering a wide range of services and support to its members on a global scale.

Our Lifting centres also provide  the following equipment:

Loose Lifting Equipment: Chain blocks, winches, slings, shackles, eyebolts & jacking equipment

Fixed Lifting Equipment: Runway beams, overhead cranes, jib's, tail lifts, davits, sockets & hoists

Our service engineers can provide examination and test services on your lifting equipment & accessories. If your equipment isn't listed please contact us to see if we can come to an arrangement. With our nationwide team of LEEA qualified engineers our Hire Station staff inspect thousands of items every year to meet the required LOLER and PUWER requirements.

Below is a list of our dedicated 'Lifting Centres of Excellence' branches:

As well as our dedicated centres we also have branches that contain both heating and lifting specialities which we call our 'Dual Excellence Centres'.

The centres combine the benefits of both our heating and lifting expertise under one roof. Our dual centres are placed at strategic locations across the country making sure the centres cover most of mainland England and Scotland.

Each of our 'Dual Excellence Centres' are accredited by the same affiliations as the individual specialised branches.

Having 2 specialities under one roof produced numerous benefits, the most important being now customers within the catchment areas of the branches have every resource in one building. 

All of our excellence centres, heating, lifting and dual carry the latest equipment available whilst fully maintaining the tools on offer and providing full training when required or requested.

Here is a list of our Dual Excellence Centre branches: