The Ladder Association, the trade body representing the ladder industry in the UK and Ireland, has boosted its membership again with the addition of Hire Station, the dedicated tool hire business with 58 core tools branches across the UK. Part of the Vp Group, it joins a fast growing list of prominent companies keen toMore Info

Andrew Robertson has been appointed as the Ladder Association’s new ICT officer. He joins the association from Landcatch – a genetic breeding company specialising in Atlantic salmon – where he was responsible for IT and data support across the UK, Europe and South America. A graduate in forestry, he joined Landcatch in May 2008 but,More Info

Want to know what was discussed at our 2016 AMM? Watch each presentation in full, which includes talks from the Ladder Association Chairman, Martin Brooke, Andy McGrory from the Health & Safety Exuective (HSE) and more.

Stuart Hopkins, the Ladder Association’s Training Manager, retires after eight year’s distinguished service. In what was a newly created post back in 2008, he has overseen the growth of a national network of approved training centres that now issues thousands of LadderCards every year. Working with and supporting the Association’s Training Committee, he has beenMore Info

A MAJOR FIGURE in the ladder industry, and a significant contributor to the development of ladder standards and best practice, John Bungay, 63, has retired from the governing Council of the Ladder Association after 35 years of service. He first joined the trade body – then called the Truck & Ladder Manufacturers’ Association – inMore Info

The Ladder Association is delighted to pledge its support to the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) Help Great Britain Work Well strategy. The strategy sets out priority themes to focus on over the next five years in a bid to improve even further upon the UK’s reputable health and safety record. “We wholeheartedly support the strategy,”More Info

The Ladder Association’s 2016 Annual Members’ Meeting (AMM) finished on Friday, 4 March, wrapping up a productive and engaging event for the ladder industry. The event saw key Ladder Association members and industry leaders come together at The Glasshouse Hotel in Edinburgh to discuss hot topic issues that will affect the industry in the comingMore Info

The Ladder Association has announced that it will hold its Annual Members’ Meeting (AMM) over the 3rd and 4th of March at The Glasshouse Hotel, Edinburgh. The AMM is the annual must-attend event in the ladder industry, where Ladder Association members and prospective members come together to socialise, discuss the future of the industry andMore Info

RUNNING from 1 September to 31 December, the Ladder Exchange finished its ninth year on a high note, as ladder users across the country seized the opportunity to replace broken and bent ladders for safe, new ones at a discount. Launched by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in 2007, but now run and managed by the LadderMore Info

THE Ladder Association, the trade body for the UK ladder industry, has confirmed it is leading the development of a British Standards Institution (BSI) UK product standard for portable roof ladders. It follows agreement from the BSI to a business case from the Association, setting out the imperative for the introduction of a standard, whichMore Info