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Ashtead Group PLC

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Ashtead plans to move listing to New York in fresh blow to London

    Construction equipment group generates most of its profits in North America

    A Sunbelt digger
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    Ashtead defends potential $14mn pay deal for chief

    Proxy advisers say equipment rental company’s planned remuneration for Brendan Horgan is ‘excessive’

    Brendan Horgan
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    LexExecutive Pay
    Executive pay gap emboldens want-away UK companies Premium content

    S&P 500 executives pocket about three times what their peers do in the FTSE 100

    A union jack flag flutters in front of skyscrapers in the City of London
  • Monday, 20 November, 2023
    Ashtead profits hit by Hollywood strikes and quieter hurricane season

    London-listed equipment rental company’s shares tumble after warning that revenues will fall short of forecasts

    Sunbelt equipment
  • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
    Ashtead profits jump 30% as US manufacturing moves ‘onshore’

    UK equipment rental group sees momentum from big construction projects and Biden legislation

  • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
    Ashtead sticks with London listing despite surging US business

    Construction equipment rental group has no plans to follow move by CRH

    A heavy construction vehicle operated by Ashtead in the US
  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    UK companies
    Ashtead/construction: procyclical groups must build up protections

    Plant hire businesses should taper buybacks, shelve pricey takeover plans and rein in expenses

    A worker operates construction equipment
  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    Ashtead benefits as supply constraints boost rental market

    Equipment hire group reports revenue rise but shares fall as concerns over economic growth mount

    Builders work from scaffolding on a residential property construction site in Surrey
  • Friday, 10 December, 2021
    Investments
    Investors’ Chronicle: Ashtead, Babcock, Stagecoach

    Companies analysis from our sister publication

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    Ashtead raises forecast after supply chain crunch spurs rentals

    UK’s best-performing stock propelled higher as company says it is bullish on growth prospects

    A construction worker driving a digger bearing the logo of Sunbelt Rentals
  • Saturday, 18 September, 2021
    UK industrial group Ashtead shoots for stars with Hollywood expansion plan

    Supplier of diggers to construction sites plots LA breakthrough for its film equipment rental business

    An Ashtead heavy mover
  • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
    Ashtead raises wages in fight for US labour

    FTSE 100 company to increase hourly pay by $1.25 to almost $25 for 7,000 skilled staff

    Compared with the same period a year ago, Ashtead doubled its operating profit to £264m
  • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
    FTSE 100
    Ashtead: the dollarisation of the FTSE 100 Premium content

    Takeovers combined with infrequent flotations have whittled down the LSE’s inventory of listed stocks

  • Sunday, 25 April, 2021
    Ashtead predicts boost from US infrastructure plans

    The head of construction equipment hire group says a wave of spending is more likely than it has been for a generation

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    Investments
    Investors Chronicle: Ashtead, Marston’s, British American Tobacco

    Companies analysis from our sister publication

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    LombardJamie Powell
    Ashtead’s bet on diversity and discipline pays in full

    Tool hire proves a resilient niche; bookmakers have little to fear from another gambling review

    Ashstead now offers customers the opportunity to rent not just forklifts and diggers but high-definition film cameras and pest-control equipment
  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: Ashtead first-half results beat expectations Premium content

    Ashtead results, Uber invests in driverless start-up, Mary Portas on Sir Philip Green

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Ashtead lifts guidance and maintains half-year dividend

    Equipment hire group benefits from status as an essential business

  • Friday, 19 June, 2020
    Investments
    Investors Chronicle: Telecom Plus, Ashtead, BP

    Companies analysis from our sister publication

  • Tuesday, 16 June, 2020
    Ashtead keeps dividend despite widespread cuts to investor payouts

    Tool and plant hire group reports fall in profits but hails ‘resilient’ performance

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    Ashtead to refocus UK business after sharp profit fall

    A-Plant unit has suffered from tougher competition and a weaker pound

    Ashstead Plant Hire : A-Plant is one of the UK’s largest plant, tool and equipment hire companies, hiring a vast range of non-operated equipment, from power tools, cement mixers and accommodation units to excavators, compressors, scissor lifts and other types of equipment for industry and construction in the film and TV industry.
  • Tuesday, 11 December, 2018
    fastFTMatthew Vincent
    Opening Quote: Ashtead boss basks in US Sunbelt glow 
    Geoff Drabble the Ashtead CEO. 27/3/17.
  • Friday, 9 November, 2018
    Investments
    Ashtead non-exec buys on weakness

    Shares have been on the slide since early October

    A driver works his way through a maze of fallen utility poles damaged in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Taft, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
  • Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    JD Sports reveals the secrets of surviving the UK high street

    Retailer bucks trend again, but its recipe is not easy to replicate

    A customer walks past soccer boots and balls at a JD Sports Fashion Plc sportswear retail store on Oxford Street in London, U.K., on Thursday, April 28, 2016. With a market value of 2.37 billion pounds ($3.5 billion), JD Sports Fashion Plc has overtaken Sports Direct International Plc, controlled by billionaire Mike Ashley. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
  • Tuesday, 11 September, 2018
    fastFTMatthew Vincent
    Opening Quote: Ashtead’s American accent, Unilever’s single Dutch
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