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    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      Ashtead profits jump 30% as US manufacturing moves ‘onshore’

      UK equipment rental group sees momentum from big construction projects and Biden legislation

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Ashtead sticks with London listing despite surging US business

      Construction equipment rental group has no plans to follow move by CRH

      A heavy construction vehicle operated by Ashtead in the US
    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      UK companies
      Ashtead/construction: procyclical groups must build up protections

      Plant hire businesses should taper buybacks, shelve pricey takeover plans and rein in expenses

      A worker operates construction equipment
    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      Ashtead benefits as supply constraints boost rental market

      Equipment hire group reports revenue rise but shares fall as concerns over economic growth mount

      Builders work from scaffolding on a residential property construction site in Surrey
    • Friday, 10 December, 2021
      Investments
      Investors’ Chronicle: Ashtead, Babcock, Stagecoach

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

    • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
      Ashtead raises forecast after supply chain crunch spurs rentals

      UK’s best-performing stock propelled higher as company says it is bullish on growth prospects

      A construction worker driving a digger bearing the logo of Sunbelt Rentals
    • Saturday, 18 September, 2021
      UK industrial group Ashtead shoots for stars with Hollywood expansion plan

      Supplier of diggers to construction sites plots LA breakthrough for its film equipment rental business

      An Ashtead heavy mover
    • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
      Ashtead raises wages in fight for US labour

      FTSE 100 company to increase hourly pay by $1.25 to almost $25 for 7,000 skilled staff

      Compared with the same period a year ago, Ashtead doubled its operating profit to £264m
    • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
      FTSE 100
      Ashtead: the dollarisation of the FTSE 100 Premium content

      Takeovers combined with infrequent flotations have whittled down the LSE’s inventory of listed stocks

    • Sunday, 25 April, 2021
      Ashtead predicts boost from US infrastructure plans

      The head of construction equipment hire group says a wave of spending is more likely than it has been for a generation

    • Friday, 11 December, 2020
      Investments
      Investors Chronicle: Ashtead, Marston’s, British American Tobacco

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

    • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
      LombardJamie Powell
      Ashtead’s bet on diversity and discipline pays in full

      Tool hire proves a resilient niche; bookmakers have little to fear from another gambling review

      Ashstead now offers customers the opportunity to rent not just forklifts and diggers but high-definition film cameras and pest-control equipment
    • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
      City Bulletin
      City Bulletin: Ashtead first-half results beat expectations Premium content

      Ashtead results, Uber invests in driverless start-up, Mary Portas on Sir Philip Green

    • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
      Ashtead lifts guidance and maintains half-year dividend

      Equipment hire group benefits from status as an essential business

    • Friday, 19 June, 2020
      Investments
      Investors Chronicle: Telecom Plus, Ashtead, BP

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

    • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
      Ashtead keeps dividend despite widespread cuts to investor payouts

      Tool and plant hire group reports fall in profits but hails ‘resilient’ performance

    • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
      Ashtead to refocus UK business after sharp profit fall

      A-Plant unit has suffered from tougher competition and a weaker pound

      Ashstead Plant Hire : A-Plant is one of the UK’s largest plant, tool and equipment hire companies, hiring a vast range of non-operated equipment, from power tools, cement mixers and accommodation units to excavators, compressors, scissor lifts and other types of equipment for industry and construction in the film and TV industry.
    • Tuesday, 11 December, 2018
      fastFTMatthew Vincent
      Opening Quote: Ashtead boss basks in US Sunbelt glow 
      Geoff Drabble the Ashtead CEO. 27/3/17.
    • Friday, 9 November, 2018
      Investments
      Ashtead non-exec buys on weakness

      Shares have been on the slide since early October

      A driver works his way through a maze of fallen utility poles damaged in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Taft, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
    • Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      JD Sports reveals the secrets of surviving the UK high street

      Retailer bucks trend again, but its recipe is not easy to replicate

      A customer walks past soccer boots and balls at a JD Sports Fashion Plc sportswear retail store on Oxford Street in London, U.K., on Thursday, April 28, 2016. With a market value of 2.37 billion pounds ($3.5 billion), JD Sports Fashion Plc has overtaken Sports Direct International Plc, controlled by billionaire Mike Ashley. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
      fastFTMatthew Vincent
      Opening Quote: Ashtead’s American accent, Unilever’s single Dutch
    • Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
      UK companies
      Ashtead sales rise 22 % on strong equipment rental demand

      FTSE 100 equipment hire group reports sustained demand after hurricane boost

    • Tuesday, 19 June, 2018
      LexUK companies
      US property/Ashtead: storm chaser Premium content

      It is worth sticking with the rental equipment company’s stocks

      Ducks perch on the branch of a tree next to a home destroyed by Hurricane Maria in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. President Donald Trump lashed out at hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico on Thursday, insisting in tweets that the federal government can’t keep sending help “forever” and suggesting the U.S. territory was to blame for its financial struggles. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
    • Tuesday, 19 June, 2018
      Corporate earnings and results
      Ashtead misses targets despite boost from hurricane damage

      Harvey, Irma and Maria help deliver 21% rise in revenues at equipment rental group

      A driver works his way through a maze of fallen utility poles damaged in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Taft, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
    • Tuesday, 19 June, 2018
      UK companies
      Ashtead sales rise 21% after boost from US hurricane clean-up

      The rental group reported a strong rise in revenues and profit before tax for the year

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