Winter doesn’t arrive on your site all at once. It creeps in. The first morning you start work in the dark, the first access route that turns to mud, the first frost that stops work until mid-morning. By the time winter properly sets in, the sites that planned ahead are still moving, and the ones that didn’t are playing catch-up.

Every survey tool answers a slightly different question. Some tell you how high something is, others tell you exactly where it is, and the best ones can tell you both. Pick the wrong one, and you either pay for accuracy you don’t need, or you end up with a tool that can’t do the job.

Finding and nurturing the right talent is one of the most important investments any business can make and nowhere is that truer than in early careers. This September, GAP welcomed 14 new graduates across the business, up from just three last year. It’s a clear signal of our growing commitment to early careers, and a sign of things to come as we continue to build out our graduate offering.

GAP Hire Solutions, the UK’s largest independent hire company, has been awarded a RoSPA Gold Award for Fleet Safety for the fourth consecutive year, in recognition of the strong safety culture embedded across the business.