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Late September, as NSW was in the midst of its longest lockdown yet, Kennards Hire quietly set up shop in Lismore, building upon its regional presence across its booming New South Wales network.

With regional NSW becoming more popular for those looking for a tree-change, Lismore is primed to become a thriving cultural and community city. Situated in the Northern Rivers Area, the new Kennards Hire branch is going to help local tradies and DIYers with their projects of all shapes and sizes...

Kennards Hire has been hiring out equipment since 1948 when founder, Walter Kennard, was approached by a neighbour to borrow a concrete mixer and he said those now infamous words, “You can’t borrow it, but you can hire it.”

Since that day in Bathurst, NSW Kennards Hire has grown to over 180 branches across two countries, employing more than 1500 people. Its philosophy is grounded in its four values of ‘One Family’, ‘Every Customer a Raving Fan’, ‘Taking Hire Higher’ and ‘Fair Dinkum’. Values that have served three generations of the Kennard family in creating the iconic hire equipment company...

On Friday, 10 September, 30 Brisbane CEOs and business leaders picked up tools and took lessons in bike building from teens involved with local charity, TRACTION in their recent ‘CEO Bike Build'. Together, they raised over $100,000, helping 50 more young people access the programs, which help them build resilience and stay in school...

Just before the recent snap COVID-19 lockdown in the Northern Territory, family-owned equipment hire company, Kennards Hire opened its latest purpose-built branch in Katherine...

Kennards Hire Dunedin Branch was awarded a prestigious HIANZ Gold Hire Excellence Award by the Hire Industry Association of New Zealand at their recent annual awards night.

Having only opening its doors in August 2020, the purpose-built 3,000sqm, Dunedin Branch has joined Kennards Hire’s previous two HIANZ gold wins in 2017 (Hamilton) and 2015 (Albany)...