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inspHire Classroom Training Sessions
21st Jun 2010
Due to continued success of the inspHire Classroom Training Sessions, further dates for Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced users are now available. Whether you have new starters on your Hire Desk, you are a new user to the system, or even if you are a competent inspHire user, the Classroom sessions are an ideal way to build on your inspHire knowledge and get the most out of your inspHire system.
The next inspHire Classrooms will be:
Beginners on Thursday 5th August:
Intermediate on Thursday 12th August, Thursday 16th September
Advanced on Thursday 19th August, Thursday 23rd September
All sessions will comprise of training on Hire and Sales Order Processing:
This includes Reports, Enquiry Screens, Customer Orders, Enquiries and more.
(Please email us for a breakdown of the differences between the 'Beginner', 'Intermediate' and 'Advanced' inspHire Classrooms).
inspHire Classrooms run from 10am – 4pm and comprise of no more than 8 attendees.
The cost per day is £99 per person (ex VAT) and includes a buffet lunch and training materials for you to take away.
If you or someone at your company is interested in attending inspHire Classroom Training Sessions , or you would like further information, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
inspHire Masterclass at VertiKal Days
10th Jun 2010
Masterclasses are FREE and are for inspHire customers who want to further expand their knowledge of inspHire and use the system to its full potential.
- Managing X-Hires
- Using inspHire for Sales Order Processing
- Smart Views and Reporting
- Introduction to Back to Back Purchase Ordering
- Service and Scheduled Maintenance
- Workshop
- Smart Views and Reporting

inspHire at HAE Awards 2010
14th May 2010
inspHire joined a host of industry specialists at the HAE Awards presentation and dinner on Saturday 8th May at the Landmark Hotel in London. inspHire customer SHC Hire Centres took winner of the Excellence in Training Award and Highly Commended in the the Excellence in Customer Care category. Matt Cunningham Operations Director at inspHire said "Once again the HAE put on a great night. We would like to extend our congratulations to all of the award winners and in particular to Claire and the team at SHC Hire Centres for their well deserved success."
Gearhouse Broadcast
5th May 2010
Gearhouse Broadcast selected inspHire Corporate Edition rental management solution for the AV industry to run its rental operations in the UK and USA.
“inspHire rental software gives us visibility of our sales and rental stock across multiple depots and companies within the group across the globe. This enables us to forecast rental stock requirements/shortfalls months ahead when planning and quoting for large projects.
The system also provides us with detailed tracking and utilisation for each of the 1000’s of unique items we hold on our asset register recording each transaction from point of purchase through each rental to the potential sale. This enables the group to ensure our kit is where it is required in the world.
inspHire demonstrates at Vertikal Days
28th Apr 2010
At Vertikal Days 2010 inspHire will be demonstrating its Hire Management Solutions – a simple to use hire package tailored to meet the specific needs of the powered access rental market and used by industry specialists like Facelift, Rapid Platforms, AFI, Spiderlift, Easi-UpLifts, and Higher Access.
A simple to use and familiar interface has been designed to give the user a comprehensive view of the business, tracking equipment, customers and trends. inspHire’s full off-hire service routine with attached test certification helps businesses to control their hire fleets effectively. Test Certificates can be tailor made to best fit the business and printed out at the users convenience and the system will also prevent users from booking fleet items without the test certification. Other key features include Service Scheduling, pre-delivery inspections, monitoring machine certification data and tracking tools to enable businesses to improve their service levels.
With over 700+ implementations inspHire offers applications to suit powered access businesses of all sizes - from start-ups to multi-depot organisations. Latest developments include Vista Certified inspHire CRM which is intuitively simple and created specifically for the rental industry – providing a one-stop-shop harnessing customer information to help build stronger more profitable relationships - now with remote synchronisation. inspHire MobileWorking provides the freedom to work away from a hardwired workstation. Using the latest .Net technology inspHire MobileWorking frees up staff to process orders more efficiently with barcode or RFID functionality even quicker than ever and includes features like signature capture on-site. inspHire WebPortal allows rental companies to service customers more efficiently, 24/7, giving customers access to information about the equipment they have on rent, when and wherever they want it.
See inspHire on stand MP19 in the Marketplace.
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inspHire Classroom Training Sessions Now Available
6th Apr 2010
Classroom Training Sessions for new and advanced users of inspHire are now available. If you have new starters or you are a competent inspHire user and would like to build on your inspHire knowledge and get the most out of your inspHire system.
The next inspHire Classrooms will be:
Beginners on Thursday 3rd June, Thursday 5th August:
Intermediate on Thursday 10th June, Thursday 12th August
Advanced on Thursday 24th June, Thursday 19th August
All sessions will comprise of training on Hire and Sales Order Processing:
This includes Reports, Enquiry Screens, Customer Orders, Enquiries and more.
(Please email us for a breakdown of the differences between the 'Beginner', 'Intermediate' and 'Advanced' inspHire Classrooms).
inspHire Classrooms run from 10am – 4pm and comprise of no more than 8 attendees.
The cost per day is £99 per person (ex VAT) and includes a buffet lunch and training materials for you to take away.
If you or someone at your company is interested in attending inspHire Classroom Training Sessions , or you would like further information, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Passionate Hirer Award goes to HIRE-IT
6th Apr 2010
305 independent plant hire companies all over the UK were visited anonymously by the Executive Hire News. After additional visits and telephone enquiries to each of the companies had been made HIRE-IT! was announced the winner at the Executive Hire Show 2010 . The judges highlighted the hirer's "positive response to the current economic challenges, by entering new markets and identifying where it could add value to its existing business. The Company has evaluated and carefully entered the plant market with a selection of niche machines , many of which are not easily found anywhere else in the area".
Congratulations to John and the team from all at inspHire.
Russian translation for inspHire Rental Management Solution
31st Mar 2010
The inspHire Rental Management Solution has recently been translated into Russian for Kazakhstan based company Denholm Zholdas.
Part of the Denholm Group of companies, Denholm Zholdas provides a range of services within the oilfields of Kazakhstan. Within its plant hire activities it provides compressor, lift and generator rental. Denholm Zholdas was looking for a modern rental management application that could manage its service and repairs as well as tracking its fleet and with user screens available in both English and Russian.
After comparing the merits of several rental and asset management software suppliers, they selected inspHire Office Edition.
“inspHire greatly improves our asset tracking, and helps reduce the misplacement of stock and equipment. Already with inspHire we are obtaining immediate benefits. The system enables us to better utilise and maintain our equipment, resulting in fewer failures, improved availability and ultimately in improved customer satisfaction. The tracking of the maintenance of safety critical equipment and components is also greatly improved.”
Gus Gill, Denholm Zholdas
Graham Dobbs, Managing Director of inspHire said “We are extremely pleased to be selected by Denholm Zholdas, a major player in Oilfield services and a well respected organisation. inspHire have a proven track record in delivering market leading solutions in asset management and rental solutions to blue chip organisations and working with a company of Denholm Zholdas standing reinforces our position in the market place.”
inspHire opens Customer Training Suite
30th Mar 2010
Recent building work at inspHire Nottingham Offices is now complete, increasing capacity by over 30% to allow for current and future growth. The extension of office space has also provided space for a state of the art, fully equipped training centre and presentation suite for the use of inspHire customers.
“inspHire Classroom training sessions will be available to all our customers from beginners right through to advanced users." Said Graham Dobbs, Managing Director of inspHire. “ We’ve also broken the sessions down by industry type to ensure that the training is as relevant and useful as possible. The Classroom Training Sessions are ideal both for new users of inspHire as well as competent inspHire users that would like to expand their knowledge of the inspHire hire management system. The first inspHire Classroom took place on March 24th and was a great success. ”
Dave Stainton from Redline Building Supplies and Services said “Overall I found the training to be extremely useful as it enabled me to keep up to speed with current upgrades. Working with other InspHire users was also beneficial as you learn from their experiences.
I would recommend this training to other companies as the training facilities were of a high standard and the course excellent value for the money.”
Glen Wright from Chippindale Plant Ltd said “The inspHire Classroom Training has taught me things I didn’t know about the inspHire system and some things I had forgotten! It will help me no end training new starters and the videos on the CD will be an excellent training tool. I will certainly be attending the Advanced Course.”
If you are interested in attending inspHire Classroom Training Sessions please contact inspHire on 01159 793377 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
inspHire exhibits at PSE 2010
22nd Mar 2010
For the fifth year running inspHire demonstrated its Hire Management Solutions at the PSE exhibition.
“Once again we had the chance to meet both new clients who were keen to see how inspHire could help them make their businesses more efficient, and existing customers who came to see the new functionality. As the industry is so close knit we have received a lot of referrals from toilet hire companies that are already using inspHire’. Said Mark Taylor, inspHire Business Development Manager. ‘InspHire Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Mobile Working and WebPortal technologies which have been developed specifically for the hire industry were also of great interest to our visitors’.
inspHire hire solutions are designed to handle all the day-to-day tasks associated with the running of a hire business both at the hire desk and back office levels and is packed with easy to use features with instant access to all information using drill down functionality making admin easy. For example inspHire Forward Planning feature allows you to plan your jobs ahead of time ensuring full utilisation of stock, Service Scheduling can be organised to meet your toilet servicing needs, and batch Invoice Generation can be accomplished in a few clicks.
With over 700 implementations inspHire hire solutions offers applications to suit companies of all sizes - from start ups to multi-depot organisations including industry specialists like Elliot Loo Hire, Andy Loos, Tardis Environmental and Simply Loos. Built upon Microsoft Windows technology and with live integration with ‘best of breed’ accounts packages like Sage and Microsoft, inspHire offers probably the simplest month end procedures you’re ever likely to find giving you greater accuracy and control, especially relevant in the current marketplace.

