01.06.2017

New location for RSS

UK lifting equipment supplier Rope & Sling Specialist (RSS) has opened a new facility in Warrington, Cheshire and appointed Gerry Harper as north west regional manager.

The site is located close to the Ainscough Crane Hire depot, which recently named RSS a preferred supplier of lifting and rigging equipment. The 604 square metre Warrington facility will be managed by Harper, and has already started processing orders which were previously generated at RSS headquarters in Bridgend and at its Rotherham site.

Harper is an experienced lifting gear and health & safety specialist, but moved to Speedy Hire in 2008 and then founded his own business - a sandwich shop in Chester - in 2011. After building a five star reputation and running a highly successful operation for well over five years, he decided to return to the lifting industry and joined RSS in February.
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RSS' new Warrington depot

Harper said: “While we have clear immediate targets to fit out the building and put the proper foundations in place, we have a long term goal to emulate the success of the Bridgend base, which has a 10 year head start on us, so we have our work cut out. That said, and combined with the Ainscough connection and the proximity of the facility, we are excited about the future.”

“I have been in the lifting gear industry for 45 years, 35 of which were spent in managerial roles. However, I have been out of the sector for five years and didn’t necessarily expect to make a return until Steve presented such a great opportunity to join one of the most dynamic, growing companies in the industry.”
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Gerry Harper

Managing director Steve Hutin added: “It’s already been widely reported that we have aspirations to continue to open depots but the brick and mortar is only part of a more holistic growth strategy to provide a truly regional service to existing and prospective customers in all four corners of the country. Ainscough operates from 30 strategic locations spanning the length of the UK and while our businesses are different and this number of sites is greater than our target, it demonstrates the importance of proximity and location in the crane and rigging market.”