4 | MARCH 2019
News
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SHAREPLANT -
CONSTRUCTION
PLANT & TOOL HIRE
DONE DIFFERENTLY
MORLEY GLASS
DONATES £10,000
TO HELP CREATE
COMMUNITY SPACE
A local church hall is being
redeveloped to create a space
that the whole community can
use thanks to a £10,000 donation
by integral blinds manufacturer
Morley Glass & Glazing.
St Paul’s Church in
Morley, Leeds had been a
thriving hub for the local
community for many years
offering activities such as
pre-school groups, play and
stay groups, a children’s
dance school and a place
for family celebrations in
the church hall. But the
pre-fabricated structure of
the church hall had come
to the end of its life and
needed to be demolished.
Now, thanks to generous
donations from local organ-
isations including Morley
Glass & Glazing, the church
hall is being redeveloped
and will soon be able to
support activities for the
local community once
again.
The Leeds-based sealed
unit manufacturer and
ScreenLine® integral blinds
supplier has sponsored
and supported numerous
charities, sports clubs and
good causes throughout its
20-year history.
www.morleyglass.co.uk
As an alternative way to
hire plant and equipment,
the Shareplant concept
is based on the simple
premise that idle
equipment is a waste
of money for everyone
- owners, constructors
and clients alike.
Shareplant Market-
place is a service that
connects equipment owners
directly to hirers so that
they can rent construction
equipment to each other
when it would be otherwise
be sitting idle - minimising
cost and maximising profit.
Equipment owners can
join and list equipment for
free, whilst hirers can find
nearby high-quality spe-
cialist equipment to rent in
seconds! Our marketplace
then provides flexibility in
that the rentals can be with
or without an operator, rent-
ed by the hour, day, week
or month. We also provide
the option for rentals with
or without delivery allowing
you to select the most con-
venient and cost-effective
way of receiving the rental
equipment.
Shareplant founder, Mark
Watters, has over 30 years’
experience in the construc-
tion industry.
“During this time, I often
saw equipment and tools
standing idle and came to
the conclusion that some-
one is paying for that idle
time, whether it is the
owner or client. I started
to think of ways to try and
reduce the idle time and in-
crease utilisation. The idea
for Shareplant suddenly
came to me while we were
on holiday one summer.
A few years ago, we start-
ed using Airbnb to book our
holiday accommodation. At
the time, Airbnb was new
and was a way to utilise an
unused asset, earning mon-
ey for the home owner. Bin-
go, the idea suddenly came
to me! We could create an
Airbnb for the construction
industry. That’s where the
Shareplant idea came from.
This new way of thinking is
called the ‘Sharing Econo-
my’ and is growing quickly
around the world in all
aspects of our lives from
travel and accommodation
to the sharing of physical
items such as parking spac-
es, camera equipment and
bicycles.”
In addition to our rental
marketplace we have re-
cently launched our Share-
plant app which is free to
download from Apple and
Google Play stores. Wheth-
er you are an operator,
supervisor or manager our
app can help to increase
your productivity and
efficiency by reducing the
need to complete manual,
paper-based tasks. Offering
a range of modern con-
struction management tools
such as reports, logs and
document checks straight
to your laptop, tablet and
phone.
www.shareplant.com