BUSINESS PROFILE
SOUTHERN CRANES & ACCESS Increasing investment in its equipment and headquarters along with a need to provide the highest levels of service and safety show that Southern Cranes & Access is serious about its position in the crane hire industry The business can trace its roots back to 1981 when Mike Sadler started Gamble and Sadler Crane Hire which he grew steadily and eventually sold to Hewden Stuart Crane Hire in 1995. A couple of years later, Southern Crane Services was born with Mike and his two sons Clive and Robert at the helm. In 2003 Kelvin Prince joined the team setting up a part of the business that was more London-focused. The company was renamed as Southern Cranes & Access Ltd and, with plenty of investment and hard work, has growninto the thriving business that it is today. The company currently boasts an extensive and diverse fleet of machinery. This includes 45 mobile cranes ranging from 20 to 300 tonne capacity, over 80 items of powered access and telehandlers along with a comprehensive fleet of transport primarily used to support the core business.
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Having rented premises for many years, in 2015 the business eventually managed to find and purchase a suitable site from (repetition of ‘premises’) which the whole operation could be based. The Southwater yard now boasts approximately six-acres of hard standing for the storage of plant, purpose-built workshops and offices. The size and scale of the Southwater premises ensures that the business has plenty of room for growth in the future. The company also operates from premises in Camberley, Surrey and Thatcham,
