Plant Hire Week 2025
Plant Hire Week, part of the wider European Rental Week, is an annual celebration of the plant hire industry, taking place in the second week of October each year. Running from 13-19 October 2025, the week provides a shared platform for hire companies across Europe to act with one voice, showcase the value of plant hire, and learn from one another.
The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) is proud to mark this week alongside other federations across the UK, highlighting the people, businesses, and innovations that make plant hire central to construction and infrastructure.
Plant Hire Week 2025 will take place on 13-19th October
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The Theme for Plant Hire Week 2025
This year’s theme, “Empowering the Future: Transitions, Sustainability, People,” highlights the industry’s commitments. Let’s join forces to make this week a memorable and impactful celebration of the equipment rental industry’s achievements and innovations!
Plant Hire Companies are encouraged to showcase the equipment, innovation, opportunities, careers, development and training that the industry has to offer.
Why Participate
European Rental Week provides an opportunity for rental companies and associations to strengthen their voice and impact by coordinating their promotional activities in order to:
- Improve the attractiveness of the industry
- Raise awareness of the rental concept
- Promote rental as a sustainable, cost-effective and resource-efficient solution
How to Participate
- Organise an event, workshop, demonstration, training, interactive session, etc.
- Run a competition
- Showcase the skills of your employees
- Host an open day in a depot with jobseekers, schools, students, customers, etc.
- Invite a local/national politician to a depot
- Involve the media
- Use social media
- Make a video
We invite hire company employees to spread the word about working in rental
- Post a video on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or TikTok and say why you love working in rental and/or why other people should consider a career in the industry. Use the hashtag #PlantHireWeek25 #WorkInPlant or #WorkInRental
Webinar
Look back at The European Rental Association - Working in Rental for a Sustainable Future Webinar from last years European Rental Week!
Check out our Video Gallery on YouTube, more videos to follow!
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