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The ‘early bird’ rate for the Europlatform access rental conference is available until Friday 15 July. The theme this year is Financing Growth and the line-up is once again very strong with speakers including Alexandre Saubot, Kevin Appleton and Loxam’s mergers and acquisitions specialist, Maëg Videau.

Watch IRN's short video of highlights from the recent European Rental Awards 2011 dinner at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam.

IRN produced daily newsletters from last week’s International Rental Exhibition (IRE) and European Rental Association (ERA) conference in Amsterdam.

Murray Pollok, editor International Rental News, talks to Alexandre Saubot, CEO of Haulotte, at the IRE Show 2011

HSS, Ramirent, Volvo and Industrial Access among winners at this year's European Rental Awards dinner, held at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam.

After successes in the UK, anti-theft systems for construction equipment roll out in Europe

Wide range on offer at IRE Show 2011, including rebranded light compaction equipment

The Australian rental industry celebrated on 10-13 May with its annual awards dinner and convention. Winners included General Equipment Rentals (rental company of the year), Hiretech (supplier of the year), Event Power and Light (smaller rental company of the year, and JLG Industries (ptroduct of the year for the 340AJ articulated boom).

UK site dumper specialist Thwaites will show its 300 kg capacity micro dumper at the IRE show, along with three other small models from its dumper range.

For those of you who use Twitter, you can link to the dedicated Twitter feed from the IRE show, bring the latest news on the show as well as up to the second Tweets from the show floor itself.

GAP Group, A-Plant and InspHire were among winners at the recent UK Hire Awards of Excellence, organised by the Hire Association Europe (HAE) and held in London in early May.

Kevin Appleton, chief executive of Lavendon group, will be one of the top level speakers at this year’s Europlatform aerial platform rental conference.

The RAI Exhibition Centre in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is close to the city centre and to the main international Schiphol Airport.

The International Rental Exhibition (IRE) is more than a rental exhibition, it also takes place alongside the European Rental Association’s annual convention and the annual European Rental Awards.

The awards dinner for the 2011 European Rental Awards takes place at the Okura Hotel on Wednesday 8 June. The hotel is a 10 minute walk from the RAI exhibition centre or a short taxi ride, and the dinner starts with a cocktail reception at 6.50pm.