Latest News From AFI-Uplift
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31July 2018
AFI Online - making it even easier for you to do business with us
We are seeing a huge increase in the usage of the AFI Online web portal and a continual increase in the number of new registrations as our customers are experiencing the many benefits that online trading brings. -
28June 2018
AFIs Sister company Wilson Access Truck Mounts used to repaint the Trafford Arch Digital Advertising Site in Manchester
Two 21m Truck Mounts from the Wilson Access fleet helped industrial painting contractors repaint the prestigious Trafford Arch Digital Advertising Site in Manchester. -
27June 2018
AFIs sister company Wilson Access Truck Mount provides close up views of Tour de Yorkshire Cycle Race
A Wilson Access Hire Truck Mounted platform enabled a TV production company to get close up views of competitors in all four stages of the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire cycling race. -
14June 2018
AFI-Uplift and Wilson Access score on joint project installing flood lighting at Swindon Town FC
AFI-Uplift and Wilson Access, both part of the AFI group of companies, deliver the height required for Swindon Town FC at their ground The Energy Check County Ground Stadium. -
18May 2018
AFI Webinar HSEQ Hazards associated with the use of MEWPs
The AFI Group of Companies has announced its latest HSEQ webinar on May 22nd at 10.30am.The Webinar will be presented by Brian Parker, Business Development Manager, Technical Support, AFI Group. -
28March 2018
AFI Shortlisted In Four HAE Award Categories
AFI has been shortlisted in four categories of the 2018 Hire Awards of Excellence, organised by the Hire Association of Europe (HAE). -
27March 2018
AFI To Invest A Further 10m In New Machines
AFI is making a further £10m investment in new machines across the group during 2018. -
16January 2018
More Companies Tackle Mental Health Issues
AFI’s decision to make mental health a key theme of an innovation day event it held for construction industry delegates has resulted in a number of companies implementing their own initiatives to combat the problem. -
29November 2017
AFI Makes Major Fleet Investment
AFI has made further significant investments in its MEWP fleet by purchasing 24 Dingli scissor lifts and two JLG large boom lifts. -
16November 2017
AFI Shortlisted For Institute of Customer Service Award
AFI has been shortlisted in a prestigious award scheme run by the Institute of Customer Service (ICS) to recognise organisations that have implemented successful customer service strategies. -
1November 2017
AFI Boom Lifts Help Contractors To Complete Hotel Steelwork To Schedule
Boom lifts from the AFI fleet helped structural steelwork specialists Evadx to complete a steelwork contract on time at a luxury hotel in Cumbria, despite a spate of bad weather. -
18October 2017
AFI Innovation Day Focuses On Safety Innovation and Mental Health
Safety when working at height, innovation and mental health were the three key themes of a Driving Innovation Day organised by AFI for delegates from the construction industry. -
11September 2017
Worlds Largest Boom Lift Joins AFIs Super-Set Fleet
AFI has added two JLG 1850SJs – the world’s largest boom lift – to its Super-Set large machine hire fleet. -
8August 2017
AFI Gains Airside Approval At Birmingham Airport
AFI can now deliver powered access machines direct to contractors working at Birmingham Airport. -
24July 2017
AFI Super-Set Machines Rise To The Challenge At Agricultural Feed Mill
Contractors redeveloping an agricultural feed mill hired booms and scissor lifts from AFI’s Super-Set fleet of large machines to help them build a new £10m manufacturing facility and extend the existing premises. -
19July 2017
AFI Places 7million Of New Machine Orders
AFI has placed a further £7m of orders for 500 MEWPs for the AFI-Uplift fleet and new truck and track mounts for the Wilson Access fleet. -
28June 2017
Premier Conference And Events Venue Hires AFIs Premier Boom Lift
When a premier conference and events venue needed a boom lift to access a high-level stadium roof it hired the premier model from AFI’s fleet – the Genie SX-180. -
23May 2017
AFIs Resale Division Gains Major Export Order
AFI Resale – the AFI group’s new and used machine sales operation – has gained a number of major contracts in the first quarter of 2017, including a £500,000 order to supply 57 booms and scissor lifts to a trader in Eastern Europe. This success comes after the division achieved a 25% growth in export sales during 2016. -
19May 2017
AFI Support Armed Forces Charity Boxing Evening
AFI recently supported a charity ‘Evening of Military Boxing’ held at RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire by supplying a Skyjack 3219 scissor lift to help prepare the gym for the event. -
8May 2017
AFI Produces Machine Familiarisation Videos For Super-Set Large Machine Range
AFI has further extended its range of powered access machine familiarisation videos by producing videos to cover models in its Super-Set large machine fleet. -
28April 2017
AFI Gains FORS Gold Reaccreditation
AFI has achieved Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) Gold certification for the third consecutive year for its good working practices in the way it operates its machine delivery and service van fleets. -
26April 2017
AFI Senior Hire Desk Controller Wins HAE Award
Billy-Jo Davies, Senior Hire Desk Controller at AFI’s Wakefield depot, has won the Hire Manager of the Year award in the Hire Association of Europe (HAE) Excellence awards. -
13April 2017
Wilson Access Tackle Rugby Stadiums Floodlight Maintenance
A Wilson Access truck mount made light work of tackling banks of floodlights at the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats rugby stadium. -
6April 2017
AFI To Purchase Low Noise Delivery Vehicles
AFI is making noise reduction a key requirement in future purchases of vehicles that deliver its powered access machines to sites throughout the UK. -
5April 2017
Leading Games Retailer Chooses UTN Training
When employees working for the UK’s leading games retailer needed IPAF accredited operator training they turned to a training provider who is at the top of their game – UTN Training. -
27March 2017
Wilson Access Truck Mount Tackles The Hall Of Steel
The might of a Wilson Access truck mount was put to the challenge to help contractors to clean the glazing in the Hall Of Steel, the architectural centerpiece of the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. -
16March 2017
Press release - UTN Training Completes Barnsley Council Contract
UTN Training has completed nearly 2,000 hours of skills training for Barnsley Council employees. -
6March 2017
Press Release - AFI Donates Five Thousand Pounds To The NSPCC
Following fundraising throughout 2016, AFI has now presented a cheque for £5,000 to the NSPCC. -
27February 2017
Press Release - AFI Shortlisted In Three HAE Award Categories
AFI has been shortlisted in three categories of the 2017 Hire Awards of Excellence: -
24February 2017
Case study - Not Unemployed for Long
A Hull man found employment just three weeks after renewing his IPAF Operator PAL Card with UTN Training. -
22February 2017
Press Release - Wilson Access Track Mount Gives A Brilliant Performance At Concert Venue
A Wilson Access track mount played a leading role at a historic concert hall and music venue – by helping contractors to inspect an auditorium ceiling. -
16February 2017
Press Release - AFI Shortlisted In IAPA Access Rental Company of the Year Award
AFI has been shortlisted in the Access Rental Company of the Year category in the IAPA 2017 awards. -
15February 2017
Press Release - Further investment for our IPAF 1b training courses
Following a substantial investment by UTN Training we are now able to provide track and trailer mounts as well as truck mounts for people undertaking the IPAF 1b Operator Course with us. -
13February 2017
Press Release - AFI Purchases Two Of The Worlds Largest Boom Lifts
AFI is further expanding its Super-Set fleet of large machines by purchasing two Genie SX-180s – Genie’s highest reaching self-propelled boom lift and one of the world’s largest. -
7February 2017
News update - New Wilson Access brochure
A new technical specification brochure is now available from Wilson Access Hire. -
1February 2017
Press Release - Appointment of Former Speedy MD Highlights AFIs Commitment To Growth
In a further move that highlights AFI’s commitment to sustained growth, the company has appointed former Speedy Hire Managing Director David Graham as a Director -
12January 2017
Press Release - AFI Produces Machine Familiarisation Videos For Truck and Track Mounts
AFI has extended its range of powered access machine familiarisation videos by producing videos to cover self drive truck and track mounts. -
10January 2017
Press Release - AFI Makes Additional £280,000 Paint Shop Investment
In a further move to keep its fleet in optimum condition, AFI has made the biggest paint shop investment ever seen in the powered access hire sector. -
22December 2016
Press release - AFI Gains Best Companies Accreditation
AFI has been awarded one star accreditation as a great company to work for as part of the prestigious Best Companies accreditation scheme.
