05.03.2009

Spiderlift Company strengthens team

Chesterfield-based rental specialist The Spiderlift Company, part of the Ranger Group, has made five new appointments.
Paul Blackwell joins as rental development manager, developing rental business for the company's extensive fleet of Teupen spiderlifts under the direction of Andy Bray, who takes the helm as managing director. In particular, Paul will be supporting cross-hire to rental companies.
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Paul Blackwell

Blackwell is experienced in both access rental and transport logistics, having previously worked for TDG, Excel Logistics, Wizard Workspace, Nationwide Access and most recently, Kimberly Access. He was part of the MBO in 2004 that turned ailing rental company, Independent Access, into the profitable and innovative access business, Wizard Workspace, which was subsequently bought by the Lavendon Group in 2007.

“This is a very exciting time to join The Spiderlift Company," said Blackwell.“We are just coming out of a construction boom, so the Teupen Leos, with their very low floor loadings and all-terrain capabilities, including stairs, are perfect for maintenance of these modern-day buildings.”

Shelley White takes on the newly created role of operations manager while technical support has been strengthened with the appointment of Graham Davis as engineer.

Service support in the field will benefit from the addition to the team of Mike Scott as HGV driver and operator. Promising 19-year-old, Andy Sherwood, has also joined to be trained and developed in a sales role.

The appointments come in advance of a move this spring to larger premises.