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Family-owned equipment hire company, Kennards Hire, has acquired Redi Hire Solutions, a successful hire business in Geraldton, Western Australia bringing its west coast branch network to 22.

Building on a strong existing presence in Australia’s most western state, the 6,000sqm site is north of Kennards Hire’s existing Joondalup Branch, helping to strategically bridge the network in the mid-west between Perth and the Pilbara.

This year the campaign's theme is #BreakTheBias. Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to move ahead. Knowing that bias exists isn't enough. Action is needed to level the playing field...

Whilst our industry is traditionally considered to be male-oriented, we're continuing to work towards breaking the bias and showing women the benefits of working for Kennards Hire. Outside of Kennards Hire only about 2% of trade jobs are filled by women, and this is partially due to the stereotype that jobs are gendered and the lack of female representation in trade roles...

Kennards Hire is proud to announce they are re-launching their School Buddy Programme initiative to support KidsCan, with 99 local schools and early childhood centres set to be recipients of the reinvigorated Programme.

KidsCan, Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading charity dedicated to helping Kiwi kids affected by poverty, and Kennards Hire, New Zealand’s leading family-owned equipment hire business, have re-launched the programme as schools head back this month. Designed to give all kids a fair go, the School Buddy Programme provides quality equipment, project expertise and volunteers, to help make school spaces beautiful and engaging environments to grow and learn in...

Following on from the success of their ‘Ken Oath’ customer service pledge campaign in 2020, Kennards Hire have taken their latest brand campaign to a whole new level.

Launching this week across Australia and New Zealand, customers and audiences get to see ‘behind-the-scenes’ as new Kennards Hire recruits are inducted with the ‘Ken Oath’...

Kennards Hire is extending its support of New Zealand’s largest sport stadium, Eden Park, with a partnership deal that will see the equipment hire brand given naming rights of the stadium’s outer oval.

As a family owned business, creating shared experiences with its customers and community has always been integral to Kennards Hire and further strengthening their partnership with the iconic Auckland stadium was the natural choice given their mutual community values...