What small rental companies can teach us

Murray Pollok
Kevin Appleton

26 July 2012

Do large rental companies have something to learn from the way that small, family-owned rental businesses are run? Kevin Appleton, IRN columnist and former CEO of Lavendon Group, says the answer is yes.

One of the risks of writing an opinion piece like this, in a publication like International Rental News is that you can become over fixated on the role and importance of the large national and international companies.

In truth they are only half of the story, as in most parts…

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