Tacking the skills crisis: Four rental companies reveal their strategies to recruit staff

Lewis Tyler Editor, Demolition & Recycling International

18 March 2025

As the construction industry faces ongoing challenges in recruiting and filling the skills gap, rental companies are taking creative approaches to recruitment. International Rental News editor Lewis Tyler speaks to four rental companies to find out their strategies.

Amid the perennial headaches faced by rental companies around the world, difficulties in recruiting staff loom large – especially for jobs requiring specialised technical skills.

For firms whose business model relies on providing a fleet of well-serviced machines for customers, the need to recruit and retain staff including service…

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