Press Releases

LGH welcomed over 100 guests to this year’s Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) Golf Day, which took place at the Wychwood Park Golf Club in Cheshire, UK on Thursday 14 June 2018. LGH, a lifting equipment hire company, secured full membership in LEEA, the world’s leading representative body for all those involved in the industry, […]

  LEEA and ISO 9001 accreditation LGH has become a full member of LEEA and received ISO 9001 accreditation, just weeks after marking a year back in the UK marketplace.   Recognition from the Lifting Equipment Engineers Association, the world’s leading representative body for all those involved in the industry, and the International Organization for […]

  Dippy the Dinosaur goes on tour   Have you met Dippy? Once the star attraction of the Natural History Museum, Dippy the dinosaur (diplodocus to be precise) has delighted visitors since he arrived in London in 1905. Now he’s hitting the road for the first time, travelling the length and breadth of the country […]

LGH has added to its fleet of load cells with a landmark order for Straightpoint (SP) Radiolink plus units, ranging in capacity from 5t to 500t. LGH will now be able to offer the highest capacity Radiolink plus load cells available for rent in Europe with a pair of 500t products. Agreed at last year’s […]

LGH will this month (December) celebrate a year since returning to the UK lifting and rigging marketplace. It completes 12 months with three facilities, in Manchester, London and Aberdeen, after reaching a series of milestones throughout 2017. Ian Parkinson, Chairman of LGH said “Since its launch in 1970, LGH has grown into a multinational company. […]

FORS bronze, silver and gold membership provides progressive accreditation, enabling operators to achieve exemplary levels of best practice. LGH has received bronze accreditation from the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS), a voluntary organisation that promotes best practice for commercial vehicle operators, within a year of returning to the industry. FORS bronze, silver and gold membership […]

LGH has acquired the Aberdeen, Scotland-based hire division of JD Neuhaus (JDN) Ltd., a manufacturer of hoists and crane systems for extreme environments. JDN, headquartered in Germany, will retain its other UK divisions, including sales and repair, and will remain an LGH supplier. The value of the transaction was not disclosed. The landmark acquisition, which […]